a_profile_name | 230 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Browsing ebay, I've seen there are sellers, mostly from china, offering (presumably) original Nintendo ags-001 screens. For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Frontlight-AGS-001-LCD-screen-For-Nintendo-Game-Boy-Advance-SP-GBA-SP/352648600207?hash=item521b7e9a8f:g:11UAAOSwqbZdSUDq I'm pretty suspicions of this whole thing. Though they might be OEM (in the real sense of the term), and the sellers do clearly write that these are original, which is a pretty ballsie to do of these actually aren't. Is it legit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,936 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Odds are they're real. No reason to lie about it. Most people find them to be annoyingly inferior, so they get pulled from a lot of systems for something better. Why not sell them for a lower price than just trash them if they work? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 They have a much better refresh rate compared to the 101's. Hardly any motion blur. Of course they are not backlit and require some type of light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,936 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Things like that have me thinking I have a few spare OEM panels lying about from some projects I did. I bet someone might find a working DMG, GBC or GBP screen useful if they're trying to restore one to original condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Tanooki said: Things like that have me thinking I have a few spare OEM panels lying about from some projects I did. I bet someone might find a working DMG, GBC or GBP screen useful if they're trying to restore one to original condition. It surely will. It will probably hardly be worth the profit for you, but you'll make someone else happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,936 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I wasn't really thinking of getting rich off them but I'd rather them not go into the trash. I'd have to go digging. I know I should have one of each of those I believe, and I do know I have had a gba micro lcd wrapped up in a little packet for years now so unless it died just resting there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,013 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 They're pushing out GBA SPs with IPS screens on Aliexpress so these could be the left overs from that process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 18 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said: They're pushing out GBA SPs with IPS screens on Aliexpress so these could be the left overs from that process. I agree. Chinese have been selling refurbished GBA’s with the newer screens. They probably took off the old screens and try to resell them instead of scrapping them. No need to lie about an original AGS-001 screen. Everyone looking to replace their screen is looking for the AGS-101 or equivalent. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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