Average life of laptop screen?

[blinkme210]

Just like the topic says, what is the average life of a laptop screen?

 

[dnuggett]

Difficult question to answer.... I don't think there is an answer. I used to have an old Dell that had to have been 7-8 years old that worked fine if that helps...

 

[blinkme210]

How extensively did you use that Dell laptop? Anywhere in the neighbourhood of 8 hours/day? Also, have any dead pixels popped up yet?

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: blinkme210
How extensively did you use that Dell laptop? Anywhere in the neighbourhood of 8 hours/day? Also, have any dead pixels popped up yet?

I bought it when it was that old. There were no dead pixels.

 

[cy7878]

the screen will last longer than your desire to keep the laptop. Don't worry about it. Just make sure you set your power saver to dim the screen / light when not using the computer. Supposely LCD burn-in is a thing of the past, but why take that chance.

 

[Mermaidman]

The LCD itself should last quite a few years, but in my experience using company laptops, the connection from the motherboard (?) to the LCD can be vulnerable. I assume past users did not use those laptops carefully.

 

[vfrjim]

really depends on the quality/build of the laptop. I have a HP P166 laptop still with no dead pixels and runs daily.