Ultrax wrote:Why is it that, these LCD monitors are reaching the "capacitor failure" stage of their life, while millions of much older CRTs keep marching on with very few capacitor problems? It's a shame because those little 4:3 Dells are quite good. Capacitor plague-related thing maybe?
Hope it's just cap issues and that your monitor comes back to life!
some monitors have bad caps, some don't, like motherboards...
I had an LG LCD from 2007 that had capacitor issues around 2013
at the same time my Phillips LCD from 2006 still works fine.
and a Samsung LCD from 2005 has some issues in the panel (like the corners are yellowed depending on the angle you look at it you notice it easy) but still works fine other than that
these all had a lot of use a not a lot of care over the years.
when it comes to CRTs...
well, I had like 3-4 (all the ones I had...) from 2001-2004 fail (with some bonus smell) the last 10 years and they weren't even used that much.
I trust LCDs to age a lot better.