LCD monitor goes bang

[steve_t]

Update:

Viewsonic are honouring the warranty - they'll pay freight to and from their fixer-uppers in Christchurch (Monitor Tech). The techie there seemed to think it was "just a power problem"

Meantime I have an AOC 20inch "Razor LED". Which is not without a share of weirdness either. The first one I got had a brighter band about 20mm wide down the left hand edge. PB Tech swapped it for me but the replacement is probably worse than the original. The dude at PB said he thought the diffuser plate may be at fault.
How normal is this? Bloody annoying is all I can say. If they are all like that I'll get another brand.

My AOC 2434 is awesome. Sorry to hear you're not having a good time with electronics

[Latte]

Interesting,t he last place i worked for we sold pantloads of Viewsonics... wonder if they are all failing now

Old boss would be happy, he would claim the warranty , then tell the customer it was only a year so they had to buy new ones

[scracha]

Interesting,t he last place i worked for we sold pantloads of Viewsonics... wonder if they are all failing now

Old boss would be happy, he would claim the warranty , then tell the customer it was only a year so they had to buy new ones

That's bloody terrible. Would be called theft in most countries.

Because business customers call us when something goes wrong. They just want it sorted, they don't want excuses. So we wind up dealing with the warranty, they bought it from us so we sort it.
Dealing with a single warranty claim is sufficient to wipe out any margin on a sale on it's own.

Crikey. I tell mine I'll deal with stuff, no exceptions within the 1st year. After that, they're paying courier costs or can deal with it themselves. Normally offering them loan equipment placates them. Obviously the more regular customers get better service.

With the joke margins in IT, expecting resellers to dealing with Negear equipment or Seagate drives failing within their 5 year warranty would just be unrealistic.

[SMOKEU]

Too much pr0n.

Not enough of teh pr0n!

[Gremlin]

How normal is this? Bloody annoying is all I can say. If they are all like that I'll get another brand.

Stop buying the cheap shit is my blunt answer. My time is valuable, and dicking around diagnosing, filling in warranties, etc... yeah... nah.

Philips. Even the consumer range have 3 year warranties, but the pixel tolerance is a bit higher (say, 3 dead, not 1)

[The Stranger:Me]

Stop buying the cheap shit is my blunt answer. My time is valuable, and dicking around diagnosing, filling in warranties, etc... yeah... nah.

Bit rough mate. I mean it's not obvious from this thread what the IT guys would recommend is it? And after all the AOC was probably $20.00 cheaper.

[ducatilover]

Take a leaf from my book Slofox, 32 inch Sony TV. I can sit in the lounge and use the interwebbles, 1080p pr0ns and stuff!

[steve_t]

Take a leaf from my book Slofox, 32 inch Sony TV. I can sit in the lounge and use the interwebbles, 1080p pr0ns and stuff!

But what if you want to watch TV as well as laugh at crazy people on KB?
1080p pr0n? Is it so super clear that it shows up imperfections on the girls' faces? Do they have 3D pr0n out on blu-ray yet?

[slofox]

Take a leaf from my book Slofox, 32 inch Sony TV. I can sit in the lounge and use the interwebbles, 1080p pr0ns and stuff!

The monitor is for the work computer - which will be sold with the business when I sell out. So the motivation to go to the best is not that great Howsumever, given enough annoyance from the current version, I may well go to something more upscale.

[ducatilover]

But what if you want to watch TV as well as laugh at crazy people on KB?
1080p pr0n? Is it so super clear that it shows up imperfections on the girls' faces? Do they have 3D pr0n out on blu-ray yet?

I haven't thought that far ahead, but, the remote works....
It doesn't just show imperfections on the faces.....
Hmmm not sure about 3D pr0n, perhaps a hooker or missus would be easier to set up?

The monitor is for the work computer - which will be sold with the business when I sell out. So the motivation to go to the best is not that great Howsumever, given enough annoyance from the current version, I may well go to something more upscale.

For sneaky work pr0n?

[steve_t]

Hmmm not sure about 3D pr0n, perhaps a hooker or missus would be easier to set up?

The missus doesn't like pr0n, yet asks me to watch stuff like Twilight As I type this, I'm thinking the relationship needs better balance

[ducatilover]

The missus doesn't like pr0n, yet asks me to watch stuff like Twilight As I type this, I'm thinking the relationship needs better balance

I think some careful and well thought out solutions need to be placed here. For every Twilight esque movie, 1 hour of pr0n with re-enactments is needed, before and after?

[slofox]

Viewsonic is back from MonitorTech in Christchurch, all fixed. Power supply had failed and is replaced.

Sent away last Wednesday, back today. Three working days turn around and this from a quake struck city.

I reckon that's bloody good service, meself. I'd recommend them if anyone asked.

[BMWST?]

But what if you want to watch TV as well as laugh at crazy people on KB?
1080p pr0n? Is it so super clear that it shows up imperfections on the girls' faces? Do they have 3D pr0n out on blu-ray yet?

picture in picture!

[rphenix]

+1 on power supply caps. Hardest part about repairing them (LCDs) is getting the covers off without breaking all the tabs.

Also with regard to backlight florouscent tubes, it is possible to get white LED replacement strips from E-bay, for the more common brands.

Even worse now, some of those thin LED backlit LCD screens they make now have no screws holding them together Prytools aren't just for Apple products anymore