Zoran Vincic
December 25th, 2010, 06:34 PM
I recently bought a Pilot VLB package and I noticed that the monitor which came with the system is different than what I saw on the pictures. It's not a very good one either, it's pretty dark and washes out badly when viewed from above.
Today I tried to fit one of the cheap Lilliput monitors I got lying around (I think that it's a 669HB).
Had to remove the anti rotation pin on the Pilot's bracket (luckily it's just a screw with an allen head so it was easy to remove) and just screwed the monitor on with the 1/4'' screw.
Wow, what a difference! Much brighter (specs say 450 cd/m2) and doesn't wash out when viewed from above, just slightly washes out from below. Much, much better and easy to see.
It's slightly heavier than the stock monitor (420 vs 280 grams) but I did use two weights beneath the stock monitor to compensate the battery on the other side, now I use none. Achieved dynamic balance with my EX1 in few mins, so no problem there either.
It runs fine from the battery, the specs say it uses 8W (couldn't find the specs for the original monitor).
The only thing I don't like is that it has a small wiring harness on a proprietary connector (I don't like anything proprietary), two composite video inputs, audio input, power input and a large round locking connector (proprietary again) for connecting the VGA cable.
I have been looking for the new Lilliput monitors which have BNC inputs (and analog component instead VGA). They're around $200 so I'll probably get one of those instead.
Today I tried to fit one of the cheap Lilliput monitors I got lying around (I think that it's a 669HB).
Had to remove the anti rotation pin on the Pilot's bracket (luckily it's just a screw with an allen head so it was easy to remove) and just screwed the monitor on with the 1/4'' screw.
Wow, what a difference! Much brighter (specs say 450 cd/m2) and doesn't wash out when viewed from above, just slightly washes out from below. Much, much better and easy to see.
It's slightly heavier than the stock monitor (420 vs 280 grams) but I did use two weights beneath the stock monitor to compensate the battery on the other side, now I use none. Achieved dynamic balance with my EX1 in few mins, so no problem there either.
It runs fine from the battery, the specs say it uses 8W (couldn't find the specs for the original monitor).
The only thing I don't like is that it has a small wiring harness on a proprietary connector (I don't like anything proprietary), two composite video inputs, audio input, power input and a large round locking connector (proprietary again) for connecting the VGA cable.
I have been looking for the new Lilliput monitors which have BNC inputs (and analog component instead VGA). They're around $200 so I'll probably get one of those instead.