Re: LCD Etching

[Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe wrote:

>>I've sold dozens of LCD monitors and never encountered "etching"...  What
>>the heck is it (what does it look like)??
>
>
> I had never experienced it before that job, but its pretty bizarre.  Since I
> didn't supply the monitors I wasn't too worried about it.  Basically there
> are artifacts left on the screen.  The worst is where you get the bright
> imaging from the on screen text.
>
> When I looked into it I had two different LCD mfgs (probably relabelers)
> tell me it was common for that type application.

I think someone is blowing smoke up your ass.  Either that or they're
using REALLY cheap third-rate liquid crystals.  Why would a DVR suffer
this any more than any other display that's left on all the time?  You'd
think there'd be talk of the Start button, taskbar and desktop icons
being "etched" on a regular basis as well.


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