Monitor suggestions?

[Tanooki]

Monitor suggestions?

Hey. I've got a MAG 19" widescreen monitor - the manufacturing warrenty expired back in April.

It's starting to do something odd, and I wondered if anyone here has run across this sort of problem and can tell me if I'm best off attempting to get it repaired or just junk it.

When I turn the monitor on, it shows the image properly for about 2-3 seconds and then goes blank. The image won't return until I turn it off and back on. It does this on my wife's windows machine, and also when I tried it on my mac.

I tried calling Proview Tech for troubleshooting, but was on hold for about 20 minutes with no one answering.

*edit* I just tried the "flashlight" test and the screen is on. So it's the backlight that's the problem... that narrows it, but I'm still at "what now?"

 

[Dondrei]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

Yeah, monitor manufacturers just don't want to talk to you. If you're very lucky you might get an email from someone in China who tells you in pidgin exactly where you can stick your monitor.

Unless you can take it in to a repair shop I don't think there's much you can do at home. 22"s are cheap as chips these days though... probably cost you hardly any more to replace...

 

[Puck Nutty]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

LG makes pretty nice LCD monitors. A quick Google tells me that a 20" LG widescreen LCD goes for about $220, and about $360 for 24".

Can't beat that.

 

[AeroJonesy]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2233BW-22-Inch-LCD-Monitor/dp/B001GFBKUC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1229197183&sr=8-9

Pretty solid monitor. I just got one myself.

 

[Dondrei]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

My Viewsonic 22" was rock-bottom price and I have no complaints.

Take a careful look at dead pixel replacement policies though.

 

[Tanooki]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

Yeah, the monitor started with 2 dead pixels. After a while I got used to ignoring it.

 

[Dondrei]

Re: Monitor suggestions?

One of the pixels on mine plays up occasionally, but even if my warranty covers that I can't be bothered lugging this massive thing down to the shop to get a replacement for the sake of one out of 1.7 million pixels.