AL wrote:
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.

This is a rather low key band that plays traditional jazz music.

It's amazing a movie could be so loud that it caused structural damage to a
building but not cause hearing damage to the moviegoers!

Thanks for your reply.
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David Farber
Los Osos, CA