ive seen quite a few of these go through ebay recently, if the unit powers up but the display is blank, with no signs of cracks, is this genereally just an issue with the backlight ccfl tubes? in which case they would be ideal candidates for an lcd projector project. im new to the scene and would like your opinions. i realize this question isnt the one answer type, but in general are we talking about broken backlight or some other major component going bad?🙂
I was thinking the exact same thing. I've been putting the keyword "backlight" through ebay all day hoping to find a possible lcd candidate. I lost one auction to a sniper where the seller said "in-house tech said backlight is out. Image viewable but very dim". grrrrr. it would have only been 50 bucks total but probably for the best, didn't have a clue if it was DIY friendly.
dont you hate the snipers, i lost one yesterday where in the last 3 seconds he bid it up $1.10 and won the auction. with any luck i should have the dell 1702fp that looks/runs fine but backlight is very dim, probably gonna spend close to $100 for it, but at least you know it works and the only problem with it is something your going to tear out anyways.
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