I purchased an LCD for use in a projector that I am building, unfortunately the shipper did not pack the monitor well and it arrived cracked. The impact point caused multiple spider cracks to eminate away from the impack point. The affected area is about the size of a quarter in the lower left hand corner. What is weird is that the LCD still works fine. The image is not affected at all. The only time you can see it, is when the backlight is on, but the screen is blank when there is no input. Assuming I don't get a refund/money back...

Here are my questions if anybody has any input

1. why is the LCD still working?
2. What are the chances that it will remain intact after disasembly and AG removal?

Thanks,
Josh

I will post some pictures later

You can probably tape off that entire section and watch movies in 16:9 so it doesn't show up on your screen. The crack will be very noticeable (10x bigger) on the screen once you install it into the pj.

I agree with above user.

you can use zoom player and align the video to top of the screen (16:9 mode) so it won't use the bottom 3/4 of the screen.

or if only first few layers are cracked you can remove the AG and replace the polar. but only way to find out is to strip the lcd layer by layer.

fw

Layers? I was of the usumption that an LCD was a single piece of glass with an AG layer and polarizer (plastic/polimer) type layer. I was trying to find a cutaway picture of an LCD on Google this afternoon, but couldn't find anything.

Josh

You should see if you could send it back BEFORE you strip it. Once stripped nobody will accept it back. Did you get shipping insurance. Check that out.

The cracks will drive you crazy if you install them in the pj and watch them on the big screen.

There are two sheets of glass and other associated layers. Between (on) the sheets of glass there is a matrix of color filters (red, green, blue) and and electrical grid. If you only damage the glass and not the electrical grid then wherever there's no glass damage the LCD should still work. I'm kind of surprised the damage has remained so localized and think maybe over time you will experience progressive heat-cycling and/or evaporative damage whereby the bad spot will get bigger and bigger. Have it replaced if at all possible.