I have an tiny monochrme CRT Monitor thing from a really old camcorder, can it be used for some interesting projects?

Its a 5 cm long CRT monitor, im guessing a native resolution of 640x480, its got four connecting wires at the very end, its a pretty cool looking piece, i read somewhere this guy ran xp through it, so i was wondering if it could be used for something like that, a hud of some sort probably. any clues?

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Apr 4, 2011. 6:25 PMnerfinaticRN7 says:
You could take off the front and make it a shot glass
May 1, 2010. 11:54 PMzack247 says:
can you take pictures? this thing sounds really cool, and i have never seen one before. also maybe if people see exactly what it is they can help you figure out what to use it for?
Apr 29, 2010. 8:58 PMpsymansays says:
That's cool! Umm, you should attach the whole viewfinder to some glasses, black out the other lens, and use it as a First-Person-Point-of-View viewer for an R/C car of airplane, with one of those wireless micro spy cameras bolted to it.

That'd be pretty cool.
Apr 21, 2010. 10:42 AMTheZuke! says:
Just a comment: Older camcorders recorded at half NTSC, so it is possible the monitors resolution is only 320x240
Apr 20, 2010. 8:35 PMCrLz says:
Night vision goggles.


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