LCD Monitors with Dead Pixels/Columns for Sale?

The Other White Meat asks: "I want to put a computer in my kitchen. For space reasons, I want to make it an LCD; a 15" screen would be perfect. This monitor is going to be exposed to harsh conditions (flying food, jumping cats, general mishandling). I don't want to spend so much money on it that if I came home and found it broken that I would be upset by it. I figured there must be plenty of places that will sell LCDs with dead pixels or columns, where I might be able to pick one up in the $50-100 range, but so far I have found nothing. Surely there must be a market for 'Grade B' LCD monitors, for precisely this sort of low life expectancy sort of usage? So fellow readers, can you succeed where Google® has failed, and lead me to the cheapo LCDs?"

Comments

Ebay??

[BlueLemur]

Seems like the obvious option...

An alternative

[Malcolm Scott]

Instead of buying a B-grade display and expecting it to break every few months, what about buying a standard cheap-ish 15-inch LCD and investing in a decent enclosure?

I'm sure you'll be able to buy the sort of monitor housings they use at museums and the like, with a thick layer of perspex or glass between the monitor and the outside world. That way, you'd get a decent display, and it would be less likely to break due to people spilling things on it, leaning on it, drawing on it, etc.

I wish I could point you in the direction of a useful site... anyone know of anywhere you can buy enclosures like this?

Re:An alternative

[jdray]

In a kitchen, there's probably a space consideration. In my kitchen, it would be hard to find a place to mount a 15" (or even 13") CRT, but easy to mount a 15" (or even 17") LCD.

Re:They won't charge you $100...

[rickymoz]

Perhaps you'd be better of spending a little more, then getting a laptop that can be closed?

And spill orange juice over the keyboard while reading a recipe?