[PD-ot] Hacking a laptop screen out

[Jim Credland]

Some at work produced a portable second screen out of his bag last week. 	Something I'd not seen before.

I think it may have been this one:  http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/accessories/lenovo-thinkvision-lt1421.aspx  It might be a little more pricey than using an old laptop screen but a lot easier.

On 18 Dec 2012, at 22:54, Ed Kelly wrote:

> Ouch!
> 
> That pretty much looks like building your own graphics card adaptor board! I think I'll look at alternative options. The screen is the only bit that usually comes in a clunky, wonky and not-so-cuboid form, and doesn't fit in a backpack (my large ITX PC _just_ fits into a camping rucksack, with a keyboard and mouse).
> 
> Perhaps the netbook idea is a winner. I wanted some real-estate, but perhaps I should be looking at better ways of controlling things rather than having lots of GUI.
> 
> Ed
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>> From: Maciej Ostaszewski <maciej.ostaszewski at gmail.com>
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Greetings off-topic people
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any experience of turning a laptop LCD screen into a 
>> normal screen?
>> 
>> As far as i know it is not cheap and easy:
>> 
>> http://hackaday.com/2011/09/09/putting-laptop-lcds-to-use-with-an-fpga/
>> http://hackaday.com/2012/10/25/laptop-lcd-resurrection-gets-some-clean-packaging/
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