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cheap recycled tft

they're green (well colour) and cheap
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I am guessing a lot of laptop computers get thrown out every year. I am also guessing that most people want flat-screen TFT displays.

Simply get hold of an old laptop screen and plug into a converter that makes it a standard VGA input. Slap it in a case - and there you have it. Recycled electronics and modern.

eitsop, Nov 08 2005

Laptop monitor input Laptop_20monitor_20input
it allows otherwise dead laptops to retain visual functionality for use with other computer systems. [xaviergisz, Nov 08 2005]

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       You can buy boards to do this. So… baked. I don't know how long they've been available, though.
notexactly, Dec 18 2018
  
      
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