Linus: "Here's how you can DIY a monitor for cheap!" Me: "Go on." Linus: "First you're gonna need a screwdriver..." Me: "Whoah, hold on there, moneybags..."
@@thecompanioncube4211 the display film is connected via flat flex cables (like the one used for the connection to the driver, but even more fragile) to the PCB, they are probably under that sticker.
Matthew Cabor oh yeah I’ve been zapped by one of those nasty inverters. Funny thing is that the inverter went to toast after it electrocuted me lol, no more backlight for that lcd ever again...
5:24 - wow... the author of this 3D-printed case is from my home town, Magnitogorsk! It's in the middle of nowhere in Russia, and it's never in the news, so, it's surprising 😀
@@Steamrick He's not saying LTT is the news; he's saying the town is so insignificant that it's never in the news. Thus it's surprising to see in any media, let alone LTT.
Yes! Im making my own one too and it actually works, its a 15 inch though😂😂😂 but it works! And i love it so hardly cuz i wanna use those monitors on my xp desktop...
Join us next time as we make OUR OWN GRAPHICS CARD FOR 100$ Actual video: so we are going to 3D-print this fan for an old GTX 1080ti we had lying around...
@@thinklap6367 On Amazon Prime Deal, there's this pc with 1660TI + i5-9400F + 8GB DDR4 memory, 128GB SSD NVME + 1TB HARDDRIVE + RGB set + Gaming keyboard + Gaming mouse (don't expect much from these keyboard and mouse, but eh, they're there in case you need it). It's a very good pre built computer for $650 and it's sold at $800+ when not on discount. Still a great price.
A little note on the connector types. There's 4 main types of connectors that 90% of the screens out there use : 30pin eDP, 40pin eDP, 30pin LVDS and 40pin LVDS. 30pin eDP is used on screens of up to 15.6" FHD 120Hz or 17.3" FHD 60Hz. 40pin eDP is used on higher refresh rate (for 15.6" that's 144Hz and above or 120Hz and above on 17.3") and higher resolution displays (WQHD/4K etc). 30pin LVDS is used on laptops that are 10+ years old and 40pin LVDS is found on laptop models that are older than ~5 years. 40pin LVDS connectors fit 40pin eDP cables and vice versa, but the panel won't work. Also, In-Cell and On-Cell touch screens (touch functionality is layered into the panel itself) use 40pin connectors that are the same width as 30pin eDP connectors (the connector pitch is narrower), meaning regular 30pin eDP panels won't work and also the pin-out can differ between panel models. I recommend Googling the specific panel model and finding out what connector type it uses, because the differences can be very subtle and you might not notice them, unless you know what to look for.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
@@briandiaz1363 if having a high resolution isn't a necessity for you, you can pick up a small raspberry pi screen for like fifty bucks on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMW3C7P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jY-ODbYY9DA6Q sadly it's only 1024x600 though
@@wertot2752 The cheap little 1024x600 screen I got for my Rasberry Pi is also a touch screen. The touchscreen part also worked fine with a little Android TV unit I had. I was able to use my android TV unit as a makeshift tablet to turn on and off my WiFi controlled bulbs.
I'll note for those harvesting screens: If it's off the laptop... just use the whole lid. I plan on doing this with a dead Fujitsu convertible, and there's buttons already on it for PC power and a few other things you could attach to the GPIO pins on a Pi or something. Oh, and it has a perfectly good Waccom tablet that can also be attached (though that's pretty fiddly), boom, cheap AF Cintriq you can use with a desktop.
@Demo and way too big to fit this small form factor. the glasspane and plastic sheets for even distribution alone is way bigger than the LC Panel itself
a tip for increasing the brightness would be to cover the back of the panel with tinfoil, and then assembling the 3d print stuff. it seems you are getting a lot of light leak, and that can be improved
Linus, this is one of the single best how-to videos I've ever seen. I'm in the broadcast and AV business and we are constantly tearing our hair out trying to shoehorn a manufactured monitor into the systems we build. Frankly, the solution you showed isn't only cheaper. It allows me to more easily integrate it into my systems. I'm going to order this stuff and try it myself. Thanks!
Very impressed that you knew it was it was Korean at 4:35, instead of thinking it was Chinese or something. I love how cultured Canadians are (compared to your US brothers)
@@the_mad_ratter Don't forget K and I. K for pausing/unpausing (even the video player is unfocused) and I for letting the video play in the background while you're exploring the TH-cam homepage. You can also type in AWESOME if you want to die to an epileptic seizure, but I guess that's up to preference.
@@ThePC007 I use space for play/pause, and I can only watch one video at once so don't really use the mini window feature that much. I'm not gonna try epilepsy, thanks lol
Pro-hoarder here. Yep, I picked up an old laptop from skip outside an old house renovation where they threw all the broken things out. Bought the correct LCD decoder card, held my breath, and it worked. So I got a secondary monitor which lasted me a couple of years out of it, when the card only cost about 20 pounds. I still have it actually, one of my better finds.
