I've occasionally seen someone luck out and find a replacement used screen cheap, but this is not a common outcome; laptops screens are expensive, not often stocked locally, and can be very idiosyncratic.
OTOH, I have seen a couple of people lugging around a 15" LCD monitor to use with their laptop, and I know one person whose desks at work and home each have a 19" LCD monitor that is used with a laptop that has a somewhat small screen.
It may be premature to junk the unit, but conventional repair is worse than iffy. |
