Re: Laptop screen - strange problem

BillW50 wrote:
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M.I.5¾ typed on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:39:17 +0100:
"G.G.Willikers" <noone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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you aint just whistling dixie there pal.
I finally attempted this recently with success, but it tested every
ounce of patience that I had.

Replace bulb = $9.00 vs. replace 17" XWGA LCD = $199.00

I replaced one on a little 3" Casio television once. It took me
around 3 hours and even then I ended up with a scratch on the inside
surface of the glass. The replacement went the same way very
quickly. I hadn't realised that although the thing ran off 8
alkaline 1.5 volt batteries, that it should not have been run from a
12 volt AC adaptor. It took so much current from the batteries that,
with the voltage drop, it was actually a 9 volt device needing a 9
volt adaptor.

I too have a Casio handheld television (TV-880 I believe) which I think is a 2.3 inch color display. I could run it from four rechargeable 2300ma AA batteries for almost four hours. So I would say the drain was about 500ma. I also purchased a cigarette adapter from Casio for it. I believe the rating on it was like something like 6v @ 500ma.

Since the US is going to all digital broadcast in February of 2009. Mine is going to be pretty worthless after that date. Sure I could hook up a digital tuner to it. But that wouldn't be small enough to fit into your pocket anymore. :-(

Wow, now that you mention it, that sure does make for a lot of worthless pocket / small format TV's. That really sucks. I've had a Thompson 5" LCD TV that has served me well for years. Great reception too. So much for pulling in games while I'm camping.
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