I usually work on my snooker table however I'm currently clearing out my shed, so my work area is significantly reduced. People call me intelligent, but I often doubt that when I'm resting a 50" panel on a small box and then go to pick it up by each end.
Lesson learned!
Managed to drop the bloody panel
£20 plus postage (will have to work that out) and I'll throw in the Polaroid mainboard too, looks like you're a glutton for punishment! 
I'll probably just flog it as spares/repair and let some other poor fool worry!
I'd heard that, and couldn't seem to find anything for Hitachi - plenty around for generic Vestel kit and other related brands like Toshiba but not for this. I have an "identical" Vestel mainboard which I believe is a Polaroid variant; doesn't even try to power up with that in, but can't say I'm surprised as I imagine they use different panels etc.
They haven't made a decent printer since the late 90s! (although their newer enterprise/workstation level inkjets look interesting)
I'm strictly a Windows guy but that's mostly down to work (education) so the choice is Windows or Apple; and as I'm neither a) American or b) have an IQ under 60, Windows it is. Oh to sit happy with a *nix distribution of choice and actually learn something without the wife moaning she can't find internet explorer (too lazy to dual boot and regardless of how many VM's I have, they don't give me the motivation to get off my lazy backside and play!)...
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