Thin Monitor Solution

[mizzoudavis]

I’m looking to make a shallow-depth mirror and I was wondering if there was a better solution than using a tiny, recycled laptop monitor + LCD controller board. Shopping for regular monitors, it’s tough to know what the total depth of the guts that I’ll need (once the plastic is ripped off). Can anyone recommend a super thin-traditional LCD monitor?

[Sean]

@mizzoudavis
My 17inch lcd(LP173WF3) has 0.4cm. Normal lcd monitor is usually thicker than that, I guess.

[sero]

I used an Asus MB169B+
https://www.asus.com/de/Monitors/MB169BPlus/

[mizzoudavis]

@Sean Thanks. Did you need an LCD controller board as well?

[mizzoudavis]

@sero Interesting solution. Does it take USB only as an input? Any issues there?

[Sean]

@mizzoudavis small palm sized board is needed. You can purchase in amazon, ebay or other replacement shop.

[sero]

@mizzoudavis
I removed the controller (which has just USB) and replaced it with a controller from eBay that has HDMI, VGA, etc.:

eBay item 360626141655 :)

[Sean]

@mizzoudavis
https://www.amazon.de/Display-LP173WD1-LTN173KT01-LTN173KT02-B173RW01/dp/B00AOMQPWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502388884&sr=8-1&keywords=Lp173wd1

https://www.amazon.de/Eingang-Controller-LP173WD1-B173RW01-1600-x-900-40pins-LCD-Bildschirm/dp/B06W5DTGKC/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1502388955&sr=1-2&keywords=Lp173wd1+controller

I live in Germany. So i link these in amazon.de however you can find these in any country.

[mizzoudavis]

@Sean Thank you! I wonder if the USB output of the controller board is enough to power the RPi?

[Sean]

@mizzoudavis enough but sometimes not stable. I use another hub.