Swapping LCD panels

[Tony Clark]

   I'd say, get one of those nifty flashlight helmets that Orbital uses 
on stage.  ;)
   Nah, in all seriousness, I'd imagine it's possible.  Of course it 
depends on how they designed said anonymous piece of gear, who 
manufactured the LCD for said anonymous piece of gear, and if a suitable 
replacement LCD exists for the undesirable LCD in said anonymous piece of 
gear.
   You can replace practically anything with something else if given 
enough insanity/willpower/boredom.  First thing I'd do is get the 
documentation on the LCD from whoever manufactured it.  Hopefully they 
used a standard one so that you can FIND docs on it.  I had some trouble 
getting docs on the LCD used in old Zenith laptops.  But that's a story 
we won't go into here.
   I took a look at one of the LCD catalogs I have and the ones I could 
see in here have no external differences at all.  So you might find it 
easier than you think.
   Anyway, once you figure out who manufactures it, I might have the data 
on it.  Let me know if I can help out said anonymous piece of gear.

   Tony

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Tony Clark -- clark at andrews.edu 
http://www.andrews.edu/~clark
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> Say I'm about to get a device that has a non-backlit LCD. Say that I know
> this is going to drive me nuts. Is there anything that I can do about it?
> 
> I know that it'll involve physically replacing the display panel, and
> possibly adding someway to get voltage to the backlight, but is this
> generally practical to do?
> 
> I think that the display is generic, (x by y pixels versus custom burned),
> so I'm thinking that, in theory, I should be able to find a backlit panel
> of the same size, but backlit.
> 
> Is this even practical to think about?