LCD Monitors, Should I buy one?

wrote:

I understand where you are coming from, however, I have bought CRT
monitors and they have lasted five to ten years. According to some
manufacturers, these LCD have 25,000 hours of life span, I am assuming
25,000 is not an exaggeration. A typical year has 8760 hours, multiply
that with 3 and you get 26,280. That's less then three years! This is
why I'm looking at LCD like a desk lamp. I would want to know if I can
get a replacement CCFL before I invest any money in LCD.

You leave your monitor on 24/7 ??

BTW...my cheap Shamrock 17" monitor just started having problems
after 8 years of service. I replaced it with a Samsung 930B LCD
19" monitor. So far, I love it. We'll see about its longevity.

On 28 Nov 2005 22:03:52 -0800, wrote:

I understand where you are coming from, however, I have bought CRT
monitors and they have lasted five to ten years. According to some
manufacturers, these LCD have 25,000 hours of life span, I am assuming
25,000 is not an exaggeration. A typical year has 8760 hours, multiply
that with 3 and you get 26,280. That's less then three years! This is
why I'm looking at LCD like a desk lamp. I would want to know if I can
get a replacement CCFL before I invest any money in LCD.

If you cannot expect to get enough use out of an electronic equipment
within at most 2 years to amortize for the cost then you probably
shouldn't even be buying it. Any LCD that you buy now will be a
doorstop in 3 years so whether the back light is cheap or easy to
replace or not is moot.

The thing is, I'm living here in Toronto, It's in Canada. However,
normally I live in up north, Dawson City in Yukon. That's next to
Alaska. I'm only here in Toronto for training, some American companies
are opening call center in my area, so I'll be training my fellow
Klondike

In my area it's very hard to buy new LCD, and they are very expensive
down there. Normally, we prefer to buy things that can be repaired,
however, people in south are well they make fun of us b/c we ride on
dogs.... Believe it or not some people in Toronto think Yukon is in
Alaska! (and no they are not "immigrant").

Ps: Don't flame me if your job is being off-shore into Canada. I am
just a girl.

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Tony Smith wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:17:43 -0800, michelebargeman wrote:

Do you guys know any LCD monitors that is user friendly, by that I
mean replacing brunt LCD CCFL backlight, and Inverter Board is easy &
simple.

Are you sure they have backlight? Most LCD monitors use plasma, and I
don't think it can be replaced or refilled.

Are you serious?!


He he... last time i looked in any of the specs sheets for all of my LCD
monitors, they all have 4 fluorescent tubes
McG.

I've been using LCD monitors for years and never had one fail on me. I
think they are cheap enough right now (17" ones are in the $200s) to
just replace in case of failure. From my experience they are also a lot
easier on the eyes then CRT monitors.