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Could I upgrade my display? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by thesupertechie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/laptops@piefed.social

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Crossposted from https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/49014737

I am the owner of an HP ENVY Laptop 16-h1000 series laptop. There are three display options for this laptop: a non-touchscreen sRGB LCD, a touchscreen sRGB LCD, and a touchscreen OLED display with a better screen resolution and colour range than the last two (Display P3). All three displays are the exact same size. I unfortunately got the touchscreen LCD, which I realised 1.5 years after buying this laptop, so it’s too late to return the laptop now. Would it work if I ordered a replacement for the OLED screen and swapped out the LCD as an “upgrade”?

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[–] MrWrinkles@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago

I wanted to do this to my Acer Chromebook Spin 14, because the display lacks stylus tilt feature. But I found a refurbished Chromebook Plus Spin 714 for $330 shipped and it's a decent upgrade, without the hassle. It was literally brand-new in the original box. I don't mess around with HP. I suspect the BIOS has the hardware locked down or firmware updates would fail or something. It sounds stupid, but HP is like that. Almost $400 for that OLED screen on ebay.