How to build yourself a Cintiq: a tablet and its screen

OK, the following are the "recipes" that I know of:

Intuos 1&2 6"x8" (a5) - the practical lower limit for "Cintiqization" - as far as I know, both the LCDs for the Ipad 1-2 and the ones for the 3-4 are good matches, the second being "retina"s at 2048x1536 `pixels - LG LP097X02 (SLEA ,  the subversion I used) and LG LP097QX1 - LP097QX2 (these are eDP panels... it may be preferred to source a controller before buying the panel, or to get a panel-controller complete kit) works well over these tablets.
My thanks to woodguy32 for the discovery of the match with  the "Retina" (Apple name for the high resolution  LCD panels).


Intuos "1" and Intuos 2 and 3, size  9x12 (& 12x12), "A4" :

• Dell 1503fp: it is a 15" CCFL, TN monitor with an external power unit; it can be found for less than 30$ on ebay - relatively low levels of jitter (noisy movement of the pen due to screen-tablet interference) and relatively easy to modify to put in place. However, CCFL (dim) and TN (low view angle, changing colors). Good for line art. It can need to extend some FFC (extender sellerss are appearing on Ebay)

Intuos 3 A4

• BOE HV150UX1-101   (15"m 1600x1200) - It is a TabletMod.com recipe

• LP150E05-A2K1 (LCD panel)  + R.RM5451 LCD Controller Board Kit with DVI ,  15" S-IPS, 1400x1050  - low jitter when connected to the PC with DVI; Being a IPS panel and a fair resolution, one may consider a CCFL-> LED swap with a kit.
• HP dv2000 14.1" LCD WXGA (1680 x 1050)  and the R.RM5251C LCD Controller Board - Sligthly undersized (obligatorily.. it is a 16:10 over a 4:3 tablet) 

Intuos 4, 5 & Pro A4  (8"x12,8") - the best match for these tablets are the 15.4" in 16:10 format panels. Most of the panels in these format are old, CCFL backlight TN for laptops. with the exception of MacBook 2880x1800 panels, which are wonderful IPSes but have no backlight at all, being designed to be integrated into the MacBool covers, which house both the lamp and the light diffuser..

• AUO BW154P01, BW154P02 - Another Tabletmod "old recipe". 15.4" panels are usually 16:10, as all the Intuos 4 (and beyond) are. These panels are two 1440x900 panels, Twisted Nematics, with CCFL lights. Very low jittering (about 0.05 mm, i.e. well below one pixel)and only occasional false clicks (in an ungrounded build). Bad colours, dim (may be a problem in extending the CCFL in my build though). Low noise notwithstanding, I do no recommend them unless one is mainly interested in line works in B&W (as in, say, inking comics).

Intuos 2 A3,  i.e. 18"x12" - the right screen for these would be 21" 4:3 screens - it is an "old" aspect ratio. The second best choice for tablet covert area is 22" 16:10 (still, oldish, so IPS Led screens are hard to come by; at best, ine may think at a lamp swap on an IPS with CCFL Lamps) and third are 21.5" 16;9 (this is a modern format, so IPS LED full HD are easy to find...)

• LG IPS224v, IPS225v, IP2226v (Purportedly) - the IPS224v has the led power lines as single cables, easy to splice, solder and extend.
• HP LE2201 - my personal build, a 22" 16:10 CCFL TN - a bit jittery.

Intuos  3 A3 (12x19")

• AOC 2269, with the refresh rate set to 53hz - it is a 21,5", IPS-Led full HD screen

Intuos 4 3A (12X19.2")

• AOC 2243fw (still from Tabletmod.com, it is another 21,5", IPS-Led full HD screen)

And this is all that I know.