View From The Porch: Well isn't that just $#%^ great.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Well isn't that just $#%^ great.

My dinky little 15" LCD monitor is starting to crap out.

Dammit, why do things like this always crop up around the holidays?

14 comments:

Less said...: want a samsung 17"? Yours if you show me how the 1911 works.; 10:01 AM, November 28, 2008
Chas S. Clifton said...: So you can buy a new one that has been marked down 70 percent at an electronics store that is going bankrupt?; 10:51 AM, November 28, 2008
Robert Langham said...: Apple online sale today!; 11:20 AM, November 28, 2008
Paul said...: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236027&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112808&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112808-_-Monitors-_-L1B-_-24236027

19" LCD for $129.; 11:38 AM, November 28, 2008
Paul said...: Strike that... it's $139 with a mail-in rebate that, if you actually get it, will bring the price to $89.; 11:39 AM, November 28, 2008
Adrian K said...: Could be worse.

Way back in the day, my IBM 13" VGA display actually caught fire when it crapped out.

And now that I think about it: it was not only a mere 4-5 weeks after the holidays, it was 2 weeks after my son was born.; 11:41 AM, November 28, 2008
Dr. StrangeGun said...: lapkosoft.com... bunches of off lease systems, bet you can get a 17" for less than a hundred shipped, easy.; 12:28 PM, November 28, 2008
Less said...: My 17" Samsung is ~1.5 years old and it's "free", as in "free beer".

I've used it for ~month, but then switched to a laptop fulltime.; 12:43 PM, November 28, 2008
Anonymous said...: Well, d@n Tam, ask and ye shall receive.

I see multiple offers.

Must be Christmas and gifts need given.; 1:15 PM, November 28, 2008
Anonymous said...: What res? Is the panel still good? What's the diagonal measurement on the panel? I am collecting parts for a project. I'd hate to tear apart a new monitor just for the panel.; 1:28 PM, November 28, 2008
NotClauswitz said...: At least you didn't have to buy four new truck tires. I don't think they even make 15-inch monitors anymore.; 7:24 PM, November 28, 2008
phlegmfatale said...: I've noticed that if you ever have a little extra dosh lying about, some crisis will pop up to absorb said dosh. Sucky, that.; 12:59 AM, November 29, 2008
Tam said...: Less,

Where's an email at which I can contact you?; 6:55 AM, November 29, 2008
Less said...: MCSA56.org has the org link on the side - the emails get forwarded to my personal account. Drop a line there and I bounce one over to you...; 1:31 PM, November 29, 2008