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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: IG-88 on February 03, 2005, 06:17:09 pm
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OK. So I got these LCD laptop replacement monitors (for an IBM Thinkpad 760) and I'm needing some ideas on what to use them for. They were real cheap so of course I HAD to have them, now what the hell do I do with them. They are brand new, still with the protective film on the screen. Any ideas anybody?
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You could give one to me. Please?
Make a video marquee. Make a video projector. Make a bartop cab. Make a virtual window (http://www.hoagy.org/virtualwindow/). Take the backlight off one and make a transparent monitor like in minority report.
So many possibilities. I recommend the first one. ;D
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LCD laptop replacement monitors
They need (semi) expensive driver boards to get them to work with a PC... It's not just a matter of a cable hack or anything like that. Unless you've got the $$$ for the boards, they don't make good project screens.
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You can still make LCD window blinds. Tie all the rows and columns together and build a little circuit to control it's transparency.
If you have a thinkpad laptop, you could attach all the monitors in parallel to make dozens of cloned displays.
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You could give one to me.
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I'd do the video projector. Use it with an old overhead and a couple miscellaneous parts and give yourself a 12-foot theater setup. Just need to figure out the interface.
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http://www4.tomshardware.com/howto/20041113/index.html
Deffo, if you can get a suitable interface, go for the projector option. Add a cheap projector screen by using a plain light gray roller blind with blackout lining and you've got home cinema for a bargain price.