[mythtv-users] anyone using this Pertelian USB LCD?

[Yeechang Lee]

Shawn Asmussen <shawn.asmussen at gmail.com> says:
> > Has anyone successfully used this lcd with Linux / MythTV?
> >
> > http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7e3e/

> I don't know if anybody has ever tried it with MythTV or not, but
> according to this post on their forums, it can be made to work with
> Linux:

Not surprising, given that it is advertised as being Hitachi HD44780,
which is about as plain vanilla as LCDs go. The only issue I am unsure
about given I don't actually have any firsthand experience with
lcdproc is whether it will support a HD44780 over USB; most people
have them hooked up to their PCs through the printer port.

If that issue can be answered, this might be the first <$100 display
that fits at least some of the criteria I mentioned in
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/204896#204896>.
Readability from far away is probably not great, though. I also still
wonder whether the display I talk about at
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/205268#205268>
would be worth the expense.

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