Yeah that’s entirely fair, was just giving some of the reasons why they’d end up on the street.
I suppose it depends on your motivations for wanting to decrease waste, but if it has anything to do with the environment, I would say keep an eye on the last point. IMO if something is particularly inefficient, it’s better off not being used if there’s a substantially more efficient alternative to do the same thing. You should be able to look up the model number pretty quickly to see its power consumption though.
It’s actually broken or on its way to broken (panels often degrade in various ways over time)
Upgrading based on technical specs (e.g from HD to 4K or to a higher refresh rate)
Connectors as you’ve highlighted, particularly if someone is using it with a laptop as some modern displays can power the laptop over the same cable the display signal is going down
(As highlighted by the other commenter) Efficiency. Modern panels can be magnitudes cheaper to run (and of course it’s therefore better for the planet) than older ones
Yeah that’s entirely fair, was just giving some of the reasons why they’d end up on the street.
I suppose it depends on your motivations for wanting to decrease waste, but if it has anything to do with the environment, I would say keep an eye on the last point. IMO if something is particularly inefficient, it’s better off not being used if there’s a substantially more efficient alternative to do the same thing. You should be able to look up the model number pretty quickly to see its power consumption though.