2 months ago, i placed 2 17" CRT monitors outside my house and sticked a paper saying "FREE"... no one took those.
..unless you are complitely broke and cant afford 150CYP 19" TFT monitor...
Am also on the look out for a cheap monitor - old pc, may upgrade to laptop but meanwhile the monitor's not working. Have taken to see if mendable but meanwhile putting out some feelers.