AW M17x R2 RGBLED Lifespan & Suppliers

Not sure if I am asking an odd question, basically need to know what the RGBLED lifespan is in hours say compared to other types of LCD's and if anyone has had any issues with the RGBLED screen or the M17x inverter going etc..... mines still going strong but since it is pretty much on alllll the time for instant access and use on the desktop, (usually give it a restart once a week and maybe the odd standby when out for lengthy periods) but I clean it out once a month still runs like new.

The other thing is I cannot find much information online anywhere about RGBLED monitors or suppliers if one should need a replacement or even say a desktop standalone monitor.......

Sorry if the above was already or partially answered elsewhere...links if available would be nice.

Will be checkin in time to time to see what you people have to say.

Adios....

 

I don't know the exact expected hour rating for the screen, but the older (I say older, but they are still entirely a current technology and more common still than LED backlighting) fluorescent-lit LCD screens will show age much sooner due to the fact that the lamps dim down over time. LED backlighting (your "RGB" screen, mine too) does not do that, so your screen will look as bright and fresh as ever for as long as you have the machine. Further, for a given brightness, LED backlighting is almost always more efficient, energy-wise, than fluorescents.

Another thing that is in the works for larger screens but not happening in laptop RGB screens yet is modulated LED backlighting, where the whole panel is tiny LEDs behind the LCD, and the backlight is actively modulated with the screen image to give the best lighting to each individual color area of an image. That just isn't possible with fluorescents.

As far as pixels dying out, that's probably still about the same as any other good modern screen because "LED" here refers to the backlighting, whereas the screen itself is still an LCD panel. I'm sure the quality is getting higher all the time though.

 

Thanks for that know some of the details myself when it comes to CCFL etc but I find it odd that the RGBLED's are hard to trace or to find more about specifications, my Nebula Red R2 is a beauty use it heavily for number crunching, gaming, editing, converting already well over 2000 HD conversions done and love the quality of the screen it really is beyond words, I had a really bad experience with the R1 was the fifth person to order one in the UK and returned it due to the poor performance and bad dim screen, so far little complaints with the fully loaded R2. Noting the R3 is out but not too keen with the Sandybridge issues and I've seen the screen although being 3D is no comparison to RGBLED vividness so sticking with the R2 for now until things improve a little.

I'm concerned with the way I'm using my machine and going by how my older laptops have died suddenly on inverters, or LCD lines after a couple years requiring replacement parts/LCD's etc I would be really disappointed if not being able to get my hands on parts. Looks like so far one will have to go to Dell/Alienware directly and even then not sure if they have them readily available as they seem rare to source. I was considering getting a desktop RGBLED monitor but cant find anything out there unless the terminology is different in which case I must be missing the obvious.

Anyone know who makes the RGBLED screens for the M17x 1920x1200p?, I read somewhere it is samsung but I cannot find any samsung screen as a direct replacement for the R2.

Freestylaruk

 

I seem to have read of a few in these forums who have found complete lid/screen assemblies on Ebay. I think I also read someone saying the screen itself is a Samsung. However, I suspect that replacing the screen apart from the rest of the lid is not what you will want to get into; 'aarpcard' here has gone that route simply for an upgrade and found that the screen is bonded into the lid assembly. It makes for a fast, effective, and high-quality assembly if you're a manufacturer with a high-production clean room facility, working only with brand-new parts, but it's a lousy situation if you are trying a replacement as a hobbyist.

You know, I've been at this stuff many years, and other labor-intensive hobby-like endeavors over the years, and I rather consistently find that after a couple of years I'm usually ready to give my used hardware away to some deserving friend or family member and move up anyway. Computers get so much better so quickly that it's hard not to want to just move on in a couple of years. Would you really want to spend tons of money and research labor to find/buy a replacement screen for a machine that may never need it, only perhaps to find that some other (expensive) aspect of it starts dying sooner?

My honest opinion: Enjoy the heck out of it, run it hard, make it live up to what you got it for, take resonable care of it, and if it breaks, make a decent but measured attempt to repair it, but don't hesitate to give it a happy ceremonial burial if you can't. Screens sealed tightly into laptops are just not meant to be replaced, and even if you could, it's one of those things I cannot imagine being worth the substantial trouble.

 

Thanks again, didn't realise the RGBLED's are difficult to work on in the M17x, no matter will keep an eye out for one of those nebula red complete lid assemblies, sounds a much easier solution looking ahead. As long as this machine gives me a solid few more years donkey work ill be happy. Ill buy another top end gaming machine next year let that run in and prove itself before i give the current one to anyone, problem is, the current one is just too nice and clean to give away and after loads of tweaks etc its running smooth with a slight overclock, I have pretty much all games including FSX and loads of FSX addons which all run more than satisfactory even under really heavy loads, barely touched, use wireless kybrd and apple trackpad with it, still looks like new.

Freestylaruk