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    LCD monitors

    I noticed 2 buyers reduced prices on these. Anybody know what is affecting the market for them?



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    Total guess here but I would imagine the supply is outpacing demand.

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    um NOBODY wants a 15" or even a 17" monitor now...19" ones are CHEAP and there are plenty in the marketplace. I mean I don't buy ANYTHING under 22" and really 24" is what I typically like as a minimum on my machines. I currently have a 27" high end monitor and a 24" 2nd in vertical mode.

    It is kinda like dual-cores...they probably are played out.
    PROFIT is made when you BUY/ACQUIRE NOT when you sell

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    Yeah, I was doing a escrap deal and then afterwards the owner found out that the 60 monitors were already sold....
    Another guy there had done a deal with the actual owner of them, he was trying to sell them for $10 each and still couldn't sell them...

    It actually made no difference to me, 60 monitors would be interesting to have, I expect they all go.
    But, I couldn't sell then, would have trouble storing them, already have a bunch anyway, could probably buy several for $5 anyway and its a shame to scrap something that still goes.
    And in the and I would have a small box of escrap, a bale of plastic scrap, a small amount of coated Copper wire, sheets and sheets of white plastic and PVC, lots of little florescent tubes.
    And it would cost me a huge amount of time doing anything, anything at all, to 60 monitors...

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    Well here is what I know recently in Hong Kong there EPA shut down some of the places were alot of the LCD's were sent. What im being told that more than likely in the near future only thing they will be accepting is the LCD panel only. I am sure there will be buyers here in the USA who will take the LCD's at a low price and will dismantle the monitors just for the panel. We will see what happens in the next 60 days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webuyselltradestuff View Post
    um NOBODY wants a 15" or even a 17" monitor now...19" ones are CHEAP and there are plenty in the marketplace. I mean I don't buy ANYTHING under 22" and really 24" is what I typically like as a minimum on my machines. I currently have a 27" high end monitor and a 24" 2nd in vertical mode.

    It is kinda like dual-cores...they probably are played out.
    15" and 17" LCD monitors are kind of junk with slow refresh rates. Some 17" and 19" that were 1600x1200 are still wanted by old school gamers. When you can buy a new 1080p 24" for $100 new why bother with older junk. People are looking for 4k monitors now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by unknownk View Post
    15" and 17" LCD monitors are kind of junk with slow refresh rates. Some 17" and 19" that were 1600x1200 are still wanted by old school gamers. When you can buy a new 1080p 24" for $100 new why bother with older junk. People are looking for 4k monitors now.
    you are exactly right....and I don't really know of many desktops that come with ANYTHING less than a 19" and most are 22". This has been true for a couple of years now.

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    The only exception I could see was that some run on 12 volt.

    Potential use in cars and boats, as video monitors, in 'off the grid' situations and likewise.

    I don't know but maybe somebody could set up a older computer with security software and a few hard drives and several (6?) monitors and CCTV cameras as a potential bundled sale of a security system.

    It sounds like something they would use in a gang headquarters.......

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    It's a hard call. We're one of the wealthiest nations so our expectations are higher. I'm curious about what they do with the LCD panels in Hong Kong. Do they go straight to scrap -or- are they re-manufactured into new units to be sold in the lesser developed countries ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrappah View Post
    It's a hard call. We're one of the wealthiest nations so our expectations are higher. I'm curious about what they do with the LCD panels in Hong Kong. Do they go straight to scrap -or- are they re-manufactured into new units to be sold in the lesser developed countries ?
    I think you hit it right on. The lesser developed countries can afford our remanufactured leftovers and are happy with them.

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    Is there a difference between remanufacturing and refurbishing? Or is it just a matter of semantics?

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    Remanufactured (to me) means sent back to the factory and checked/fixed as needed with OEM parts to new condition then brown boxed with any original equipment and manuals then resold. Refurbed is what 3rd parties do to get it working again to original spec if possible.

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    Set up a call center in India.... lol.

