PC engine LT owners where are you?

[Tatsujin]

Lol, where do you find working LTs for about $340 in Japan (26,000 yen). Not that there couldn't be one somewhere buried in a Hardoff out in the pampa for that price, but if you look for one in regular retro shops they selling 'em, you have to come up with bit more than that for sure (unless it's abused to a near fubar condition).

Sure, asking 1,099 pounds for a loose one (up in your ebay auction) is the pure opposite of that laugh.

[mrjingles75]

Hi folks. Does anyone here know of a good place or person that can repair an LT screen? Is it possible to replace them? I have an LT that's perfect except the screen is on it's last legs. I'd like to be playing it for another 10 years

[tlaloc]

Hi folks. Does anyone here know of a good place or person that can repair an LT screen? Is it possible to replace them? I have an LT that's perfect except the screen is on it's last legs. I'd like to be playing it for another 10 years

Hi,

Best place to look to repair anything is yourself, of course. At least, look into what it would take to repair it, then decide what to do.
Here is a link to a PCEGT LCD replacement project page (not an LT, i know, but I imagine it wouldn't be too different of a process from a PCE GT screen repair/replacement):
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9334.msg162149#msg162149

I would recommend you buy the replacement screen yourself (LT takes 4inch screens, i think):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/270921128941

Test it to see if it works, then find someone willing to repair it for you, if you do not feel capable of handling it yourself.

Is it possible? yes.

If you don't feel that it's possible to do it yourself, then I feel that referring you to this page might be of some help (someone else asked a similar question in regard to repair, and got answers):
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=8798.0

Hope this helps.

[mrjingles75]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction tlaloc! A really helpful answer 

I'm definately up for having a tinker myself so long as there isn't any soldering involved. I thought there might be something special about the stock NEC screen but it's great news if you think a generic 4" LCD can do the job.

The unit is in good condition apart from the screen. I wonder, would one of these new 4" screens give better picture quality? I'm assuming that the image persistence you get on a regular LT screen must be down to the more primitive LCD tech of the time?

So many questions 

[PunkicCyborg]

Hi folks. Does anyone here know of a good place or person that can repair an LT screen? Is it possible to replace them? I have an LT that's perfect except the screen is on it's last legs. I'd like to be playing it for another 10 years

I saw an ad on YJA for LT repairs when I did a search for PCエンジンLT

[mrjingles75]

Was it http://www.suruga-ya.jp?

It would make sense there are some JP repair shops that have a service for swapping out LT screens.

[tlaloc]

I wonder, would one of these new 4" screens give better picture quality? I'm assuming that the image persistence you get on a regular LT screen must be down to the more primitive LCD tech of the time?

So many questions 

Better picture quality out of the new 4" LCD, as opposed to the stock NEC LCD? If you feel like doing it yourself, first, ask yourself the following three (3) questions:
1.) "Do I know what the difference between composite and RGB video is?"
2.) "Are my hands steady?"
3.) "Do I know how to use a soldering iron?"

If you answered 'no' to any of the above questions, then I would kindly advise you to consider looking into what PunkicCyborg suggested and follow up on that, making sure to note the difference between RGB out as opposed to composite out going to the 4" screen before asking what you need of the prospective PC-Engine LT repair specialist. Here is a link to a video that provides a visual example of what I am referring to:


If you absolutely want the best picture quality, and you feel comfortable tinkering around with a rare PC-Engine LT, you're probably going to have to read this doc:
http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=hu6260_netlist

Then re-visit the PCEGT LCD replacement project page, read it and see if you can do better than that. According to my perception of how it was done on the PCEGT LCD replacement project page, the poster, woshizyt, used the replacement LCDs' stock driver board to convert the HU6260 chips video signals to what would appear as a composite video signal on the new screen. I could be wrong but that is what appears to have happened to me. My guess is that it is possible to get true RGB out to the replacement LCD screen.

Safe Care and Take Travels,
Tlaloc