NICE! I may re-purpose several of my old laptop screens into active photo frames all over the house since I could easily hide controls in a wood frame.
Really surprised you didn't mention LVDS. As that's probably the most common interface besides eDP. Especially if we're talking about salvaging panels from laptops. I've got several legitimately decent panels around that use that. Some of them even have touchscreen digitizers attached that are just connected internally as USB Devices with easily obtainable drivers.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
I ordered controllers for some old displays a couple weeks ago. A lot of the time you can just throw the panel's model number into eBay and you'll get appropriate results. A lot will be $15-20 from China, if you don't mind potentially waiting up to 2 months (but usually it's quicker, 2-3 weeks) I'll be using some of these as 8th and 9th monitors, and adding a battery to one as a mobile display for my work laptop
@ZaHandle currently 2 - 3090 and a card that’s designed for doing many displays but not heavy graphics and has 6 4K outputs (perfect for web, spreadsheets, word docs, etc.)
This just serves to remind me that I've got all the parts to make one out of a EP121 panel, I just haven't gotten around to it as it needs frankensteining if I want it be able to use the touch component. .
@@mikes78 yeah, I've got a few panels lying around, not fullhd, but they'll do fine for some extra monitor stuff for games that support that. Thinking mostly of sims.
To everyone in the comments complaining about not owning a 3d printer: you can DIY a simple solution for the frame out of threaded rods and some wood fur just a few bucks. Or, if you finde the right size, even a cheap picture frame.
@@snickerdoooodle I live in the end of the world, a 3d printer is REALLY expensive, this is why i am thinking of making a diy 3d printer, and it will still be expensive :C
Linus up to 2018: This is how you build a PC Linus in 2019: this is how you build a monitor Linus in 2020: making our own Ethernet adapter Linus 2021: DIY GPUs Edit: just remembered that there already is a video series on YT about making a GPU on breadboards
With the current trend of devices not having a dedicated Ethernet adapter build in (I hate dongles), your 2020 suggestion might be more useful than you would think...
2021 we build out own gpu But first a Word from our sponsor JLCPCB get 2$ PCBs from China today (linus did not drown the pcb in flux and Louise rossman want to come over) What a pain soilder every single cap resistor and gpu it self lmao
Got a 3d printer myself, and if all those parts are 100% solid(unlikely) I would guess that looks to be about $3-$6 worth of PLA if they are using semi cheap but decent filament(Hatchbox). So even with $25 for the display adapter, and maybe $5 for a power supply, and a salvaged screen still a lot cheaper than getting a new monitor.
@@Awrethien Another handy thing to do is if the controller or power supply in a monitor you have has died and you want to keep the panel working, you can do a bit of substituting to breathe life into it again for not much at all. I couldn't get a OEM controller board for under $100 for an old LG monitor I liked, and didn't feel the need to go and get a new one. But I was able to get a $25 driver board and to make it work again with a bit of creativity. Extra points if you merge the old button sub board with the button board that came with your old monitor and get that working correctly. When I was asked why, my answer was "because I can, and I wanted to".
I see a great use for this, ie. when you want to go full on custom and design a PC for a build and maybe want to go crazy custom. You could use OLED panels and all even and make real nice frames. Not like that'd be cheap or even worth it, but you could.
I built my own snowblind lcd case first go years ago sure I didn't remove the matt antiglare film so the image is blurry but it works. Just a quick tip if you decide to make your own it isn't always a first go diy I tried to do it again for my main rig at least 4 times but not all old displays follow the same layout or like to be mounted or powered by the computer psu and some just don't play nice when it comes to removing antiglare coats trust me I know. So linus if you try to make your own lcd snowblind case cheaper then the snowblind offical one first figure out what lcds will work correctly and have diagrams for the driverboards.
@@DeltaPlaysMCMT Maybe in some parts of the world. I live in a relative big city in germany and our library is still struggling to even have a Computer system where you can look up if they have a certain book and where it is. Even the public computers are broken most of the time. So you cant just head out and get something 3d printed.
I made something like this for a Rasberry Pi, used a wooden desktop easel from Amazon, about £7/$10. Doesn't really need a bezel, looks fairly minimalistic and smart
Making a touchscreen version would've been interesting, and presumably a higher cost saving vs a commercial version. I imagine a touchscreen could be very handy as a customizable/universal shortcut control, at least. For example, shortcut buttons for video editing &/or any other apps. On a tilted housing, for placing on a desk might be good.
"Display adapter" = "controller board" for regular folks. Build one of these a year ago.....was great. If you don't have a 3d printer, mdf works great. I wrapped mine in wrapping paper that mimicked leather.
This is actually super cool. I'd like to see more of this using old tech laying around for other stuff using 3D printing. Just got to print a slim design case for a mobo, and build a laptop from their.
If you want the screen to be brighter you can put a solid opaque back instead of the cross pieces with. Although this will make it heavier but not by much
For my 3 portable upcycled monitors I've re-used the laptop's display casing and designed cases for the controller board that I've attached to the back.
