<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>mbreese</author><text>Before 3D printers were so common, the way you’d solve this problem was to buy an enclosure and modify it (cut out a hole) for the monitor to fit into. There are many options for prebuilt enclosure&amp;#x2F;cases, so I’m sure you could find one with the right amount of space and size for this project.&lt;p&gt;3D printing will yield a more custom solution that fits &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; the size you need. But that’s a pretty recent advancement and there are alternatives.</text><parent_chain><item><author>hiisukun</author><text>I love these projects but when I have had a need for a display at home, I struggled to find a case! Small displays complete with a case, that was also slim and of decent material, seemed incredibly elusive.&lt;p&gt;I suppose the modern workflow is to 3d print one: but perhaps other consumers, like me, buying a $20 SBC and a $20 display have not outlayed for a 3d printer... Or purchase a 3d printed one to spec? Unfortunately I don&amp;#x27;t yet have the confidence in the quality of materials of a purchased 3d printed item, nor enough familiarity with the materials and process to choose from the many options online. They also did not seem particularly cheap.&lt;p&gt;Most recently, I ended up finding a 2nd hand (refurbished) small tablet, and simply used that as the display for a small system. It pulls the display content over wifi and displays it in a browser, which is incredible overhead for such simple content. But it is slim, has a touch screen, comes complete in a case, and was cheaper than purchasing a similar waveshare or other unnamed-brand display with a matching case (where one could even be found!)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A Mini Monitor for a Pi</title><url>https://noamzeise.com/2024/07/05/mini-monitor.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>squigz</author><text>&amp;gt; I suppose the modern workflow is to 3d print one: but perhaps other consumers, like me, buying a $20 SBC and a $20 display have not outlayed for a 3d printer.&lt;p&gt;There are a few options here, including 3D-printing-as-a-service. Depending where you are, there may be a makerspace you can visit - even my local library has a small 3D printer available for use</text><parent_chain><item><author>hiisukun</author><text>I love these projects but when I have had a need for a display at home, I struggled to find a case! Small displays complete with a case, that was also slim and of decent material, seemed incredibly elusive.&lt;p&gt;I suppose the modern workflow is to 3d print one: but perhaps other consumers, like me, buying a $20 SBC and a $20 display have not outlayed for a 3d printer... Or purchase a 3d printed one to spec? Unfortunately I don&amp;#x27;t yet have the confidence in the quality of materials of a purchased 3d printed item, nor enough familiarity with the materials and process to choose from the many options online. They also did not seem particularly cheap.&lt;p&gt;Most recently, I ended up finding a 2nd hand (refurbished) small tablet, and simply used that as the display for a small system. It pulls the display content over wifi and displays it in a browser, which is incredible overhead for such simple content. But it is slim, has a touch screen, comes complete in a case, and was cheaper than purchasing a similar waveshare or other unnamed-brand display with a matching case (where one could even be found!)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A Mini Monitor for a Pi</title><url>https://noamzeise.com/2024/07/05/mini-monitor.html</url></story>