can it be done and how

[dj_tp]

so i recently came across an old laptop and just for the heck of it decided to butcher it, i now am left with the screen, i was wondering if there is anyway to say use it as a regular screen an adaptor of some sort to make it so i can plug in an rca or some such, any help would be awesome, otherwise... i just have a screen

 

[Mikebits]

I doubt it. Recycle.

 

[Berserk87]

you would also need to be able to salvage the inverter.

i was also curious about this, since i have an old laptop lying around that dosnt work, but i havnt found anything or any proof that its possible.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

you would also need to be able to salvage the inverter.

i was also curious about this, since i have an old laptop lying around that dosnt work, but i havnt found anything or any proof that its possible.

It's 'possible' but certainly NOT simple, and I wouldn't have thought it's cost effective at all.

 

[ThermalRunaway]

I guess you would need to write your own driver for the display. I'm not sure if the displays themselves are equipped with any kind of intelligence (like a regular graphics display for example) or if everything is done in software on the PC side. Either way you're looking at a lot of work! And you'd need access to datasheets for the display itself.

Brian

 

[BrownOut]

Seperate the active matrix from the plastic frame, and use it to make an adjustable light transmissive window.