    A bit of work and they have a video advertising sign.

    If we could get a list of what they want in China.....

    After I read a National geo mag about escrap and how who you sell to sorts and bundles certain items, sells it on, they sort and rebundle in greater numbers, and then, in this instance, they sold a certain cellphone to a buyer who manufactured scrolling LED signs. The chip that run the text part of it could run a scrolling LED sign, programmable.

    Reprogramme a broken screened generic tablet and put it into a LED monitor & you have a video advertising sign, cost? $20....
    Sell. $$?????

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    I'm still wondering about the indium found in flat screen panels. How is the progress coming concerning an efficient way of recycling these panels to recover the heavy metal Indium? Anybody have some insight on this?

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    http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/...702/165702.pdf

    I had a few years of college level chemistry but this is well over my head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billygoat View Post
    Is there a difference between remanufacturing and refurbishing? Or is it just a matter of semantics?
    It's a hard call. Here in the states it's perfectly legal for a company like Ford to take an engine block with 300,000 miles into the shop,restore it to original spec, and sell it as new.

    It might be the same thing only different with LCD's. Take a Dell brand monitor for instance. If you take it apart there's an LCD panel inside. That panel wasn't manufactured by Dell.

    Here's a list of LCD manufacturers.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._manufacturers

    It's likely that only a handful make LCD panels for computer monitors. Others might manufacture LCD screens for cell phones or 50" televisions. It all depends on what patents they hold and what kind of technology they're licensed to manufacture.

    If a used LCD screen is still good i don't see why it would be a problem to re-use the screen and manufacture your own brand of computer monitor. It might be legal to sell it as new in some other country.

    It seems like re-using a thing that's still good makes more sense that trying to recycle it.

    We ask ourselves the same thing here when we're parting out a computer. The first question we ask is if we can salvage certain parts that have better than scrap value. After that .... it's sending different items out to our e-waste buyer for recovery of precious metals.

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    LCD monitors

    A previously used engine remanufactured by Ford (GM, Chrysler) is definitely not sold as new, nor would it be "perfectly legal" to do so. Items that have been previously used and reconditioned by the OEM are labeled and sold as "remanufactured by the original manufacturer."

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    Further, any component parts used in the manufacture of Ford trucks, for instance, not made in-plant by Ford are still deemed to be made by Ford simply because the parts are made to the specifications of Ford to fit their trucks. Can you imagine the confusion that would occur in product liability if one had to seek legal recourse against every individual manufacturer of parts that go into making a Ford truck?

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    Quote Originally Posted by billygoat View Post
    Is there a difference between remanufacturing and refurbishing? Or is it just a matter of semantics?
    I asked that question just to see what kind of answers I would get. The following is copied and pasted from Wikipedia.

    Remanufacturing is the rebuilding of a product to specifications of the original manufactured product using a combination of reused, repaired and new parts.[1] It requires the repair or replacement of worn out or obsolete components and modules. Parts subject to degradation affecting the performance or the expected life of the whole are replaced. Remanufacturing is a form of a product recovery process that differs from other recovery processes in its completeness: a remanufactured machine should match the same customer expectation as new machines.

    Refurbishment is the distribution of products (usually electronics and electricals) that have been previously returned to a manufacturer or vendor for various reasons. Refurbished products are normally tested for functionality and defects before they are sold. It is repaired from the manufacturer and resold. In various cases "refurbished" may be synonymous with "used", "reconditioned", "remanufactured", "refreshed", "recycled", "repaired", "recertified", or "like new". Merchants do not often specify the exact reason an item is "refurbished", so buyers may be assuming some of the same risks of buying used equipment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by luxor62 View Post
    A previously used engine remanufactured by Ford (GM, Chrysler) is definitely not sold as new, nor would it be "perfectly legal" to do so. Items that have been previously used and reconditioned by the OEM are labeled and sold as "remanufactured by the original manufacturer."
    You might try the search term " New classic ford engines " and see what turns up.


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