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| Thread ID: 92290 | 2008-08-05 00:48:00 | Are LCD Monitor extended warranties worth it? | utopian201 (6245) | Press F1 |
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| 694975 | 2008-08-05 00:48:00 | For those of you who have LCD monitors, what goes wrong with them when they -do- fail? Or is it more of a case of LCD monitors either come with faults right from the start/within 90 days (eg dead/bright pixels) otherwise they are fine? |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 694976 | 2008-08-05 01:09:00 | If you buy a good brand LCD monitor, like ViewSonic, they have a 3 year bright pixel warranty as standard. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 694977 | 2008-08-05 01:10:00 | If you buy a good brand LCD monitor, like ViewSonic, they have a 3 year bright pixel warranty as standard. x2 Any monitor that has a short warranty probably has a crap pixel warranty as well. Backlights don't go very often, and normally sooner rather than later. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 694978 | 2008-08-05 01:20:00 | All decent ones have a 3 yr onsite warranty. | pctek (84) | ||
| 694979 | 2008-08-05 02:22:00 | I was thinking more like the Dell monitors; 3 years as standard, but can be extended to 4 or 5 years. Do pixels eventually 'die'? Or do they not wear out (that is, the only pixels which are going to be dead are the ones from the factory) |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 694980 | 2008-08-05 03:09:00 | You are covered by the CGA. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 694981 | 2008-08-05 03:44:00 | I was thinking more like the Dell monitors; 3 years as standard, but can be extended to 4 or 5 years. Do pixels eventually 'die'? Or do they not wear out (that is, the only pixels which are going to be dead are the ones from the factory) I don't think pixels just die, however if there is an electrical fault with it, I have heard of clusters of dead pixels occuring. My LCD is 5-6 years old, and doesn't have any dead pixels, although it cost about $3000 at the time. It has however failed, because the LCD layers are delaminating on one edge, but I suppose 6 years old is a good life. I am looking at the dells to replace it with, but don't think it is worth paying an extra $50 for 2 more years of warrenty. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 694982 | 2008-08-05 04:30:00 | I was thinking more like the Dell monitors; 3 years as standard, but can be extended to 4 or 5 years. But Dell don't make monitors. They re-badge them. They may be Phillips, BenQ, Anything.............. So why not buy one you are sure of instead of taking pot luck. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 694983 | 2008-08-05 06:08:00 | The particular Dell I am interested in (2408wfp) uses a Samsung panel. It is similar to the Samsung 245T, but significantly cheaper, especially when Dell have their discounts. I'm only interested in the Dell because when it has a $799 special, it is the cheapest 24" s-pva panel but has high end features (notably multiple inputs) - the closest equivalent screen, the 245T, is about $1220. Also the thing with Dell's warranty is that after 30 days, if you get it exchanged, you will be getting a refurbished one, not a new monitor. I'm not sure if that is very good... |
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