I just sent mine in to an eBay vendor who advertises that he will replace your screen with an oem one for $250. I just got it back, and it looks great, except that I'm getting some flickering which I'm trying to get rid of, so I can't give you the verdict on the work quite yet. Otherwise, I can't suggest anything else unless that is, you want to remove the anti-glare film on top of your screen, and apply a screen protector on there. It comes out looking pretty glossy-not exactly oem, but it's a small fraction of the cost of replacing the screen... here's the link to the thread which discusses the anti-glare film.. just remember you would need to remove the oem anti-glare film on your screen first.
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...745&highlight=

Which ebay vendor?

PM me your regular email address..

Watch this thread:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...v-monitor.html

Sounds handy to know..but need the Ebay vendor to help others...

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I am going to speak to the vendor and will find out more details as to how the repair works and whether or not it's an improvement, etc.

Sweet mate..let us know when you have some info from the vendor..cheers

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So the ebay vendor is eflow666. His name is Jimmy Chen and his contact information is listed on the ebay listing. He has been repairing BMW, Mercedes and Jaguar nav screens & on-board monitors for over 14 years. For a cost of $200 he will repair an on-board monitor to make it functional again (i.e. if the tape deck no longer works, etc). If it is determined that the LCD panel needs to be replaced, or if you already know that it needs to be replaced and just want a new LCD panel installed, the cost is $270 to replace the panel with a brand new one. His turnaround time is about 3 business days. If you have any questions I suggest you call him with your specific issues and get his recommended fix. BTW, don't bother going through ebay, just deal directly.

BMW NAVI WIDE SCREEN MONITOR (WE REPAIR YOUR MONITOR) : eBay Motors (item 180502509601 end time May-12-10 18:09:31 PDT)

I retrofitted the nav to my car a couple of months ago and it was all working perfectly, I just wanted a pristine screen as mine had some surface scratches. All of the components of my system were either new or refurb/remanufactured and so I'm skeptical that it's something besides the monitor itself. All Jimmy said he did was replace the screen and he said he tested it and it was working perfectly. I had asked him who made the LCD screens he had, which he said were oem, and he said, "some Japanese company," so I didn't get positive verification about the origin of the screen, but it could still be Sharp. I'm having a BMW technician remove and replace the monitor into the dash in a few weeks from now to see if it just a matter of how I placed it in - maybe it's pushing up against some cable that's causing it. Again, there are faint white lines going in a downward direction very fast, which move with the engine signal (they disappear if when I shut off the engine) - they're not even real easy to see, it's just that it wasn't an issue before I had the work done, and I've sunk so much money into this system, I want it to work perfectly..