This is a project of mine I'm planning. I'm building a double din windows 10 car computer: 7 inch touchscreen lcd connected to a windows 10 computer stick connected to accessories: usb cd drive, tv/fm radio tuner, usb lte modem, and usb media controller. All this mounted and setup to look factory made in my vehicle. I currently have a $100 androi tablet mounted into the car with a old school equalizer.
Always appreciate useful upcycling. Was always sad growing up, every shovel of dirt I would dig up in my ma's garden was riddled with little bits of plastic trash.
WOW found this at the PERFECT time. I accidentally broke my monitor today and I have an old laptop screen lying around. So I can just take the screen off my monitor and replace it with the laptop screen. (If they have the same connectors) and if not I can just use the parts from the monitor and buy the adaptors needed. 😁
Very old laptops (I'd say 4+ years old, maybe more) use a different interface, LVDS. They use 40 pin connectors vs the 30 pin one for eDP, so it should be fairly easy to tell.
i did this 3 years ago except i used plywood, originally i used an old screen from a laptop but recently i had to replace it with a new panel off ebay (which unfortunatly was 50$ for used),it only costed me 30$ to make it originally but if i count the replacement panel cost it came up to 80$ which still isnt bad
yep, i am building one of these right now. had a nice old laptop that crapped the bed and i pilfered everything i could from it. with a controller and power supply (the ones i have wouldnt work) i spent $35 for a new secondary monitor for my desktop!!! my frame is made of wood.
This should be in the kit of "pc repair/ diagnostics on the go". All you need is a power outlet, your portable mouse and keyboard, installers, your phone (for tethering), tester parts, screwdrivers, and one portable display.
What would be really cool is take the screen from an old tablet and if you have a case like some of the offerings from fractal design with the 5.25 inch bays in the front, you could make a temperature monitor and if you can, make it so that with just the slide of a finger, increase the speed of your fans or slow them down.
"Hey cool I can build a monitor!"
Step one: fire up your 3d printer...
"Nevermind"
People have been woodcarving for thousands of years. Just do that.
just use wood ( it is probably cheaper than the plastic itself)
I don't know how much does wood cost but PLA plastic used in 3d printers is about 17 euros for a kg which is really cheap.
@@paulopereira47 wood=free lots of hard wood trees growing in my back yard... The tools to make nice things from a tree not so cheap
I'll trade 3D prints for dollars.
Linus: "Fire up your 3D Printer"
Me: *Sells 3D Printer and buys a monitor*
That's pretty stonks
Obsidian Grimoire I have found some 144hz 15.6 inch displays for less......
Obsidian Grimoire the cheap 3d printers are either really bad or you can only print small things
This is the best idea ever it’s more better than ltts version
@@catlikehana If only you'd have commented sooner
"First you're gonna need a screwdriver"
*Verge has left the chat*
Verge comes back to the chat:
"We found a Swiss knife laying around...
And we have a table!"
@@raphmateus Don't forget the Tweezers.
Laugh
@@LonexCyborg Remember the brace
remember the cpu applicator and the live strong bracelet!
Linus: "Here's how you can DIY a monitor for cheap!"
Me: "Go on."
Linus: "First you're gonna need a screwdriver..."
Me: "Whoah, hold on there, moneybags..."
don't forget a 3d printer
To screw everything up, you don't really need a screw-driver!
Trust me, I've got some experience...
This comment made my day lol
@@Nadaters True true. For that it's not really worth it unless one learns from building it and have fun doing so.
🤣🤣🤣
LINUS: “is it a PERECT monitor?”
ME: “YE-“
LINUS: “-no. Don’t be stupid.”
:’(
Sadness and sorrow is playing in my head
perect
was that yes or yeet you wanted to say? :o
Ty 4 ze laugh
:)
PC mf's when they find out that their monitor is pre-built:
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Bro trust me just build your own monitor trust me it’s so much cheaper, you get way more for your money
@@johnsherby9130 lmao
Not me spending $25 on a diy usb cable for my custom built keyboard
@@andrewgoss1682 that’s not ok
Project Idea: Doing this to build a bigger monitor using a 4 panel array.
Ew gaps
Jailam Myles that’s already a problem unless you have a really big monitor lol.
AND ALSO BOOSTING TO 288 Hz
7677l6677606の836c
Doesn't the same thing happen when you multi monitor? Just make 4 monitors. Line them up together and connect them. I think that's all.
Don't think there will ever be a deepfake Linus. There isn't a processor powerful
enough to handle the algorithm for his hair.
What are you talking about? His hair looks like a video game character's from the 2000s.
Enter: IBM Summit
this is disturbing but i was literally just thinking about trying to put him on someone
Your goddamn right!
Laughs in core i9-10980XE
"Build your own monitor, cheap and easy!"
Me: Cool!
"You need some screws and a 3D printer"
GODDAMMIT!
I got the printer but who can afford fucking screws? They're worth the price of a small child
GM Kof hard I sold my medium child and barely got enough for one large screw. Where did you find 2 and what size are they?
