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    Laptop monitor lifetime

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hendra, Jan 1, 2009.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    How long is the lifetime of a typical laptop monitor before you start noticing that the monitor has lost its brightness or its color richness?
     
    hendra, Jan 1, 2009
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  2. ahl395

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    if its LED, it doesnt loose brightness over time.

    if its CCFL, i think it depends on the quality. Personally, Ive seen no difference in a year on my notebook screen. ive had a notebook for 2years before, and saw a very small difference.
     
    ahl395, Jan 1, 2009
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  3. entropy.cz

    entropy.cz Notebook Evangelist

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    after 6-7 years of using my acer travelmate... it turned yellowish and pretty ugly, compared with this new latitude.
     
    entropy.cz, Jan 1, 2009
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  4. Tippey764

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    Thats not true LED's lost brightness over time. I have seen this with many old laptops the little power light is very dim compared to the hard drive activity light right next to it
     
    Tippey764, Jan 2, 2009
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  5. ahl395

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    Are you sure?

    Everything ive heard says that LED Screens dont loose brightness...
     
    ahl395, Jan 3, 2009
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  6. pitz

    pitz Notebook Deity

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    LEDs will lose brightness over time, just like fluorescent tubes. Typical half-life for a white LED backlight is in the 10-20k hour range, which, for an 8 hour/day laptop user, will be 4-8 years.

    Technical obsolescence occurs much more quickly.
     
    pitz, Jan 3, 2009
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  7. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just from experience - our very first laptop, a Asus (about 8 years ago) worked well for at least 4 years, then something else came apart (OS became unstable, reinstal & format didn't do anything) but the screen worked fine.
    My old Medion (3 years and maybe 8 odd months) works fine, as do all other computers...
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 4, 2009
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  8. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    My current Asus laptop started having some less bright spots after 3 years.
     
    Phil, Jan 4, 2009
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