I say forget about it and buy a new 19" monitor from a company which has a better and fair RMA policy.
For instance I bought a beautiful Dell P991 (here is a
simiar model) with a 3 year limited warranty. 2 years later it died, I called Dell to RMA it, they OVERNIGHT shipped a brand new replacement monitor, I shipped back the broken monitor in the new monitor's box.
How much did it cost me? $0
How long did it take? 24 hours