LCD Monitors - April 9, 2013

15" LCD monitors

At the Working Centre's Computer Recycling Project we've finally begun to sell LCD monitors. At the moment we have several LCD monitors, but these will go fast.

We still carry a small selection of CRT monitors for those who find the LCD monitors just don't do the range of CRTs.

Our selection includes several different brands including Viewsonic, IBM, and Dell, but selection varies from day to day. The monitors are very reasonably priced.

We also have several types of DLink routers (wired, wireless), and a few Netgear and Linksys routers. Other items include scanners, printers, and several types of boxed expansion cards.

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