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Unfortunately I inherited these things from a predecessor. We have four NEC Accusync LCD 92XM monitors around the school, the idea being they will be used for kids to check homework, match fixtures, etc as they move about the place. I'm not sure they *do* get used for these but I'm just the techie ... To make things more awkward, they are wired into the walls, so any maintenance has to be done in-place (the PCs are mounted in the ceiling, almost impossible to remove without cutting wires). The problem is, although I can eventually get Windows XP to recognise the screens, the touch-sensor seems messed up. "Clicking" top-right moves the pointer to bottom-left and vice-versa; anything along the top-left to bottom-right diagonal axis works fine. I spent two days on these things over the Summer holiday, failed miserably and now I'm being hassled to get them going. Can I fix them or should I recommend replacement? I've never set up anything like this before and it seems a major PITA from start to finish, but maybe I'm missing something. Failing that, is there a better, more efficient way to run multiple information points around a school without a PC mounted in the ceiling? It always seemed a bit "old skool" to me and it's a nightmare to maintain them. TIA, -- Simon

I woke up this morning, looked out the window, the sun hit my face and put me in a bit of a sharing kind of mood! I suppose a little bit of self promotion mood as well sorry So here goes. Over the past few weeks I have setup and installed an LCD Display on our Techies office door after having it changed to some sort of sound proofed lead lined door that the pupils could not here us shouting come in at all! I also had another reason as you will read (more of an excuse to play really) I have wrote up a quick overview if you are interested with some pictures here kism3t1: My Work and all code is available at the bottom of the page for anyone wanting a look. It might be a nice addition to your office? It is controllable over the network with a simple python server/client app (The IP and ports are hardcoded im afraid) I had to keep it simple for the pupils, plus im a bit simple We really do use this everyday and thought it might be nice to share with everyone, so hope you like it.

This is a 12.5" dell 7290 a new panel is £70 and well that puts it beyond economical repair. The LCD panel that is in this picture however is a 13.3" panel from those broken DFE covid laptops (a dynabook) Were not quite there yet but thanks to the 30pin embedded display port we might get more choice in the future and save more devices from the bin.. if this was my personal laptop I'd double tape the screen on and use it

http://ww3.probrand.co.uk/images/I696536.jpg Product Description ViewSonic VA1913wm - LCD display - TFT - 19" Device Type LCD display / TFT active matrix Built-in Devices Stereo speakers Dimensions (WxDxH) 44.7 cm x 19.9 cm x 35 cm Weight 3.4 kg Diagonal Size 19" - widescreen Viewable Size 18.5" Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch 0.3 mm Max Resolution 1366 x 768 Display Positions Adjustments Tilt Colour Support 24-bit (16.7 million colours) Response Time 5 ms Image Brightness 300 cd/m2 Image Contrast Ratio 1000:1 / 10000:1 (dynamic) Audio Output Speaker(s) - stereo Signal Input VGA Microsoft Certification Works with Windows Vista Compliant Standards TCO '03, FCC Class B certified, CE, MPR II, UL, TUV GS, VCCI, C-Tick, BSMI, cUL, ISO 13406-2, NOM, SASO, TUV S, CB, CCC, TUV Ergo, PSB, RoHS, WEEE Power AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz ) Power Consumption Operational 23 Watt Environmental Standards ENERGY STAR Qualified Manufacturer Warranty 3 years warranty Please email [email protected] if interested (whilst stocks last)

Hi All, Had a teacher drop an RM Lightbook 300 and it has broken the LCD. Without me taking it apart to find out the serial numbers on the screen does anyone know the manufacturer (other than RM) for spares for this device? The replacement screen on RM's spares site is £150 +vat and I am sure they are available cheaper than that. RM Lightbook 300 Replacement LCD Panel | Spares Failing that does anyone have a spare LCD from a dead Lightbook 300 that I can purchase? PM me please if you do. Thanks MH

For those who have not heard of the Pixel Qi screen it is a new type of extremely low power use LCD screen that can be used without a backlight in direct sunlight or in an ultra low power and refresh rate ebook reader mode. It also supports standard use with a backlight just in case you need it. This means that it makes your netbook usable and easy to read from in full sunlight and saves you battery power making for longer runtimes. An aftermarket screen has been released here Pixel Qi display that will let you replace the existing screen in your compatible netbook with one of these. Currently it supports the Samsung N130 & Lenovo S10-2 plus any other that use the same type of LCD. It may not be worth it unless you need these features but if you are needing to replace one anyway it could be worth looking at one of these as an alternative.

Has anyone else had issues with Roche AV and sending lamps back on warranty recently? I sent back 2 without issue, but a 3rd failed (with a bang) so they offered to clean out the glass dust as part of the warranty service free-of-charge as well as replacing the lamp. To be honest I was quite impressed with that as they have to pay to have it shipped. I then got a call from someone at Roche who seemed to be a service engineer. He gave me quite a long spiel about the projector having a strong pink cast over the image and how it is caused by dirt on the blue LCD etc. etc. (our filters are cleaned very regularly and he agreed that the filters were clean in that projector). I could tell at that point we were building up a head of steam for a sales pitch. He then tried to sell me their service of cleaning the LCD for £69, despite the colour quality having been absolutely fine up until the lamp going. Obviously it didn't sound like such a fantastic idea, so I told him I'd want to get quotes from other companies for the work to be done and asked him to clean out the glass dust, put the new lamp in and send it back here as agreed. He seemed more than a little miffed at that and told me he would have to ask his manager about that! Ahem, no he bloody wouldn't! Is this a new thing with Roche? Have I just been unlucky on this occasion? I've never had any significant problems with them in the past and their customer support has been very friendly and responsive (a guy called Craig usually calls and I cannot fault him at all).