Dylan lol cut the large screw in 4 pieces and get 4 small screws
You don't NEED a 3D printer. You just need a brain to improvise and build a stand without it.
Dont bother with the screens nah the screws are the real issue. XD
Bottom Part of Display: "Don't Touch!"
Linus: "Let's just ignore this warning"
Yeah why does that portion have the warning? In the entirety of laptop hardware, that's the only part where I saw do not touch warning
@@thecompanioncube4211 Behind that warning is where the PCB is for the screen. The "no touch" warning is there so you dont accidently break it.
@@thecompanioncube4211 the display film is connected via flat flex cables (like the one used for the connection to the driver, but even more fragile) to the PCB, they are probably under that sticker.
yea lol
Matthew Cabor oh yeah I’ve been zapped by one of those nasty inverters. Funny thing is that the inverter went to toast after it electrocuted me lol, no more backlight for that lcd ever again...
Did he...
No way!
HE DIDN’T ADVERTISE LTTSTORE TODAY!
OMG I didn't even notice
You did it for him :)
Hey you're right, that's pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, LTT stealth hoodie.
lttstore.com
NANI!!!!!!!????
Really? Wow I guess it has been engrained into my brain, I will now buy more merch
“First, you need a screwdriver”
Me: I just have this Swiss army knife. Hopefully it has a Philips head screwdriver in it.
_Somewhere, off in the distance, iFixit can be heard, mumbling incoherently about Pro Tech Toolkits_
Lmaooooo
mine has :D
But do you have a thermal paste applicator and an anti static bracelet?
@@J--bone No, but nobody uses those anyways :D
Linus: "It's not perfect but functional".......quote he picked up from his hair stylist.
R O A S T E D
BURN!
His mum??
Linus: "Using this puny little screen as your main display"
Me: Using display that is even smaller
F
Its fine i dont even have a monitor at the moment :( im a student and dont have money to buy one 😬🤣
@@BradElliot so you watch videos without a screen and just listen to them?
@@janehoyken lol, that made me laugh :D
John Nicolas
Lol tell him use Nokia 3310 as his monitor
Linus: Speaking of creativity...
Me: *skipped 10 seconds*
LMAO MEE TOO
Linus: "We never said it was perfect"
Monitor: "Here's 4:3!"
but I love 4:3 aspect ratio
iPad Pro has entered the chat
Just because it can run 4:3 doesn't mean it's perfect
@@Recklessiscrazy its sarcasm brother
@@Eyram didn't sound sarcastic to me
5:24 - wow... the author of this 3D-printed case is from my home town, Magnitogorsk! It's in the middle of nowhere in Russia, and it's never in the news, so, it's surprising 😀
I wouldn't exactly call LTT 'the news'...
Judging by the name i'll guess it's the scrapyard town Magneto built in Dark Phoenix ?
@@Steamrick He's not saying LTT is the news; he's saying the town is so insignificant that it's never in the news. Thus it's surprising to see in any media, let alone LTT.
@@Ez3k1e7😀😀😀
It just means "magnet mountain", as there were huge reserves of iron.
Only know about it because of Malkin
“Heres how you can build your own monitor”
*proceeds to use 3d printer*
Here's*
"I like to horde old technology"-linus
I got a real brotherhood of steel vibe from that statement.
Nah, they hoard tech because they don't want others to use it, he hoards tech because he hasn't hired anyone to throw it away yet. :)
hoard*
@@Befread Linus hoards tech so he always has something to drop.
@@photonicpizza1466 thanks, correction made 👍
BattleTech vibes
Linus: “Your trusty sharp knife to clean up the 3D printing”
Me: “i don’t even have a 3D printer and I only have a butter knife”
@Dalethegamerite 11 Live in the UK? LOL.
I don't have a 3D printer so I just heated up the pva in pot and poored it on some wax paper and carved out the frame with a steak knife.
@@HellTriX I mean if it works it works
Ask the verge, they'll have a knife for sure.
Get some metal scrap. Bend, saw and file a bit. Spraypaint it with a nonconductive paint (just in case). Screw it together or just glue it together.
After I make one: "It's not a perfect monitor....but it's MY monitor and I love him ;-; "
Yes! Im making my own one too and it actually works, its a 15 inch though😂😂😂 but it works! And i love it so hardly cuz i wanna use those monitors on my xp desktop...
Join us next time as we make OUR OWN GRAPHICS CARD FOR 100$
Actual video: so we are going to 3D-print this fan for an old GTX 1080ti we had lying around...
They always say "laying around" like everyone has a room full of parts.
@@Gingenuity U will be surprised how many people dumps old parts or use redundant parts without any meaningful use.
Linus : made his own monitor for just under $100
Apple : *Sells monitor stand for $999*
,99
Yes, with that price I can buy a new gaming pc
@@thinklap6367 On Amazon Prime Deal, there's this pc with 1660TI + i5-9400F + 8GB DDR4 memory, 128GB SSD NVME + 1TB HARDDRIVE + RGB set + Gaming keyboard + Gaming mouse (don't expect much from these keyboard and mouse, but eh, they're there in case you need it). It's a very good pre built computer for $650 and it's sold at $800+ when not on discount. Still a great price.
