Comments | andrewducker: Anyone want a 15" LCD monitor?

andrewducker

Anyone want a 15" LCD monitor?

Feb 16, 2014 12:51

I know it's unlikely, seeing as this monitor dates from 2002, but if anyone is still sitting with an even ancienter CRT, or knows of somewhere that could do with it, then shout. I'll give it a few days before I dispose of it ( Read more... )

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ext_208701 February 16 2014, 13:08:50 UTC

15 inch LCDs with VGA in are fantastically useful in data centres where they're easy to move around. Otherwise stick a PI on the back of it and turn it into a media centre. Probably not worth posting to Cambridge though :-(

andrewducker February 16 2014, 13:26:16 UTC

I don't have a use for a 15" media centre either!

Kitchen has a tablet + bluetooth speaker
Living room has a PS3 + TV
Study has two desktops
Bedroom has the laptop

The kind of place that has a datacenter probably doesn't take donations.

And yeah, probably not worth posting to Cambridge. Shame, really!

ext_208701 February 16 2014, 13:31:10 UTC

I had to buy one second hand recently (£15) in order to make the internet work in my house. There's a whole post that's going to go on our company blog about it but basically modern LCDs assume that the video card does the rescaling, and the bios in old computers assume the monitor does the rescaling.

gonzo21 February 16 2014, 13:18:58 UTC

I'm sure somebody on freecycle would love it, monitors seem to go fast.

andrewducker February 16 2014, 13:26:37 UTC

Good idea.

If nobody I know wants it, and nobody recommends a charity, then Freecycle it is!

nojay February 16 2014, 15:29:25 UTC

The British Heart Foundation store in Dalry Road near Haymarket station takes electrical goods and tests and safety-checks them and that includes LCD monitors. I don't think they take CRT monitors but they certainly have LCD monitors for sale.

andrewducker February 16 2014, 15:32:06 UTC

Thanks!

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andrewducker February 16 2014, 15:31:56 UTC

Thanks!

franklanguage February 16 2014, 17:26:42 UTC

Funny, because I have a 15" flatscreen I refuse to part with because-you never know.

hawkida February 18 2014, 23:53:16 UTC

My second monitor was a little too big and overhung the end of the desk slightly. The inevitable happened eventually and I've thought of getting a replacement. If you were local I'd snap it up, but the thought of putting it through the trip from Scotland to London sounds likely to be expensive and not good for it.