William Sommerwerck wrote:
I'm a bit unclear about this. LCDs are often connected to the PCB with a
conductive-rubber band. It seems odd that one would be soldered in.



This one uses a flex cable of the ribbon type. It appears that the
conductors are soldered with solder paste using the IR heating
technique. The problem in heating the connection again is the plastic
the conductor is mounted on will be damaged unless you use a low temp
iron or the original IR process of heating the solder paste during assembly.