Which strangely enough makes that monitor still a good deal for a reference monitor. (and most will probably not need it in favour of other mounts)
They sell xdr monitor for cheap (srsly) and try compensate that with overpriced stand
A little note on the connector types. There's 4 main types of connectors that 90% of the screens out there use : 30pin eDP, 40pin eDP, 30pin LVDS and 40pin LVDS. 30pin eDP is used on screens of up to 15.6" FHD 120Hz or 17.3" FHD 60Hz. 40pin eDP is used on higher refresh rate (for 15.6" that's 144Hz and above or 120Hz and above on 17.3") and higher resolution displays (WQHD/4K etc). 30pin LVDS is used on laptops that are 10+ years old and 40pin LVDS is found on laptop models that are older than ~5 years. 40pin LVDS connectors fit 40pin eDP cables and vice versa, but the panel won't work. Also, In-Cell and On-Cell touch screens (touch functionality is layered into the panel itself) use 40pin connectors that are the same width as 30pin eDP connectors (the connector pitch is narrower), meaning regular 30pin eDP panels won't work and also the pin-out can differ between panel models. I recommend Googling the specific panel model and finding out what connector type it uses, because the differences can be very subtle and you might not notice them, unless you know what to look for.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
2018: Building your own PC
2019: Building your own monitor
@@vanufps5170 2021 building your own cpu
@@alyicot 2022 building your own transistors
2030 How to make a DIY GPU
2022 building your own keyboard
@@markzhangMA261 2023 building your own molecules
*Linus* : "Why in the world would you ever want to built your own monitor?"
*Me* : "im just bored"
I have a 4k monitor in from a dead computer, I'd love to get it to be a usable photo editing monitor... that's reason enough IMHO.
I would like to get a small screen to use it as a Spotify screen or maybe a hardware monitoring screen
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@@briandiaz1363 if having a high resolution isn't a necessity for you, you can pick up a small raspberry pi screen for like fifty bucks on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMW3C7P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jY-ODbYY9DA6Q
sadly it's only 1024x600 though
@@wertot2752 The cheap little 1024x600 screen I got for my Rasberry Pi is also a touch screen. The touchscreen part also worked fine with a little Android TV unit I had. I was able to use my android TV unit as a makeshift tablet to turn on and off my WiFi controlled bulbs.
I'll note for those harvesting screens: If it's off the laptop... just use the whole lid. I plan on doing this with a dead Fujitsu convertible, and there's buttons already on it for PC power and a few other things you could attach to the GPIO pins on a Pi or something. Oh, and it has a perfectly good Waccom tablet that can also be attached (though that's pretty fiddly), boom, cheap AF Cintriq you can use with a desktop.
I’m confused.
I need to build a monitor.
“The first thing you’ll need is an old monitor.”
You can buy panels for pretty cheap
I think he's referring to taking the panel off of the monitor
@Demo if its even older it has a flourescent tube backlight, good luck with powering that without a high voltage ac powersupply
@Demo and way too big to fit this small form factor. the glasspane and plastic sheets for even distribution alone is way bigger than the LC Panel itself
@@noahluppe Most LCD laptop panels have the LED backlight built in...
2018 : *trash 5min craft vids*
Linus in 2019 : DIY MONITOR
I rather watch a 13min linus diy video than a 5min craft video
@@Rainbow__cookie 13:27 sec + the ads
@@dec1lent448 *"addblocker"*
I know right, how did they get worse
Though this is real.
a tip for increasing the brightness would be to cover the back of the panel with tinfoil, and then assembling the 3d print stuff. it seems you are getting a lot of light leak, and that can be improved
Linus, this is one of the single best how-to videos I've ever seen. I'm in the broadcast and AV business and we are constantly tearing our hair out trying to shoehorn a manufactured monitor into the systems we build. Frankly, the solution you showed isn't only cheaper. It allows me to more easily integrate it into my systems. I'm going to order this stuff and try it myself. Thanks!
3D Printed projects on LTT puts me in my happy place
Very impressed that you knew it was it was Korean at 4:35, instead of thinking it was Chinese or something. I love how cultured Canadians are (compared to your US brothers)
Well Korean and Chinese are pretty easy to separate
Linus :- *"speaking of creativity..."*
Me:- *"double tapping intensifies"*
Linus :- *"speaking of creativity"*
My mate :- *"Why are you hitting right so much?!"* :P
Me :- *"skippetty skippetty skip!"*
@@the_mad_ratter You can skip faster by mashing the L key. :) 10 seconds for each press, rather than just 5.
@@ThePC007 Yeah I use J,L, C, and F quite a bit, but my hand was right next to the arrows lol
@@the_mad_ratter Don't forget K and I. K for pausing/unpausing (even the video player is unfocused) and I for letting the video play in the background while you're exploring the TH-cam homepage. You can also type in AWESOME if you want to die to an epileptic seizure, but I guess that's up to preference.
