From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid
On 12/15/2025 1:21 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 14/12/2025 19:26, Don Y wrote:
>> 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>
>
> For the smaller ones, say 30 - 40", make a frame they'll drop into, put a leg
> at each corner of the frame, and turn them into coffee tables. Might need a
> glass cover as well to prevent scratches. What you show on the screen is up
to
> you.
>
> For rooms without windows, turn them into "fake" windows with outdoor scenes
> (played from an SDHC card or USB stick).
The only room devoid of windows, here, are the bathrooms and the "inner walls".
I had wanted to set up a "cocktail" Robotron (arcade video game) in place of a
kitchen table but found that to be impractical. A table that is a generic
display would probably fail similarly. (though it would be a cool idea for
a cafe/bistro!)
Interesting ideas, but would you *welcome* such a thing into your house?
The problem isn't fixing/repurposing them but, rather, finding people
who would welcome them as additions to their homes, especially at the larger
sizes.
Young people going off to college want something small -- or, use their
phones for "video". Many seem to end up back at home after graduating
(instead of taking an apartment or buying a home) so that "need" is
already met.
Porches tend to pose a mounting challenge as folks tend to want the
screen hanging down from the ceiling AWAY from the walls (so they
aren't looking back at the house while watching but out into the yard).
Garages only work for folks who have relatively barren garages (not
much "stored" therein).
I made an electric whiteboard out of one so I can teleconference
with colleagues (I draw on the screen and they see what I've drawn;
they draw on their laptop screens and I see my "whiteboard"
updated accordingly). This is a great win as I capture it as
a video so you can see (and hear) how the discussion evolved
over time. And, you can "post" any document that you have
available, locally, with which to interact (e.g., mark up a
schematic, BoM, browse a code listing, etc.)
But, that's a large appliance for folks who can get similar
functionality from their laptop (albeit not as intuitively).
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