Yep. I just did a quick search using Google Shopping for "19" LCD monitor". Quite a few refurbished units for $70 to $100. New for about $120 to $150. Not very economical to repair at $75/hr.
Not mine. However, I made my own out of a swivel plate with detents as inspired by:
The lazy susan is a bit too crude for me. However, all my office and home monitors are 4:3, not 16:9. They rotate quite easily. 16:9 wide screen monitors might seem a bit high, but I've built two of these for customers and they loved it. One is a script writer and the other a technical editor, which might explain their interest in portrait mode displays.
I'm 61 years ancient, wear bifocals, and don't have a problem. That's because I don't use the bifocals in front of the screen. I'm fortunate and can still use the cheap "reading" glasses without correction for computer use. For driving, I need bifocals.
Plug: Cheap prescription glasses:
Well, I've been told that I have no writing ability, no aesthetic sense, no appreciation of layout styles, and no artistic abilities. That's a sufficient to avoid DTP and other forms of real work. About the only layout work I do is some HTML, which is admittedly fairly badly done. Despite these limitations, I can usually adapt to any screen size or layout ranging from tiny Netbook and PDA displays, to projection screens. Getting a full page view doesn't do much for me. However, waiting a few days and taking a second look usually causes me to ask "what was I thinking"?
More seriously, I cheat a bit and have two monitors and two computers on my desk at home. I have a switch that allows me to put both monitors on a dual display video card on the main machine. That's very useful if I want a huge workspace. I don't used it often, but when doing antenna design and 3D modeling, it's quite handy.
Yep.
You haven't seen my office. 700 sq ft, mostly storage and bakers racks.
(scroll horizontally). I wouldn't have room for 6 monitors. In my case, the danger is not pets. It's visitors. Despite warnings, visitor always manage to smash into something. No fatalities, so far.
I do that, but only for testing CCFL tubes. I always seem to forget to test the assembled panels. Thanks for the reminder.
Nope. They just threaten to give me a negative review for daring to suggest they're selling crap and don't honor their alleged warranties. However, that's only happened once in perhaps 8 years, so I'm not worried about retaliation. In this case, I called the vendor, who indicated that I should try the board despite the crack, and see what happens. If it fails, he'll still honor the warranty. So, I crammed it into the HP LJ4200 (about 20 connectors) and it worked just fine. I slopped some epoxy on the crack and will deliver it tomorrow. No need to return it.
Yep. Been there and had it happen. It's really ugly inside laptop LCD displays, where there's little room to maneuver. I just bought a replacement inverter for a Dell B130 laptop that had exactly the same part number as the original, but where the mounting hole was moved about 0.050". I took apart the mounting bracket, filed the hole to fit and reassembled. 20 minutes totally wasted. Other laptops were not so easy. I've had to use hot melt glue to secure some inverters.
On the other foot, I have nothing against cannibalism.
Yep. I have a Pace desoldering station with a motorized vacuum pump. It's strong enough to suck the pad off the board if necessary. Some boards offer some relief around the leads, while others are so tight as to defy removal. I have a method to deal with caps that's somewhat non-conventional. I have a cable cutter, with semi-circular cutters, that I use to chop off the top of the cap near the base. I then remove what's left of the base, leaving only two leads projecting from the PCB. I grab a lead with pliers, heat the joint, and pull them out, one at a time. Works nicely and much better than the Pace desoldering station.