ok i just bought the guide about 20 mins ago . im just wondering what monitor every one is using i went to the forum about the monitors but it didnt help me i now use the kds rad 5 15 inch . i got it for 248$ it works awsome ...just wondering if any one has used this monitor ....lets say i opend my monitor and i find that it will not work will it be hard to put back together ?...i want to get started asap ...i want this done by the end of summer i hope ..well thanks im sure ill have more questions just like we all did at one time

to be honest - I actually took pictures of my strip of the monitor just in case the FFC where a problem - yeah you should be able to put the monitor back together - but it depends on you and how careful you are - and if you cant remember how to put it back together - take pictures - photographic memory

Personally, I'm using the 15" Liquidvideo from CC (actually, I'm not technically using it right now, because I ripped the FFC, and now I have to get it fixed...)

Check the Compatible Monitors thread in the Intelligent Video projector design forum for a list of known usable monitors. Check the Incompatible Monitiors thread for a list of unusable monitors. If the monitor you're looking at is not in either of those lists, we don't know about it one way or the other.

However, if I recall correctly the KDS Rad 5 is not usable, has the FFC issue real bad...

Oh yeah, You could be a pioneer and try a monitor that's not on the compatible list, but personally I'd stick to known usable monitor. Remember, once you pull a monitor apart, you have violated the warranty and cannot legally take it back if it turns out to be unusable for this application...

This is a very good point and should be followed by everyone!!!

what about the benq monitor i have been hearing about ?....

Well, apparently it works great for this application. (That's why you've been hearing about it...)

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Also, the Benq monitor seems to be good and easier to find than the Che Mei monitors. Searching the forum will bring up a great deal of information about that model.

I like the quality of my liquidvideo (ChiMei 1512) as a regular monitor (don't have anything else to put it in yet). It has been discontinued though from the only stores who carried them, Circuit City (The liquidvideo was a legacy monitor for our stores only).