It would be a lot cheaper just to buy a new LCD TV. I had one broken a few months ago by my daughter and I tried to get it repaired. They basically wanted as much as a new tv. So I just picked up a new one. The other day my son throws a toy at it and I almost had a heart attack from the flashbacks.. Thanks god I picked up a screen protector for the new tv when we got it from a place called tv armor. (http://www.tv-armor.com) So far the new TV has survived. Mike
My thought exactly... perhaps make a custom screen saver that just displays that image... install it on a friends computer without him/her knowing and then activate it (or just displaying the image full screen in Paint or something) while he/she is on the john, and make some "woops-I-dropped-your-LCD-noice"... and then holding it in your hands, looking like you're trying to put it back on the desk with a guilty expression on one's face when he/she comes back... I bet it would take a few seconds before the friend catches on =P ...or maybe not.. it would be too intricate.. even for me
of course, seems like the industry is making everything throw away now. They would rather you buy a new one then fix the one you have.
i have an lcd panel for my monitor and when i was replacing ccfl backlight a ribbon came of the side and now the screen is missing a fourth of the screen heres the monitor lcd http://s540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/JFC_X_EVA_1/?action=view¤t=scan0002.jpg Any Way to fix problem and put ribbon back on ?? please help thanx
It's more than just a ribbon cable, it's the demux chip for that part of the screen. Without really close examination it's impossible to tell if you've ripped the cable, or if poor quality solder has come apart. If it's solder, it may be repairable, but with a microscope and a tiny soldering iron. Probably better to just chuck it out and buy a new/used one off eBay.
19" Monitor Repair I have a 19" Monitor/ TV with a crack in the LCD screen. If I buy a 19" wide screen monitor of ebay with a working lcd screen can I take it out and put it into my 19"LCD TV/Monitor. Are the connectors the same for all 19" wide Screen. Will I have to get the same make and model monitor to repair it?
No, some things are just so delicate and precise that there is no way of fixing them when they break. An integrated circuit or LCD screen is not like a piece of wood that will fix up nice with some glue and a nail through it. Moreover, some things are just so complex that finding out what is wrong would cost more in labour than just replacing the whole thing. Example: not so long ago my Phillips 32" plasma screen conked out. This thing cost me £2500,-- at the time (seven years ago) so I was loathe to just dump it and buy a new one. But how to find out what was wrong? Luckily the fault was not uncommon. And luckily a qualified electrical engineer spent a several days systematically tracking down the fault on his own conked-out model, and published his findings on the internet. The result? I replaced 3 capacitors with a total value of £1.10 and the screen works just fine again. The moral of the story is: many things can be fixed cheaply if you know what to fix. But if that engineer had to be paid by a customer for his troubles, you'd be looking at, say, £500,--. And for that money you can buy a brand-new high-def 32" LCD TV.
I was wondering if anyone can tell just from the picture whether this is toast or still repairable? Pic 1 Pic 2
