Sunday, June 25, 2006

LCD screens for final show.

For my MA show installation I will use the 3 LCD screens pictured below. Periodically over the last six months I have researched into buying LCD screens of various sizes. It is possible to get very beautiful unfinished screens that already have an AV input, and only a very thin metal surround to the actual screen. The problem being when I priced these sorts of screens at the desired size they where somewhere between £300-£400 each. So x3 for my show would make it £900-£1200, an amount I can’t afford! So began an exhaustive search on the web for cheap screens with a small surround, at a good price. Eventually I stumbled upon a company called Allcam “world of portables” based in Nottingham. They supplied me with the below 202x 154 Lilliput screens for £88.10 each. They even come with a remote control and wall bracket! I did think of removing their plastic surround, but decided against this and may use matt surfaced gaffer tape to cover up the silver plastic surround during the show.