On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:30:03 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:44:10 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm,
clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada quickly quoth:

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:21:39 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:09:20 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm,
clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada quickly quoth:

I've had several flatscreens fail just off warranty. Problem was
traced down to a couple electrolytic caps that had swelled. Nobody
local had them in stock so I ebayed 10 of each out of HongKong of all
places - japanese caps - for less than I could have bought them out of
the states without the shipping. A couple minutes with the soldering
iron and all 3 back in service - with spare parts for 2 more.

That's handy to know, clare. What brand were they, or were they
generic Canuckistani?

I have a Viewsonic just out of warranty and, other than the single
bright green pixel which was out when it was brand new, it's hanging
in there nicely.
Acers all. AL1711 - all bought at the same time, failed within 3
weeks. 3 of 6 still woking 2 months later - but expected to fail
shortly

Suckage on the monitors, eh?

I'm running an Acer now and it's the best comp I've had in a long
while. It's whisper quiet, the fan coming on only for heavy graphic or
processor work. I really, really love that. I need to add more memory,
though. I ended up buying a Viewsonic VA1912wb to go with it because
the Acer monitor had twice the pixel latency time and was not well
received.


The Acer stuff is pretty decent - I've got a LOT of Acer 'puters in
service, and almost as many flatscreens. Three year lifespan's not bad
for a mid-line monitor - and the fact the fix is simple and cheap
doesn't hurt either.

Too bad their Ontario service depot (BigTech north of Toronto) are a
bunch of Morons. Haven't had ANYTHING fixed first time round yet - and
when they checked out my INFOCUS DLP projector they claimed it needed
a new "brain" at a cost of close to $600. I told them "no way - send
it back". I opened it up (and found out they had NOT) and found the
safety switch on the bulb access hatch was "open". I squirted it with
some contact cleaner and it's been working ever since (going on 2
years now)
They are working on their second chance on a 6 month old 19" Acer
monitor that flickers on some computers, and works fine on others.(has
since new)
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