Paula,
Dim LCD screen has become a common compaint, and there may be a solution!
I have been repairing laptops recently, and they have a small board along
the boarder of the LCD screen called the 'inverter'. It can cost as little
as $20 in single quantity. According to
http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/shorts/lcdfix.aspx you can install it in
as little as 20 minutes.
I first looked for one of these six months ago, and the one I needed cost
$95, but I searched for the same inverter last month, and found several
sources for under $30 and lots of models to choose from! This would
indicate that there is a growing market for this type of repair!
Save that monitor from the junk heap!
- Brian
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:26 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] LCD monitor question
I bought a new Dell LCD monitor so I could have a dual setup. Now, with
both of them side-by-side, I realize that my eyes weren't going bad
fast....the older LCD monitor(also a Dell) is very dim and the letters are
a bit soft or blurry. I do calibrate my monitors and had been having
problems getting it to calibrate well. I thought my eyes were going!
This monitor is about 3 1/2 yrs old. Is it normal for lcd's to go bad
this quickly? I have t he brightness turned all the way up now and it's
still pretty dim, especially compared to the new one.And even with
calibrating, the colors are very different between the two. I had
planned on keeping my email on the older monitor and Word too. But I can
hardly bear to read anything on it now. My eyes won't stay focused and I
have to squint to bring the words into focus. If I put it on the new
monitor, no problem reading at all.
Just wanting to know if this is normal or has it gone bad faster than it
should have?
I"m not sure I can continue to use it even for things like the tool bars
of Photoshop, calendar, iTunes etc because it really bothers my eyes.
Thanks!
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