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   Don Y to All   
   Repurposing TVs   
   14 Dec 25 12:26:58   
   
   From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   I repair a lot of LCD/LED TVs -- to keep them from the land fill.   
      
   But, there are only "so many" people/places you can find who   
   are willing to give a home to said rescued kit (free).   
   Particularly as screen sizes get more and more outrageous!   
   Inside the home, there aren't many places for a second   
   (or third or fourth) "big screen".  And, garages and back   
   porches pose similar limits.   
      
   [I could probably find homes for 30 inch screens (e.g., bedrooms)   
   a lot easier than 85 inch screens!  Sadly, the latter are now far   
   more common in the scrap pile!  :< ]   
      
   So, looking to the mantra "Reuse, Refurbish, Repurpose, Recycle",   
   I'm looking for ideas on how to repurpose them to give them   
   more life (they almost ALWAYS die due to power supply issues;   
   simple fixes that almost make the effort to do the repair seem   
   "inconvenient" -- why not "works-in-a-drawer"?).   
      
   But, as the screen is the most significant part of the product,   
   any such "new-purpose" would need to make use of that!   
      
   I'm at a loss.  *Projectors* I can find homes for (XMAS   
   decorations, "outdoor theaters", etc.) but screens are too big   
   or nowhere near large enough (e.g., for "decorations")   
      
   I thought of just using them as large "light panels" but   
   LED lamps are cheap and ubiquitous and much easier to   
   mount than a large screen!   
      
      
      
   Any ideas>   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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