Clearvision's clip-on display makes your PlayStation 3 weep

Sure, there's a clip-on display for gaming on-the-go made for basically every console out there, but for whatever reason, Sony's PlayStation 3 just doesn't lend itself to being the perfect candidate the way Nintendo's Wii does. Who knows, maybe it's that curvaceous design or something. Anyway, Clearvision is hoping that you don't much care how unsightly your console becomes when strapping its PS3 gaming monitor on, which adds a 7-inch LCD, a pair of speakers and little else. Unfortunately for those actually interested in picking one up, it seems you'll have to put in an inquiry with one Shenzhen Madcow Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Good luck with that.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

[Hexxeh @ Apr 19th 2008 6:34PM]

So I'm guessing this ships with a free steel spine reinforcement kit too, yeah?

[Raheem @ Apr 19th 2008 6:38PM]

I don't get it.

[Hexxeh @ Apr 19th 2008 6:39PM]

You'll be needing one to carry this thing around.

[Jarhead2012 @ Apr 19th 2008 7:57PM]

I also see what you did there.

[jason @ Apr 20th 2008 1:58PM]

check out the video of it in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED_pU2oDnug&feature=related

[Autopsy15 @ Apr 21st 2008 12:53AM]

Lol, I got Macarolled.

[mkeough23 @ Apr 19th 2008 6:44PM]

Just ask that one guy to build you the laptop

[Bobs @ Apr 19th 2008 8:53PM]

Ben Heckdorn only makes a few laptop consoles, they are costly, and very time consuming to make, and as a result, he only makes 10 or so, and sells them for a lot, but his time is very valuable

[ethana2 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:24PM]

I don't get why someone would do /all that/ to a PS3 without even replacing the hypervisor.

[gad get @ Apr 19th 2008 6:45PM]

I can't see using something like that anyway. What are you gonna do, set this hulk in your lap? Put it on a table? Nail it to the car seat in front of you? The PS3 isn't designed to be portable, and therefore it shouldn't be surprising that it becomes like something from a crappy old sci-fi series when you try to use it that way. But, hey, at least you won't launch it at someone accidentally as you play Wii Sports.

[Wwhat @ Apr 19th 2008 8:33PM]

You put it on the set of some CSI/Bones/SG-Atlantis set of course.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Apr 19th 2008 10:51PM]

yeah that's why we have remote play through the psp. good point. this is garbola. at least it should be 17 inches. its too tiny to play on. those speakers horrible. maybe it was supposed to be an April Fools Day joke but they were smokin some green today because its 4/20!

[94 taurus owner @ Apr 20th 2008 11:12PM]

Yeah that's what the PSP was designed for.

[joueboy @ Apr 19th 2008 6:47PM]

The price of the monitor is almost the same as the price of the PSP I guess. Nobody brings their PS3 around that's why the made the PSP.

[Arno @ Apr 19th 2008 6:50PM]

I never quite understood this. Who uses these things??

[Tech^Cellfish @ Apr 20th 2008 7:40AM]

Modders for display to their projects. I used a PSone display for my C64 :) The Xbox display is also popular. Cheapest 7" you can get.

Never seen anyone using it for the intended purpose though....

[a ham sandwich @ Apr 19th 2008 6:53PM]

what makes me weep is that that 7" screen is a crime to HD everywhere.

[BigD145 @ Apr 19th 2008 7:01PM]

Your typical screen has a similar footprint as the console it's on. With the bulk of a PS3, this is just sad. Minimum 12 inches or don't even bother, Clearvision!

[mmmntl @ Apr 19th 2008 10:36PM]

"Minimum 12 inches or don't even bother"

that's what she said!

[Dale @ Apr 20th 2008 8:40PM]

@mmmntl: That....was beautiful. I think a tear came to my eye.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 19th 2008 7:09PM]

Wow.

The people that need this are the people that love their PS3 so much they would never set foot in the outside world.

So basically the only people that would need it, don't need it.

/light hearted jokey comment, before people low rank me for not thinking of real-life situations in which it may be useful.

Unfortunately I need that disclaimer at the end of my posts recently.

[Ethan @ Apr 19th 2008 7:20PM]

Polystation 3?

[Jarhead2012 @ Apr 19th 2008 7:57PM]

I see what you did there...again.

[Ethan @ Apr 19th 2008 8:00PM]

Yeah I forgot about that...
...I need more sleep.

[ethana2 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:25PM]

Don't make me look bad, I can do that myself...

[Ethan @ Apr 19th 2008 9:26PM]

You must be mistaken considering I make everything look good.

[Christy McGrory @ Apr 19th 2008 7:30PM]

I wouldn't even put this in my car. not enough room.

[Ben @ Apr 20th 2008 8:51PM]

No one has enough room in their car for this, plus an industrial generator and a second tank of gas...

