Flat panel display rot - "tunnel vision" in electroluminescent and other displays- bad seals.

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Wed Jul 20 14:56:55 CDT 2016


> On Jul 20, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ...
> Does anyone know how one might prevent this from progressing- storage tips?
> 
> Could it be reversed?
> 
> Better yet, does anyone have ideas on how to rapidly dehydrate the display?
> Perhaps there is even a way to re-seal them.
> 
> I think all two-glass-pane displays that don't have a vacuum may eventually
> succumb to this.

I don't know how to address that problem.  But FWIW, it doesn't happen to all two-glass pane displays; my 1970s era PLATO terminal (with the orange plasma panel) still works perfectly.

	paul




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