@@ThePC007 I use space for play/pause, and I can only watch one video at once so don't really use the mini window feature that much.
I'm not gonna try epilepsy, thanks lol
LINUS: Uses drill on camera.
LINUS: "I won't actually use that drill on camera".
Is at 5:00 ;)
Pc players when they find out their monitor is prebuilt
stolen
Lol
Linus: Builds monitor for 100$
Apple: Sells Stand for 1000$
STONKS
ACtUalLy iT SeLLs fOR 999,99
You aren't funny
Goreh penchods gandus
@Ther Ther go away
@@Thehubb1 yes he infact is
"...This little knife here"
(Crocodile Dundee bursts through the studio wall)
"THATS NOT A KNIFE."
(Draws machete)
"THIS IS A KNIFE."
Its wasn't a machete Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee carried, it was a Bowie knife
Kuddah Mate!!
Pro-hoarder here. Yep, I picked up an old laptop from skip outside an old house renovation where they threw all the broken things out. Bought the correct LCD decoder card, held my breath, and it worked. So I got a secondary monitor which lasted me a couple of years out of it, when the card only cost about 20 pounds. I still have it actually, one of my better finds.
Interwebz: "Look you can build a monitor for under $100"
Me: Goes Newegg.com and finds a 22" 1080p 5ms monitor w/ builtin speakers for $60
What the name lf this monkmitor or was that a affiliate link bait?
@@olli9764 who cares if it's true....
OlliPRKL V7 L215E-2N 21.5
@@masrvneck4201 Apparently you don't Mr. Moneybaggz.
Tn panels. All tn everywhere🤢
"Menu...! And, it's in Korean."
Now, it boils down to 2: LG or Samsung.
4:31 "Aaaand it's in Korean" hahahah made my day.
He could have called Yvonne to help him out :)
Алексей Гриднев couldn’t Dennis translate as well?
@@ShadowRubberDuck Dennis is from Taiwan...
Ian Moone apologize for my ignorance thanks for the clarification
I'm disappointed the comments aren't all Korean.
I bought a $20 monitor at the thrift store, and it works perfectly.
All I ever find are old CRTs for $5, or shitty 720p LCDs for 60 bucks bc none of the stores know how much any of it's worth
I just bought one for 5 bucks at a thrift store, and it works perfectly!
AstroGuy CRTs are dope, no input lag
@@astroguy5364 look for humane restores near you. Some of them do resell electronics.
bruh i just take em free from recycling centres
empowering the world with your DIY attitude thank you linus!!
NICE! I may re-purpose several of my old laptop screens into active photo frames all over the house since I could easily hide controls in a wood frame.
12:37 "NZedXT". Always loved these little things. 😌
I LOVE how low profile the monitor is! It literally is just a panel of screen. It's so thin and slim from all side as well.
Really surprised you didn't mention LVDS. As that's probably the most common interface besides eDP. Especially if we're talking about salvaging panels from laptops. I've got several legitimately decent panels around that use that.
Some of them even have touchscreen digitizers attached that are just connected internally as USB Devices with easily obtainable drivers.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
Could be an power adapter issue try using higher wattage one
Now we need a secondary screen in desk setup. That sounds like an actually cool project.
I ordered controllers for some old displays a couple weeks ago. A lot of the time you can just throw the panel's model number into eBay and you'll get appropriate results. A lot will be $15-20 from China, if you don't mind potentially waiting up to 2 months (but usually it's quicker, 2-3 weeks)
I'll be using some of these as 8th and 9th monitors, and adding a battery to one as a mobile display for my work laptop
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@ZaHandle currently 2 - 3090 and a card that’s designed for doing many displays but not heavy graphics and has 6 4K outputs (perfect for web, spreadsheets, word docs, etc.)
Monitor: "don't touch"
Linus: touches and throws around in air
Me: *Oh my god linus if you drop that thing...*
To be fair, the monitor knew what it was getting itself into with Linus.
If he drops it he'll just kick-- EH I MEAN ABSORB THE FALLING ENERGY WITH HIS FOOT it. 😂
Pre-video: "This'll be novel, probably won't ever do it"
Post-video: "I need to do this... I also need a 3d printer"
This just serves to remind me that I've got all the parts to make one out of a EP121 panel, I just haven't gotten around to it as it needs frankensteining if I want it be able to use the touch component. .
@@mikes78 yeah, I've got a few panels lying around, not fullhd, but they'll do fine for some extra monitor stuff for games that support that.
Thinking mostly of sims.
It kinda looks like something you'd see in a hacker's room in a cyberpunk film.
Cyberpunk 2077 - THE MOVIE
COMING SOON
BUGS INCLUDED
what i love about linus is that he doesn't talk to you, he talks to your soul.
Lol when talks he has a habit of his voice dropping like it lost connection
To everyone in the comments complaining about not owning a 3d printer:
you can DIY a simple solution for the frame out of threaded rods and some wood fur just a few bucks. Or, if you finde the right size, even a cheap picture frame.
Instructions not clear. Made frame in industrial CnC lathe.
