Replica laptop screen sites' trustworthiness?

Cracks propagating across my laptop's screen have rendered it immobile; a stationary VGA monitor has temporarily restored operationability. The proprietary repair service estimate is exorbitant, i.e. more than the laptop is new. Undiscouraged, a replacement screen search yielded numerous sites dedicated to affordable, "replica" screens. What is their trustworthiness & product compatibility/reliability?

 

All of them?

Why don't you list the ones that have replacements for your needs and see if anyone can offer any advice?

 

laptopscreen.com, screentekinc.com, & screencountry.com

 

There is no such thing as a "replica" screen. They are the same screens from the same manufacturers that the laptop companies source from.

 

That's untrue. Look on eBay. There's lots of third party screens there.

 

I would avoid LED conversions, Whilst no real issues have been highlighted in my search on this forum, I do however advise against these as they have different specs even with the inverter that is included.

Best thing is to take the screen out and contact one of the companies for a replacement screen of the same part number and ensure that it has the correct backlighting. CCFL or LED. Most are CCFL I figured, Some later model laptops are LED. I can recommend a Good Ebay store that has a website also. Very good comms and support, Prompt delivery and well packaged as well as priced.

I only bought one screen but they were very helpful with me and I received a Samsung screen to replace my Samsung screen.

This is a UK based company that I believe ships worldwide.

 

Third party screens? Where do you think those screens come from?

 

this was my thinking but decided not to bother posting it. here is what else I thought.

Only difference I could imagine this being is actually the quality of the backlight ie LED not CCFL and poor quality inverter which is why I decided not to bother using inferior products even if the screen itself is the same.

 

Please enlighten me.

 

All laptop screens, whether you found it on ebay or it came on your Alienware, come from the same handful of manufacturers. It isn't like there are a few seedy factories in China pumping out imitation screens to sell on Ebay.

 

I'm glad your thesaurus wasn't broken.

 

I replaced my kids LCD twice (she stepped on it 2x). I got the the new screen from here.

LOWEST PRICED BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT NOTEBOOK DISPLAYS - LARGE INVENTORY | LCDScreen.com

Except for her repeatedly keeping the lappy on the floor, and stepping on it the replacement screens worked perfectly. The screens were overnighted and no headaches. The second screen was ordered, and I clicked the wrong box (wrong screen came). Called customer service they shipped correct one same day, and sent me RMA for wrong one.

 

Explain this to me? It's listed under the part number 13N7076, which is the BOE-Hydis UXGA FFS LCD that was was used in the ThinkPad T60p. It is clearly not the Hydis screen. I doubt it has the contrast ratio or viewing angles offered on the Hydis screen. Since it is not made by original the manufacturer nor does it comply with the OEM specifications, that makes it a third party screen even from one of a handful of factories. There are any number of ThinkPad screens, which I am most familiar with, listed under the manufacturer part number that are not made by the manufacturer and do not comply with the specifications. This would be an example since the T400 never had a glossy screen. Would that not make it a third party product?

 

I guess you're right, but you brought up "3rd party" screens, and the OP was talking about "replica" screens, and there is no such thing. If what you find on Ebay is not the exact same screen found in your laptop, it is a compatible screen, just based on the screen size and interface. If you have a laptop with some special screen, then fine, go try to find the exact same one. But if not, just get a compatible screen and there is no difference. Most laptop manufacturers sure don't care what screens go into their laptops. In the same model of laptop I've found screens from several manufacturers. For the vast majority of people who need to buy a replacement screen it doesn't matter because the screen manufacturers are all pumping out similar product.

 

In my experience the third party, replica, compatible or whatever you want to call them tend to be not as good as OEM manufacturer parts. As much as people complain about screen quality here, I know it's hard to believe, but that's what I've seen.

 

Point out how its "clearly" not please? I don't see it.

 

There are only a handful of laptop screen OEM's, and laptop manufacturers often put screens from multiple manufacturers into the same exact laptop model. So chances are actually not that bad that even if you were rolling a die to see where your screen was coming from it would be from an OEM for your particular model of laptop. So OEM or not is really irrelevant.

So really the only problems are if you have a very good screen and you buy a new screen that is just an average one. Also dead pixels seem to be an issue for people replacing screens, but that is probably from some vendors being unscrupulous. If they have a good reputation and a good screen replacement policy, it really shouldn't matter.

 

^This is the right way to determine what to do IMHO.

 

To conclude the controversy, are these variable quality--yet imperceptible--LCDs sufficient for such an ordinary, rudimentary laptop: Toshiba Satellite L455d?

 

I don't think that's the only issue. Even the standard screens are worse in my experience.

 

Trust me, there are no "replica" screens around. The closest to that definition would be the PixelQi displays.

Read the FAQ's here: FAQ and Articles | LAPTOP SCREEN, LCD panels from $42.


There many manufacturers, releasing compatible screens.

Your link to ScreenAid's Bohydis display is probably an actual Bohydis IPS panel (as long as you confirm with ScreenAid)
However it is true that when you are ordering from 3rd party suppliers, you are likely to receive a substitution (unless otherwise specified *exact*)
We never advertise IPS panels and sub them with non-IPS (not sure about ScreenAid - I hope not)

OP, all three sites you've mentioned are trustworthy.
If you go with LaptopScreen.com, let me know if you have any custom instructions, or specific panel requests (through PM)

Cheers!