Scrappers come in two forms with me, 'scrappers' and 'save em' for later'.
If they look cheap and don't have a HDMI and VGA socket on they are scrappers if can't be repaired in a moderate amount of time I class them as 'scrappers'.
If they have HDMI and VGA sockets on I class them as 'save em for later'.... and it pays of once in a while, a nice 26" Tesco telly was handed to me, "Use it for spare parts mate", a computer monitor with a telly on my bench flashed across my eye's.
A month or two passed another one came in that had a smashed screen, it had been knocked over by their pet dog. I swapped the main board and now can watch telly and and play computer at the same time.... "Good doggie" I thought. Oddly, the sound quality sounded better than many of the bigger telly's.
Dave