I don't think people realize how cheap 3D printers have gotten tbh
or you can find a local makerspace or online 3d printing service and just send the files.
@@snickerdoooodle I live in the end of the world, a 3d printer is REALLY expensive, this is why i am thinking of making a diy 3d printer, and it will still be expensive :C
or some clothhangers and hot glue
The LCD display you are holding there is literally what I need for my laptop to upgrade the screen resolution... 🤣
Linus up to 2018: This is how you build a PC
Linus in 2019: this is how you build a monitor
Linus in 2020: making our own Ethernet adapter
Linus 2021: DIY GPUs
Edit: just remembered that there already is a video series on YT about making a GPU on breadboards
With the current trend of devices not having a dedicated Ethernet adapter build in (I hate dongles), your 2020 suggestion might be more useful than you would think...
2022: gaining investors
2023: linus tech industries produces its first gpu
That bread board gpu dude is insane
2021 we build out own gpu
But first a Word from our sponsor JLCPCB get 2$ PCBs from China today (linus did not drown the pcb in flux and Louise rossman want to come over)
What a pain soilder every single cap resistor and gpu it self lmao
Gerold Manders year 2020: making our own dongles
Apple: We are selling our monitor stand for $1,000.
Linus: We are 3D printing our monitor stand for less than nothing.
Actually, it looks like they used a fair amount of filament for this video
Got a 3d printer myself, and if all those parts are 100% solid(unlikely) I would guess that looks to be about $3-$6 worth of PLA if they are using semi cheap but decent filament(Hatchbox). So even with $25 for the display adapter, and maybe $5 for a power supply, and a salvaged screen still a lot cheaper than getting a new monitor.
@@Awrethien Maybe not as much for used monitor.
Robert Rockey I
@@Awrethien Another handy thing to do is if the controller or power supply in a monitor you have has died and you want to keep the panel working, you can do a bit of substituting to breathe life into it again for not much at all. I couldn't get a OEM controller board for under $100 for an old LG monitor I liked, and didn't feel the need to go and get a new one.
But I was able to get a $25 driver board and to make it work again with a bit of creativity. Extra points if you merge the old button sub board with the button board that came with your old monitor and get that working correctly. When I was asked why, my answer was "because I can, and I wanted to".
Perfect build! Thank you for saving old panels from garbage oblivion. Please let your 3D prints appear in more videos.
"this monitor will cost you less than 100$ to make yourself"
Need a 3D printer to make the frame and stand....
The stand alone is like a thousand dollars
If youre ghetto enough you can do it without the stand...just like put it against a wall with duct tape
You could make a frame from wood and it could mount it. Also would love really nice.
@@kbo8385 If I find out how I can cover my whole wall with those (and if connecting quite a bunch of them is even possible), that's what my plan was.
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I see a great use for this, ie. when you want to go full on custom and design a PC for a build and maybe want to go crazy custom. You could use OLED panels and all even and make real nice frames. Not like that'd be cheap or even worth it, but you could.
this looks like the perfect thing for a bedside console gaming screen
Suddenly:
"Buy our LTT branded monitor at LTT Store!"
When the entire LTT monitor is 1/10th the price of Apple's stand
Suddenly, Pineapples.
@@legominimovieproductions heh
@@legominimovieproductions noice...
Who needs a custom frame?
I've just put mine on a small easel and called it a day...
or use the whole lid from the laptop if that's where the screen was.
This comment unintentionally helped me sooooo much
Just like Picasso
Ah, yes. It's Digital Bob Ross time.
Yes! Me too. 🤬all that 3D printing
I built my own snowblind lcd case first go years ago sure I didn't remove the matt antiglare film so the image is blurry but it works. Just a quick tip if you decide to make your own it isn't always a first go diy I tried to do it again for my main rig at least 4 times but not all old displays follow the same layout or like to be mounted or powered by the computer psu and some just don't play nice when it comes to removing antiglare coats trust me I know. So linus if you try to make your own lcd snowblind case cheaper then the snowblind offical one first figure out what lcds will work correctly and have diagrams for the driverboards.
I never get tired of watching these videos. Truly amazing the amount of knowledge the team at LTT have
Linus: "how to make your own $100 monitor"
Also Linus: "we used a 3d printer"
oh.
Lots of towns and cities have maker spaces with 3d printers you can pay to use for rather cheap still. Libraries and community centers often.
@@DeltaPlaysMCMT Maybe in some parts of the world. I live in a relative big city in germany and our library is still struggling to even have a Computer system where you can look up if they have a certain book and where it is. Even the public computers are broken most of the time. So you cant just head out and get something 3d printed.
And lots of people are starting to own multiple 3D printers.
@@dereismann8275 you can use an online 3d printing service some of them even offer your first model to be printed free
@@dereismann8275 well, I know there are some in Berlin at least.
I made something like this for a Rasberry Pi, used a wooden desktop easel from Amazon, about £7/$10. Doesn't really need a bezel, looks fairly minimalistic and smart
"screw everything up" usually has another meaning in the linus world
That's a dell xps 13 2 in 1 2019 he has there!! Review it damn it
Waiting for it for so long now....
