18 Feb
2006
18 Feb
'06
12:33 p.m.
What is the danger related to storing CC gear in
extreme cold
temperatures?
One thing to keep in mind is that some liquid crystal displays will be
permanently damaged by freezing. Others will stop working, usually
turning completely opaque or completely transparent, but will recover
when they warm up.
Lee.
18 Feb
18 Feb
3:18 p.m.
At 9:33 PM +0100 2/18/06, lee at geekdot.com wrote:
Interesting. Any idea if this would effect the original Game Boy's?
I don't know what it is about them, but I had two of them that lost
lines on the display after they sat unused for a year or two. At the
same time I'm fairly certain neither would have gotten frozen.
Zane
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What is the
danger related to storing CC gear in extreme cold
temperatures?
One thing to keep in mind is that some liquid crystal displays will be
permanently damaged by freezing. Others will stop working, usually
turning completely opaque or completely transparent, but will recover
when they warm up. 
20 Feb
20 Feb
5:06 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Zane H. Healy wrote:
My videogame-collecting roommate tells me this is a very common problem
with the original GameBoy design; according to him, most units would lose
lines after a few years.
Alexey
One thing to
keep in mind is that some liquid crystal displays will be
permanently damaged by freezing. Others will stop working, usually
turning completely opaque or completely transparent, but will recover
when they warm up.
Interesting. Any idea if this would effect the original Game Boy's? I don't
know what it is about them, but I had two of them that lost lines on the
display after they sat unused for a year or two. At the same time I'm fairly
certain neither would have gotten frozen.
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