On 8/25/2016 1:11 PM, David Farber wrote:
This Tascam DR-44WL digital recorder was given to me for repair. I asked how
the screen got damaged. The user, a friend of mine, said that it wasn't
dropped or mishandled. It was placed on the floor in an out of a way place
before his band played and 45 minutes later he went to retrieve it and the
screen looked like this:
http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixite...4WL-screen.jpg
The rest of the unit looks very clean. There are no scratches anywhere.

A new screen costs around $40 + shipping but I was curious what kind of
defect would cause an image like this without some severe impact to the
display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The
recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.

Thanks for your replies.

How close was it to the band's woofer? Some of the bands I've heard can
really shake things up. Could the vibration have caused the screen damage?

As an aside, years ago when the movie Earthquake first came out the
local theater put large woofers in the rear. So when the earthquake
scene came on the whole place really shook. After several weeks they
actually discovered structural damage to the building and the place had
to close for the repairs.