Comment iPad screen hack (Score 4, Interesting) 141
If you're comfortable with hardware you could pick up an iPad LCD screen ( around $60 on ebay ) and add a display port connection to it, the only outstanding issue is an enclosure but access to a 3d printer could solve that.
http://hackaday.com/2013/04/22/connect-a-retina-display-to-a-regular-computer/
http://hackaday.com/2013/04/22/connect-a-retina-display-to-a-regular-computer/