LittleTyke
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I bought a new LG W2234S on Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday we had unbearably hot and humid weather and the thunderflies came out. A number of them crawled INside the LCD layer! I told the supplier that I never expected THIS to happen, whereupon an immediate collection and full refund was organised. The LG was collected this morning. That was my first and last LCD monitor
Now that I know thunderflies can be a problem - I was told today separately by several computer salesmen and/or repairers that it can occur with ANY make and ANY model, including LCD TVs - I am going to hang fire before contemplating another one.
I was told that the flies are considered an "Act of God" and thus no warranty claim would be entertained. I was lucky in choosing Misco, which I have used extensively in the past.
I simply cannot work with flies crawling inside the monitor. Plus, as I have now found through Googling, sometimes the flies die and it's like having five dead pixels. Two flies = ten dead pixels.
BTW, I looked at a working (Vista) HP widescreen (20") in Comet this afternoon and its display was streets ahead of the LG. Pretty darned good, the HP. Of course, the price was considerably higher.
My question: What are users' experiences? You folks out there who have owned and/or used LCDs probably in all price ranges for several years already. Did anyone find that certain brands are sealed better? Why, in fact, are the screens not sealed 100%?
Can anything be done to eliminate the ingress of such insects, e.g. by enclosing the monitor in some kind of cabinet with a hepa filter to maintain airflow? (I don't think even thunderflies would make it through a hepa filter.)
What about environments where NO contamination from creepy-crawlies could be tolerated? I'm thinking here of laboratories, research establishments. Are there "ruggedised" monitors for such usage? Maybe I shall have to spend a lot more money to get what I want (namely 0% bugs inside the LCD layer). The LG was very inexpensive - maybe TOO inexpensive.
Anyway, any suggestions are most welcome. So far I have been recommended HP, ASUS, Eizo, or BenQ. The Eizo range, however, is out of the question, as they cost a fortune. I am terribly disappointed with my purchase, since I was completely unaware of the problem beforehand.
Meanwhile I shall just carry on using my trusty Philips 19" 107E6. Not as wide, but absolutely NO flies inside!
Thanks.
Now that I know thunderflies can be a problem - I was told today separately by several computer salesmen and/or repairers that it can occur with ANY make and ANY model, including LCD TVs - I am going to hang fire before contemplating another one.
I was told that the flies are considered an "Act of God" and thus no warranty claim would be entertained. I was lucky in choosing Misco, which I have used extensively in the past.
I simply cannot work with flies crawling inside the monitor. Plus, as I have now found through Googling, sometimes the flies die and it's like having five dead pixels. Two flies = ten dead pixels.
BTW, I looked at a working (Vista) HP widescreen (20") in Comet this afternoon and its display was streets ahead of the LG. Pretty darned good, the HP. Of course, the price was considerably higher.
My question: What are users' experiences? You folks out there who have owned and/or used LCDs probably in all price ranges for several years already. Did anyone find that certain brands are sealed better? Why, in fact, are the screens not sealed 100%?
Can anything be done to eliminate the ingress of such insects, e.g. by enclosing the monitor in some kind of cabinet with a hepa filter to maintain airflow? (I don't think even thunderflies would make it through a hepa filter.)
What about environments where NO contamination from creepy-crawlies could be tolerated? I'm thinking here of laboratories, research establishments. Are there "ruggedised" monitors for such usage? Maybe I shall have to spend a lot more money to get what I want (namely 0% bugs inside the LCD layer). The LG was very inexpensive - maybe TOO inexpensive.
Anyway, any suggestions are most welcome. So far I have been recommended HP, ASUS, Eizo, or BenQ. The Eizo range, however, is out of the question, as they cost a fortune. I am terribly disappointed with my purchase, since I was completely unaware of the problem beforehand.
Meanwhile I shall just carry on using my trusty Philips 19" 107E6. Not as wide, but absolutely NO flies inside!
Thanks.