I was giving this thread some more thought.
I have about 12+ flatscreens sitting about and I know that the biggest one only has a bad connection to the screen, fix that and its working, all it involves is time....
The Plasma screen I got going had nothing wrong with it, just some scratches on the screen that dissappear when its going. I am using it at the moment.
On the plus + plus side, I was able to scrap the 29ich CRT that I was using before... And stack all the DVD players I have, on its old 'footprint'.
Some of the other flatscreens have broken screens so its inside electronics can be assumed to be still working.
But some I had not tested and coul have broken screens that I didn't know about.
So I grab a long RCA cable to fit to the DVD player, and some power cords, and test the rest.
I found 4 that would not start up, one 'clicks' so thats the relay somewhere inside it. Ones 'Off/On' buttons been wrecked. Two are simply doing nothing.
One worked fine.... It needed no work at all.
Two, after mucking around with the Menu, and colours, and various settings, worked...... Uh, theres nothing wrong with 4 of the flatsceens.. WHY?
One, its got the same picture as the ones that I got going, but, theres something else going on too. I will get inside it later.
1 of the OK looking screens did have a broken screen, no visible damage on the outside. I do wonder if I broke it when getting it back home. Oh well.
I was able to double check that the 3 others had broken screens but otherwise still went. All I need is a good screen.(x3)
Sooooo, Thats about 25% of them are good to go anyway. Quick money there. $$$$.
I will use the 2 that I got going in other parts of the house and get onto the one with a bad sreen connection as its the biggest screen and a 'keeper'.
The rest,?
I have tagged them with whats wrong with them. I will get their model numbers etc and put them on a notebook and put them aside In storage somewhere else in the house.
Its easy to see theres money in these Flatscreens at the moment. Since I have a car now I can advertise for broken ones and pay a small amount for the ones with good screens.
I am getting the impression that a few have been chucked out after he owners mucked up the menu programming.
Broken Plasmas have lots of
escrap in them and 455 screws, arrrrh.. Some glass thats easy to get rid of and 1/2 are Aluminium backed screens so theres a few ($3-4) there. Plus the light plastic frame that will cost almost nothing to dispose of.
I think I can fill my car full of rubbish and dump it for $5 at the local dump (Refuse station).
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