Installing the "One Chip" Game Boy Color IPS Screen Kit (Custom Color Palettes!) (Part 1 of 3)
Channel: makho
Date: 22/05/2020

I made a quick followup to this video addressing some of the things I noticed after making this video: https://youtu.be/DHYdiFYnU_Y

mattcurrie's ROM pack of useful test ROMs (that I used in the video): https://mattcurrie.com/gb-lcd-tests.zip

Thanks again to Retro Game Repair Shop for providing one of these for me to check out! Here is a (non-affiliate) link to the kit: https://retrogamerepairshop.com/products/game-boy-color-ips-backlight-with-colored-palettes

This is NOT the funnyplaying kit (https://youtu.be/PySvT126Loo) nor is it by the same maker. That being said, it also does NOT have the noisy column of pixels when used on a GBC board other than a rev 06. 

Want to just see the raw numbers for power usage and screen brightness? Check out my spreadsheet linked here (it is continuously updated): https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/ehru1w/relative_power_usage_of_backlight_mods/

A note on the power usage -- apparently my experience is not typical and my kit draws an absurdly high amount of power. I'm going to investigate with more boards and perhaps even pick up another kit for troubleshooting. The LCD glitches I experienced seem related to the power usage as well. 

Imgur album of this kit: https://imgur.com/a/MB7mdrU

Imgur album of the DMG IPS kit for palette comparison: https://imgur.com/a/sxhpHND

Part 3: https://youtu.be/JBy1IF8cIrk
Part 2: https://youtu.be/DHYdiFYnU_Y