[geeks] Is this true? (long life LCD monitors)

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 06:46:08PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 09:49:41PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > OLEDs are "active", last about 3-5,000 hours and are made with a device
> > similar to an ink jet printer. 
> 
> Don't blue OLEDs still have serious lifetime issues, or have they solved that?

The blue LEDs fade to about half of their orginal brightness. I'm not
sure what the time is, but before 2001, it was 1,000 hours. There was 
a step forward in 2001 where they were up to at least 3,000 hours, 
so that's what I based the the 3,000 to 5,000 hours on.

A replacement high res TV screen would cost far less than a bulb for a
DLP projector and could be installed in about five minutes. Remove frame,
disconnect electronics, slide out, reverse process with a new one.

Compare that to $150 that a friend paid to get a "discount" bulb on eBay
for his DLP TV and had to pay an equal amount to get it installed.
And yes, he IS a rocket scientist.

Geoff.
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