PC Engine LT worries

[RCduck7]

I'm intrested in a PC engine LT to become the pride of my collection but also for a lot of use.
I read that some sellers of a frequently used LT have 1 or more dead pixels.
Are they vulnerable in that way or in other ways to have permanent damage?
Can a dead pixels become very irritating?
How do they exist?
And are they reversable?
Or do i overestimate the problem?

[nat]

They are not reversible, they are the nature of early 90's technology, they are not irritating unless you are an OCD freak.

You definitely overestimate the problem, IMHO, unless you happen to get one with a bunch of dead pixels. If I got an LT and it had but one dead pixel I'd be the happiest guy on Earth.

[Necromancer]

Nat speaks true - dead / stuck pixels are the nature of early lcd screens.  Stuck pixels on newer lcds can sometimes be 'fixed' with gentle massages and quickly cycling colors on screen, but I doubt that this would help with such ancient technology.

[RCduck7]

If I got an LT and it had but one dead pixel I'd be the happiest guy on Earth.

Normally i wouldn't buy one but i am about to go working in the nightshift at my work and will earn 25% more money then i do now.
Seems like a good excuse to celebrate it that way... and my wife is the best to

The screen is 4" right??
Where i live we measure in centimeters, an inch is about 2,5 cm if i'm correct which makes the screen 10cm.
I thought it would be bigger judging from the pics of an LT.

[Tatsujin]

They are not reversible, they are the nature of early 90's technology, they are not irritating unless you are an OCD freak.

not just the early 90's if we looking to some other products recently released by a handheld manufacturer named sony, where the dead pixel coming already as a factory setting.

@RCduck:

Can a dead pixels become very irritating? > it' depends in which color the dead pix turns for permanently. when the pix is white and the background black (or other dark colors), then it could be quite irritating or disturbing in terms of a proper working collectors item. but not big impact on the gameplay etc. as long there not tousends of pix-graves on screen.
And are they reversable? > no
Or do i overestimate the problem? > it depends on the person itself. if you spend $700 for a collector item, it may really could hurt you every time you get confronted with this, more to say cosmetically problem.

[Turbo D]

not just the early 90's if we looking to some other products recently released by a handheld manufacturer named sony, where the dead pixel coming already as a factory setting.

Seriously, I had bought a psp in september and it came with 3 dead pixels in a diagonal line across the screen. I took it back of course, Walmart was happy to give me a replacement. Other stores aren't so nice, like gamecrazy. If you buy a psp with dead pixels there, you can't get it exchanged. They make you send it in to sony or something like that.

[RCduck7]

I'm excited now i made up my mind getting an LT but with all the excitement i forgot a few drawbacks which could limit my selection of games i can play on the system.
Almost half of my collection contains turbo games (mainly platform games like bong and legendary axe).
Also Devil Crush is the turbo version which i see as a very nice game to be played on an LT.
I checked the NEC console guide and it seems only turbo systems have adapters to play pc engine games and not the other way around.
Can't i really get hold of an adapter to make turbo games work on it?
Or is a mod needed?

[FM-77]

You can't get an adapter that will work. A mod must be performed. Sure, the mod is fairly simple, but you still need an adapter after performing that mod.

[termis]

As Sedane said, it's possible to make the converter work.  You have to life one pin from one of the chips off the circuit and connect it to a ground point.  Relatively simple if you ever soldered before.  Instructions here.

After doing the above mod, you can:
1. Use a region converter (the same one you'd use on the TG16 to play PCE games)
2. Install a switch to connect between two regions - instructions here.
3. Or permanently switch the region so that your LT will only play US games.

[Necromancer]

I'm excited now i made up my mind getting an LT but with all the excitement i forgot a few drawbacks which could limit my selection of games i can play on the system.
Almost half of my collection contains turbo games (mainly platform games like bong and legendary axe).
Also Devil Crush is the turbo version which i see as a very nice game to be played on an LT.
I checked the NEC console guide and it seems only turbo systems have adapters to play pc engine games and not the other way around.
Can't i really get hold of an adapter to make turbo games work on it?
Or is a mod needed?

Sorry RCduck7 - LTs should not be used for smoking weed. 

[nat]

Sorry RCduck7 - LTs should not be used for smoking weed. 

I made a fold-up bong out of an LT once. I turned the RUN button into a carb.

The percolation was killer, dude.

[Tatsujin]

You can't get an adapter that will work. A mod must be performed. Sure, the mod is fairly simple, but you still need an adapter after performing that mod.

you worry about your LT? modding a LT is like throwing it out of the window. i rather suggest to rebuy all those games as a japanese version.

[FM-77]

You can't get an adapter that will work. A mod must be performed. Sure, the mod is fairly simple, but you still need an adapter after performing that mod.

you worry about your LT? modding a LT is like throwing it out of the window. i rather suggest to rebuy all those games as a japanese version.

I couldn't agree more.

[guyjin]

just out of curiosity, what's the battery life like on the LT? Better, the same, or worse than the gt/express?

[nat]

I can't imagine it would be any better.