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Default LCD Monitors- how to choose ?

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:57:56 -0800 (PST), pg
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Problem arises one or two years afterwards. The LCD monitors started
to die off. Actually, it's not the LCD that conked. It's the
fluorescence tube behind the LCD that quit working.

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What brand of LCDs are you buying? This is awful reliability for an
LCD! Even if you run them 24/7, they should be lasting about the same
amount of time as a good CRT.

I haven't seen many LCDs with bad fluorescent tubes. All the bad ones
I've seen still worked, but were dim, or off color. If the back light
is completely out, then the inverter is usually the problem, not the
bulbs.

By far the most common problem with cheap LCD monitors is the power
supply (usually bad caps).

If you stick to a big name brand such as NEC or Samsung, they should
last a lot longer. Turn the brightness down to about 50% and use
power saving if you want them to last longer. I'm typing this on a 9
year old LCD which is still plenty bright.
Andy Cuffe