Re: LCD Etching

[<thesatguy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bought a 17" Westinghouse at Worst Buy less than a month ago and you can see
all 9 cameras with the system off already.  Very unhappy with this as the
regular monitors don't have this problem.

"Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I did a video job a couple years ago where the customer insisted on buying
> their own LCD flat screen monitors.  I don't recall what brand they used,
> but they stared to suffer from etching almost immediately.  When I was
> looking into that I was told almost all LCD monitors will etch fairly
> quickly when used in that type of application.  Usually within days and
> with
> some within hours the bright text will start to etch.
>
> I have a little ten inch Sharp LCD I have had for many years that I use
> for
> a test monitor and occasionally for part of a loaner system when I have to
> send a monitor off for repairs.  It has always had a great picture and has
> never shown any signs of etching even when operated on a fixed quad system
> for over six months.
>
> I have a customer who wants me to loop out and install a flat screen for
> one
> of their cameras.  Naturally I thought of Sharp.
>
> As I flip through my TV catalog I notice that Sharp seems to have two
> lines.
> One is just Sharp and the other is Sharp Aquos.  Anybody have any recent
> experience with either of these for fixed view CCTV applications regarding
> etching or lack thereof?
>
> --
> Bob La Londe
> www.YumaBassMan.com
>
>