My wife picked up a 32" flat panel TV one of our neighbors threw out.
Because she thinks I can fix anything:-/
I let it set for a month, gotta be slow or I'll be fixing more things than I want to!
When I finally decided to test it,
it came on, I hooked up the cable, hmm, it works.
I let it run for two days, convinced it worked, I ordered
a remote for $13 from Ebay. It's been working 7 days
a week at our small business for the last 9 months.
About three months ago she brought home another TV,
Again I let it set, 2 months this time, When I turned it on, it worked, But,
the screen had been cracked, The LCD screen was all messed up with odd lines.
I checked Ebay to see if any of the PCBs in the TV were being sold, they were!
I posted three PCBs for sale on Ebay, two for $65 and one for $45. Three days later I got
an offer of $50 and $45 on two different PCBs. Rather than try to negotiate the price
and possibly lose a sale I sold them both. Shipping was $25 so I made $70 on the TV.
The third PCB is still for sale, I'll throw it out in about two more weeks.
Edit: the third PCB sold, for $39 minus $9 shipping.
I made $100 on a discarded TV, and, I had the experience of disassembling and seeing how the backlights work.