[Californian @ Apr 19th 2008 7:43PM]

Wow what a stupid waste of time developing this. If it took Clearvision a day to come up with this, it cost them more than it was worth. Even if you had some strange reason to take your PS3 with you (in a car? for real?) it would drain any power source it was connected to. Oh and good idea of nailing it to the seat in front of you, that way you won't have to have third degree burns from playing on the road *offline*. But at least in Soviet Russia, the PlayStation 3 doesn't burn you, you burn for the PlayStation 3.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Apr 19th 2008 10:56PM]

On the road "offline" I guess you haven't been up to speed on wireless net tech. you gots some reading to do there my friend.

[Californian @ Apr 20th 2008 12:07AM]

Uhhh, how many people who would buy a 7 inch LCD who have also installed a wifi hotspot from a cellular service or routed internet through ethernet from cell cards in their laptop? And the laptop would require another socket, btw. And AutoNet isn't out yet (I have been waiting for that for a while).

[Bruno @ Apr 19th 2008 7:59PM]

What the hell?

Where do you people get off? Ben Heck just made a masterpiece and everyone praised him, then this comes out, slightly smaller, and it gets bashed to pieces. Morons, either you like the idea of a PS3P, or you don't.

[The Sound @ Apr 19th 2008 8:04PM]

Because this is just plain stupid.

17inch screen > 7inch.

Heck's is full of all kinds of win.

[Ethan @ Apr 19th 2008 8:04PM]

The idea of a fully portable ps3 with a 17" screen and a built in keyboard is a little different than the idea of a tiny screen attachment. This hardly makes for a portable gaming experience..

[Californian @ Apr 19th 2008 8:19PM]

And this is an SD screen.

[Wwhat @ Apr 19th 2008 8:36PM]

Can someone translate that line "Heck's is full of all kinds of win." Mr 'the sound' enriched the comments with?

[Ethan @ Apr 19th 2008 8:38PM]

"Ben Hecks ps3 laptop is sexy as hell"

[DarkLightConnection Unbanned @ Apr 19th 2008 8:44PM]

If you take Ben Heck's PS3P to a PS3 LAN party, you'll laugh at their face when you pwn them...

If you take this to a PS3 LAN party, they will laugh at your face when they pwn you because your screen is so small you can't see your HUD..

[Bruno @ Apr 19th 2008 8:44PM]

Oh, believe me, I've been drooling over the PS3P Laptop. I was going to bid $3,000 (it is for charity afterall) but some jerk off's bid higher than that, and that is a shame, because there is no way they are serious bidders (I really hope they are), ruining it for the rest of us. So I'm not dissing his amazing work nor comparing it to this thing.

However, this is the closest thing to the PS3P anyone but the Winner of that Auction will ever get.

[Wwhat @ Apr 19th 2008 9:03PM]

I guess the double 'is' confused me a bit there for a sec, thanks.

[John @ Apr 19th 2008 9:19PM]

Uh, no, not a double "is"; that would be "Heck's" as in, "that which belongs to Heck". Don't play grammar police with a fake badge.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Apr 19th 2008 10:58PM]

because Ben's are Epic Masterpieces, This is JUNK, GARBOLA, Trash Not worth SPIT. Sorry but it's so bad it's not even funny. they should consult me for Ideas. i'd of thought of something to blow your minds. Picco Projector anyone?

[Wwhat @ Apr 20th 2008 2:38PM]

Ok I'll rephrase, the double is of 'his' and 'is', because Heck's is short for "Heck his" so it becomes "heck his is" which just threw me a bit at the time.
And I wasn't playing grammar police, I was just sleepy and lost the meaning of the line for a sec because of the "'s is" combo, don't get your panties in a knot.

[David @ Apr 19th 2008 8:53PM]

There won't be any Shenzhen Madcows on my PS3.

[ethana2 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:28PM]

Heh, I'm going to have an Ubuntu + tremulous + nexuiz LAN party, and one or two people will probably be using a PS3, and the rest laptops.. maybe a powerbook...

This would be pretty decent for that, less cords to worry about.
...come on, spegl folks, don't let me down.....

[ethana2 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:33PM]

Sorry, that is most certainly /not/ a common acronym. This is what I meant:
http://www.tungstengraphics.com/wiki/index.php/OpenGL_for_Cell

[Schmoove @ Apr 19th 2008 9:55PM]

cool another add-on to make my ps3 fatter..... time to go on the wii diet

[Aguiluz @ Apr 19th 2008 10:48PM]

God luck eating plastic and metal.


lol...

[Aguiluz @ Apr 19th 2008 10:53PM]

*good

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Apr 19th 2008 10:53PM]

MadCow. LOL ROFLMAO