About to get an LCD

[SRSU]

Hi all,

I am about to move from CRT to LCD for the first time.

My big concern is the life span of the LCD. Is there a typical life span for recently produced LCDs?

I am wondering how much importance I should place on the warranty. So far the best looks like the 3 year "quick swap" warranty with LG LCDs. From the looks of it it sounds like if anything goes wrong in 3 years they'll swap it out. Is that a sufficient warranty?

Thanks for any info!

 

[duragezic]

Can't really expect more than a 3yr. When you buy a product like that but only get a 1yr, it feels pretty schiesty, but 3yr I consider good in the computer/electronics market for MOST products. Seagate's 5yr on hard drives feels pretty good though!

Also it seems as long as you have a good return policy in the case of dead pixels or other initial problems, the biggest thing to worry long-term about with LCDs (unless you are a dumbass with it) is backlight hours. But it's something like 40,000+ hours which is quite a damn lot (not doing the math).

 

[edmundoab]

yeah of course everyone would want to get good warranty time period.
though I must say, 3 year limited warranty?

the terms and condition can be really deceiving when they talk about full warranty and limited warranty

 

[Zap]

Yeah, beware of the "limited" part. I'd say find one with a warranty that covers backlight, parts and labor for the three years. Some "3 year" warranties are only for parts, non-inclusive of labor and backlight.