LCD display and VDR ?

[Martin Hammerschmid <martin@hammerschmid.com>]

I was searching for LCDs that could be
easily used. I found some data sheets here:
http://www.lcd-module.de/deu/doma/standard.htm
and the idea was born to use the printer port
for those modules ...
one day later, after searching for LCD related
stuff, I found out that the work already was
done:
http://www.home.unix-ag.org/nils/lcd.html

with a 40x4 character LCD module it should
be possible to implement the same functionality
as the OSD has, without altering the remote control
keys. this way OSD and LCD could coexist.
a menu on the LCD could look like this:
   --------------------    
  |    * CHANNELS *    |   
  |123  Some channel wi|  
  |th a real long name |
  |EDIT NEW DELETE MARK|
   -------------------- 
the inner two lines (2x20 chars) could always
display the highlighted line that's shown on the OSD ...
having such a display would be useful for all
situations where the TV set isn't used, like listening
to radio stations or programming a timer or maybe 
in the future listening to audio CDs or MP3s ...

well, I just ordered such a module to see
if they would really work :)

Martin

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