Journal jawtheshark's Journal: Got myself a new monitor... No, nothing special, just cheap. 5
Got myself 58% more screen real estate at 117.99€. The prime condition on a Full HD[*] monitor was that it must have integrated speakers. This is because it saves desk space. That's hard to find in my allocated budget of max. 149€.
Funnily enough, this is exactly the same model as my moms screen which I bought nearly two years ago. 149€ back then. I have cursed myself ever since that day that I didn't buy one for myself.
The integrated speaker isn't as great as the ones in my old Fujitsu-Siemens C17-2, but more than sufficient for the occasional youp...I mean youtube video.
On a related note, I start to have quite a few "spare" LCD screens now.
[*] As much as I'd love to have a 2560x1440 monitor, there is no way I want to spend 400€++ on a monitor.
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Won't you be... my neighbor? I collect more hand-me-downs than the Salvation Army. With my limited floor space, the stack is getting pretty high. The house is a giant Tetris game. The trick is to keep it presentable to guests.
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Find a plastic polishing kit. Depending on the depth of the scratch, it should come right out.
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Something like this [scaleautoworks.com].
It uses grits of sandpaper from ~3600 up to ~12000 or more, then a paste/wax that is an even higher grit. Learned about this when I used to build scale models. The kinds for auto headlights don't appear to use enough different grits for me to trust a computer screen to them but may be a cheaper alternative.
IIRC, this method was developed by various militaries. Turns out the plastic (lexan??) cockpits on modern planes get 'foggy'. Rather than buying new, they are periodically polished. Th