{"id":2599,"date":"2021-10-19T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/?p=2599"},"modified":"2021-10-19T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T07:37:19","slug":"how-to-turn-a-laptop-display-into-a-desk-monitor-and-a-look-on-the-dark-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/how-to-turn-a-laptop-display-into-a-desk-monitor-and-a-look-on-the-dark-side\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn a Laptop Display into a Desk Monitor, and a look on the dark side."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought this module which allows a laptop display to be connected to a standard computer video board.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Euro 18.42 | 1600*900 LVDS 40Pin LCD monitor controller drive board Kit Fit LTN173KT01\/LTN173KT02\/LTN173KT03 matrix VGA AV notebook WLED<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/a.aliexpress.com\/_mPTQVOK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/a.aliexpress.com\/_mPTQVOK<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth doing only if you have a really good laptop screen that&#8217;s worth saving, and the laptop is dead, of course. It must be LED.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">Because <\/span>my desk space is rather <span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">limited,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\"> and I already have a 27&#8242; jobby, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">I needed a small and a light monitor, to be used sporadically. I would have preferred a 15&#8242; one, but this is what I had. A 17&#8242; wide one. Good enough.<br \/>\nA new 15&#8242; monitor is hard to came by, and, either new and used, they are more expensive than their 21&#8242;-24&#8242; counterpart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TP-tWosNT6g?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The whole construction came out just as I wanted, light, small and portable.<br \/>\nSadly, my adaptor module has an issue, and the colours are not good at all.<br \/>\nI hope this is just a misfortune, not the rule, and now the manufacturer is trying to help me diagnose the problem.<br \/>\nThe HDMI input didn&#8217;t work with a Display-Port to HDMI adaptor, only with a straight HDMI signal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/47\/b4\/d5\/47b4d5a39798af01a537f25f7625468a.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/47\/b4\/d5\/47b4d5a39798af01a537f25f7625468a.jpg?resize=736%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/d3\/d0\/ab\/d3d0abab989d88a25d0f163c1cb05669.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/d3\/d0\/ab\/d3d0abab989d88a25d0f163c1cb05669.jpg?resize=736%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/b1\/08\/fd\/b108fd723e91f18d0ea0c80a89924d16.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/b1\/08\/fd\/b108fd723e91f18d0ea0c80a89924d16.jpg?resize=736%2C552&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought this module which allows a laptop display to be connected to a standard computer video board. 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