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What is the resolution of the screen on the primary system you use to access SoylentNews?
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(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Monday March 01 2021, @02:41AM (2 children)
I imagine it's something you probably could repair yourself if you tried hard enough. The real question will be the cost of the replacement screen.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 01 2021, @08:48PM
installed a 1920x1200 active matrix/tft flat panel purchased off ebay for $50 made for generic laptop standard screens.
Took me a few hours; never did it before. The hardest part was overcoming the fear of breaking it.
If your screen has an antenna or something baked around the sides, then maybe that is going to break because for $50 and your own skill, it is possible your install will be harder than mine.
My laptop is something I bought in 2006, and the 1920x1200 resolution is pretty astounding on it. The laptop does get a bit warmer during regular use -- it is driving a resolution higher that it was natively doing before -- but it is not like I am running a lot of new applications on it. The OS and everything works all the same but I get more desktop space and more window frame visibility as a result (plus... for a no-name brand screen, it is pretty sharp compared to the one I replaced!)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 03 2021, @05:20AM
If you're going to wuss out and replace it instead of repair it .. its only two pixels that need to be fixed. </sarcasm>