LCD monitors (was Re: tube technology and EMP) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Apr 2005

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 Subject: LCD monitors (was Re: tube technology and
EMP)
   From: "Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com>
   Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

  A lot of users have noted that getting an LCD
with 100% good pixels
 is either tough or expensive. 
If you buy a name brand LCD, it's likely to cost a bit more and have
fewer (or no) bad pixels.

Funny, went into the local ****usa and looked at several LCD monitors 
and with care I spotted every one had at least one noticeable pixel bad.

The real problem was where I was they'd bring in some cheapo LCD and 
I'd have to "deal with it" being the IT person as it was
"broken".
Inshort I'd ahve to contact the vendor and try and get a good one and 
usually the vendor would refuse as it met the 99.9995 good.  Small 
companies are that way.

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 The normal failure mode for an LCD monitor is for one
of the fluorescent
tubes of the backlight to fail.  These can be very expensive to replace
as they are usually not common tubes. 
That's my main worry.

Allison