LCD monitors (was Re: tube technology and EMP)

[Allison]

>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.


>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