Is it worth repairing a monitor?

Mel_P · 22 Oct 2022 at 12:02

My grandson who is slightly ham fisted bought a monitor a while ago and has managed to physically damage the inner "LCD" screen - only half of it works and lots of lines.

The outer glass is not cracked.

I have scanned the web and do not see for sale any replacement "monitor screens" anywhere. They are available for laptops but not monitors.

Is this because the "LCD/LED" bit is essentailly most of the cost of a monitor? And replacement is not economic - in which case it's for the recycle bin.

Any knowledge anyone? Thanks, Mel

clone · 23 Oct 2022 at 10:32

May as well buy new as they are cheap enough and you get a warranty.

drakulton · 23 Oct 2022 at 10:39

Mel_P said:
My grandson who is slightly ham fisted bought a monitor a while ago and has managed to physically damage the inner "LCD" screen - only half of it works and lots of lines.

The outer glass is not cracked.

I have scanned the web and do not see for sale any replacement "monitor screens" anywhere. They are available for laptops but not monitors.

Is this because the "LCD/LED" bit is essentailly most of the cost of a monitor? And replacement is not economic - in which case it's for the recycle bin.

Any knowledge anyone? Thanks, Mel

Monitor screens are made of many different layers. The fact that you're seeing lines in the active part of the LCD screen suggest that it's damaged beyond repair, even though the outer layer does not appear to be damaged.

Mel_P · 23 Oct 2022 at 11:19

I realise that - I was just wondering if it's economically feasible to replace the monitors "innards" which as you say are damaged beyond repair. By repair - i meant replace the "innards". The bit that wouldn't be replaced is the case, the support frame, power supply and internal electronics containg all of the inlet sockets.

SpellowHouse · 23 Oct 2022 at 12:38

Mel_P said:
I realise that - I was just wondering if it's economically feasible to replace the monitors "innards" which as you say are damaged beyond repair. By repair - i meant replace the "innards". The bit that wouldn't be replaced is the case, the support frame, power supply and internal electronics containg all of the inlet sockets.

MY guess is that it is but with a huge condition - that you have access to cheap parts. If you ran a monitor repair shop then you could probably do it, but otherwise it's probably just too difficult to source the parts and or too expensive.

Mel_P · 23 Oct 2022 at 13:58

Its the electrical recyling bin then!

ZeroG · 23 Oct 2022 at 14:02

I've thought about doing this before over the years with some broken monitors but I could never find any spares, not even when contacting the manufacturer.

Another option I looked into was buying a 2nd hand faulty one, with intact screen, and replacing but the cost of 2nd hand was pretty high and buying a new monitor was just a better option. You get a brand new monitor and a full warranty.

EsaT · 23 Oct 2022 at 14:35

That's definitely FUBAR with LCD panel broken.
And would be likely very hard to find LCD panel used in it.
With price likely being same as new monitor, if managing to find fitting panel.

Bubo · 24 Oct 2022 at 09:25

Its funny how you only ever damage things which are less than your house insurance accidental damage excess cover isn't it. They are not daft are they, insurance companies.

Glanza · 24 Oct 2022 at 09:41

Depends on the monitor, I paid to get my original 34" repaired after I broke the panel by dropping it as back then they were still rare, if it was a cheap 1080p monitor I'd replace it with a new one.

gtl_racer · 25 Oct 2022 at 15:17

ZeroG said:
I've thought about doing this before over the years with some broken monitors but I could never find any spares, not even when contacting the manufacturer.

Another option I looked into was buying a 2nd hand faulty one, with intact screen, and replacing but the cost of 2nd hand was pretty high and buying a new monitor was just a better option. You get a brand new monitor and a full warranty.

^^^ this ^^^