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Dumb TVs are disappearing, monitors are more pricey, and panels for digital signage even more; so why not attempting a different approach like gutting a smart T

Dumb TVs are disappearing, monitors are more pricey, and panels for digital signage even more; so why not attempting a different approach like gutting a smart TV then connecting the panel to an external driver? It has been done with smaller monitors, through dirt cheap boards that made possible adding HDMI to old VGA-only panels, for example: https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20201002182740&SearchText=led+screen+driver https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S... How difficult/expensive would be to scale the same solution to 4K panels?

squarefoot 6y ago
Replying to myself: just add "4k" to the search string on the Aliexpress site, scroll the page and some interesting 4K driver boards will appear. For example: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000910752449.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000910752449.html More pricey of course, but affordable and still much more convenient than any ready made screen. Just pay attention that they must be programmed for the specific panel they'll be used with. You will have to tell the seller the exact model of your panel before the purchase. Lower resolution ones could be programmed with software called "rova tools". http://tech.mattmillman.com/info/lcd/rovatools/ http://tech.mattmillman.com/info/lcd/rovatools/ Not sure about the new ones. Probably after some time similar software will be written.