Covering Your LCD Assets
Fred: My long-serving CRT monitor recently got tired, so I got a nice big LCD monitor on sale at Staples. It's great. But reading its literature, I got nervous about all the warnings about the fragility of the LCD display and that impact damage is not covered by its warranty. That made me search catalogs and on-line for protective screens--- and I was shocked at their cost, over $100, more than half of the cost of the monitor itself ! But I found a great and reasonably-priced alternative: 1/8" thick clear Lucite Acrylic Plastic. A local plastics store's scrap bin contained several pieces that were just a little bigger than what I needed (16 3/4" x 13 1/4"). Including cutting it to size, it set me back just $3.00 It was easy to attach to the monitor with a few little pieces of Duct Tape, and it provides complete protection for the screen. If there's no Plastics Store locally (check the Yellow Pages), try your local hardware store. Many sell the same thing, cut to size, for storm doors etc. ---Eric
Great idea, Eric. Your idea sounds like a perfectly
reasonable and inexpensive way to cover your asset. ; )
Mobile electronics LCD screens are even more prone to damage--- those found on
digital cameras, PDAs and cell phones, for example--- although in the case of
smaller electronics, you might be better of either finding thinner plastic cover
material, or buying one of the commercial products designed for that very
purpose ( http://tinyurl.com/jpn5n ).
And, BTW, if the final appearance of the installation is important, there are other mounting options that would give a more finished look than classic duct tape <g>: e.g. http://tinyurl.com/g8kor , http://tinyurl.com/jbore, etc.
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