[KwartzLab] Sub-$100 HDMI monitors/TVs

[Bob DeGregory]

Found a reasonably priced HDMI to DVI adapter at KW Surplus today ($5.99).
They only had two or three on display.

Still experiencing interface issues with Kross tablet tho', so I can't
vouch for operabilty yet.

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Chris Bruner <cbruner at quadro.net> wrote:

> That's a good price, and for doing workshops with raspberry pi's they
> would be great.  At that price they are just a bit over the cost of the pi
> itself.
>
>
> On 11/26/2012 1:31 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
>
>> Now we're getting somewhere:
>> http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/**19-crab-shape-lcd-tv-720p/**
>> 10154688?trail&fromPLP=true&**ancestorID&searchString&**
>> startSearch&fromSearchBox&**addFacet#product-info-features<http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/19-crab-shape-lcd-tv-720p/10154688?trail&fromPLP=true&ancestorID&searchString&startSearch&fromSearchBox&addFacet#product-info-features>
>>
>> Darcy.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Ben Brown <ben at kwartzlab.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/26/2012 10:19 AM, Stephen Paul Weber wrote:
>>>
>>>> Somebody claiming to be Darcy Casselman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is such a thing possible?  Scouring Black Friday sales, the best it
>>>>> seemed like I can manage is 21" TVs for $99.99.  18-19" TVs are
>>>>> regularly around that price.
>>>>>
>>>> Anything labelled "TV" will always be a ripoff.
>>>>
>>>> Any recent monitor will have DVI, which is HDMI compatbile with a <$5
>>>> adapter.  So, basically, any monitor you find will do.
>>>>
>>> Unless you want the HDMI audio from the raspi, although in the Debian
>>> image it's apparently disabled by default (as the ALSA driver is in
>>> beta) and by default the HDMI connection is set to DVI mode only (can be
>>> changed in /boot/config.txt)
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
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