Making a TV out of your old Laptop screen

[mohgames]

Yup , it is very doable .

you can turn your old Laptop screen into a very usable TV

 

total cost is 32£

30£ the Board

0£ the Screen

1£ the Glue and scrows

1£ the Stand (it is a tablet stand )

Here is the link to the LCD controller i used

 

http://www.vslcd.com/Specification/T.VST29.03.pdf

 

 

see attached images :

 

 

[CydiaDash]

I was looking for something like this to turn my old laptop screen into a small monitor

[Zeke]

I got an impression that thing can also function as a second monitor, correct? There's an HDMI input on it...

[CydiaDash]

Yup , it is very doable .

you can turn your old Laptop screen into a very usable TV

 

total cost is 32£

30£ the Board

0£ the Screen

1£ the Glue and scrows

1£ the Stand (it is a tablet stand )

Here is the link to the LCD controller i used

 

http://www.vslcd.com/Specification/T.VST29.03.pdf

 

 

see attached images :

Could you post some more up close pictures on how you did this?

[mohgames]

I got an impression that thing can also function as a second monitor, correct? There's an HDMI input on it...

correct

[Zeke]

correct

Cool. I have two dead Toshiba R500s somewhere, I'll see if I can do something with the screens.

[mohgames]

Could you post some more up close pictures on how you did this?

sure :

First here where i bought the LCD controller

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181044221632?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

1-The first thing is to take the screen apart from your laptop (do not break anything , Ideally you would want to keep the shell intact )

2- Find the Panel part number if it is in the compatibility list of the LCD controller  then you are gold , it should be at the back of the LCD panel when you take it apart , mine was (lp154w01 (tl) (d1))

3- watch this guy

4- then try to find  a way to make it all look neat , like i did there , i didn't need to drill anything , there was 2 gaps i could use to pass the cables from the panel to the controller

5-Finlay find a 12V power Supply with a minimum of 40watts/ 3.3Amps 

[mohgames]

Could you post some more up close pictures on how you did this?

i hope this helps

[CydiaDash]

i hope this helps

Yep, that helps a bit more, thanks man

[Scheer]

I bought a picture frame from Americanframe.com when I built mine, made it look a lot more like a monitor.

 

It was a small low resolution monitor so I stuck with a cheap VGA only LVDS controller. Side note, its a 12.1" screen and I'm powering it with a 12V 1 amp supply and its been running fine for about a year, they don't pull much juice.