Making a touchscreen version would've been interesting, and presumably a higher cost saving vs a commercial version.
I imagine a touchscreen could be very handy as a customizable/universal shortcut control, at least. For example, shortcut buttons for video editing &/or any other apps.
On a tilted housing, for placing on a desk might be good.
Nice. I managed to get a ridge wallet TH-cam ad and a ridge wallet Linus ad.
Yo guys, I just dropped a new song. Tell me what u think 🔥💯
Linus: Speaking of...
Me: I am gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
"Display adapter" = "controller board" for regular folks. Build one of these a year ago.....was great.
If you don't have a 3d printer, mdf works great. I wrapped mine in wrapping paper that mimicked leather.
Such strong DIY Perks vibes...
2:22
"Do not touch"
Oh Linus, we know you.
This is actually super cool. I'd like to see more of this using old tech laying around for other stuff using 3D printing. Just got to print a slim design case for a mobo, and build a laptop from their.
If you want the screen to be brighter you can put a solid opaque back instead of the cross pieces with. Although this will make it heavier but not by much
This is literally the amature programmers motto: ("Working is a strong word")
For my 3 portable upcycled monitors I've re-used the laptop's display casing and designed cases for the controller board that I've attached to the back.
02:58 Linus: "i know, i'm chocked"
Me: LMAO xD
he said shocked.
Lol same
To quote the words of a great philosopher: "Ain't nobody got time for that!"
Flossy Carter?
This is a project of mine I'm planning. I'm building a double din windows 10 car computer: 7 inch touchscreen lcd connected to a windows 10 computer stick connected to accessories: usb cd drive, tv/fm radio tuner, usb lte modem, and usb media controller. All this mounted and setup to look factory made in my vehicle. I currently have a $100 androi tablet mounted into the car with a old school equalizer.
I wanna try this with a phone screen and put it in my case as a HWInfo readout screen
you can also buy tiny little OLED panels for arduinos
(like 1" diagonal tiny)
As soon as this video started I was like "Oh god, he's holding it by the bottom" lol
Always appreciate useful upcycling.
Was always sad growing up, every shovel of dirt I would dig up in my ma's garden was riddled with little bits of plastic trash.
WOW found this at the PERFECT time. I accidentally broke my monitor today and I have an old laptop screen lying around. So I can just take the screen off my monitor and replace it with the laptop screen. (If they have the same connectors) and if not I can just use the parts from the monitor and buy the adaptors needed. 😁
Very old laptops (I'd say 4+ years old, maybe more) use a different interface, LVDS. They use 40 pin connectors vs the 30 pin one for eDP, so it should be fairly easy to tell.
Just go to a thrift store for a temporary replacement.
@@EnricoConca Yeah the laptop from which I got the screen is lk 3-4 years old
Hell yes! Do it at let us know how it goes!
@@EnricoConca
>Very old
>4+ years old
lol
so i can buy a screen, a display thingy, cables, and a 3d printer for 100$ ?
oh whats that, its only under $100 if u have a 3d printer, oh okay.
If you have a place near you that will do it printing all of that shouldn't be much more then 20 bucks
some places do it free
@@grenskul You just need a friend who has a 3d printer you can abuse
pop round and I will print the bits for £10
i did this 3 years ago except i used plywood, originally i used an old screen from a laptop but recently i had to replace it with a new panel off ebay (which unfortunatly was 50$ for used),it only costed me 30$ to make it originally but if i count the replacement panel cost it came up to 80$ which still isnt bad
yep, i am building one of these right now. had a nice old laptop that crapped the bed and i pilfered everything i could from it. with a controller and power supply (the ones i have wouldnt work) i spent $35 for a new secondary monitor for my desktop!!! my frame is made of wood.
2:24 "Don't touch!"
Linus: Don't care about your dev's cry bro
Let me get my 3D-printer out of the basement real quick! THANKS!
2.059.487 viewers relaxing and letting a lot of air out... when he finally puts the screen on the table.
I GOT THE BEST IDEA FOR A QUICK VID
G FUEL WATER COOLED PC
or coffee idk
That seems more up jayztwocents alley
They thought the concrete cooled PC would be 'quick' 'easy '
Linus: ‘A perfect monitor don’t be STUPID’
Me: crying
This should be in the kit of "pc repair/ diagnostics on the go". All you need is a power outlet, your portable mouse and keyboard, installers, your phone (for tethering), tester parts, screwdrivers, and one portable display.
I like how you used the 3D printer in a diy project for once.
11:26 suddenly the monitor is on 4:3
instand cut this made me laugh so hard
What would be really cool is take the screen from an old tablet and if you have a case like some of the offerings from fractal design with the 5.25 inch bays in the front, you could make a temperature monitor and if you can, make it so that with just the slide of a finger, increase the speed of your fans or slow them down.
0:00 I thought that was their kitchen stove xD
AshKohn47 same
Linus: speaking of..
Me: fast foward