On 14/12/11 10:47 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 14 Dec 2011 at 21:32, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/14/2011 08:29 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
I've "field repaired" at least five
units in this way, giving them a
happy rebirth - The rest of the monitor lasts a lot longer than the
stupid capacitors do. Building in obsolescence like this should be a
crime that puts people behind bars.
Agreed 100%.
I absolutely *love* the idiots who design CCFL inverter supplies for
those monitors with 85C-rated electrolytics hot-glued to heatsinks.
It's almost as if they're designing the thing to fail.
Why on Earth would they do that?? Well, I think we know. If a typical
PC's life is 3 years (!!), the monitor manufacturer is not going to
build a screen that lasts for 10 or more. Think of the missed future
sales when the whole system is turned over to upgrade!
Part of the China phenomenon is this destructive reinforcement loop. And
now most people have been trained to accept that everything breaks after
a short while and you just buy another one.
--Toby
--Chuck