Refurbished lcd monitors

[splintitan]

are Refurbished lcd monitors safe to buy? anyone with prior experience? looking at a viewsonic one at the moment.

 

[dBTelos]

I've always had good exprience with refurbed products. I own refurbed Klipsch Promedias and a refurbed Logitech MX610. No problems.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

If it comes with a full warrenty...Yes. If it comes with a 90 day to one year...No.

Dell/BenQ are having capacitor issues but no Viewsonics have been posted yet at badcaps.net.


...Galvanized

 

[sniperruff]

depends. viewsonic LCD TV's refurbs are reported to be pretty good

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
If it comes with a full warrenty...Yes. If it comes with a 90 day to one year...No.

Dell/BenQ are having capacitor issues but no Viewsonics have been posted yet at badcaps.net.


...Galvanized

Like he said if you get full warranty and are saving quite a bit over retail/new then go for it. But even with full warranty I would have to save alot. Replacing something like a monitor would be a hassle.

 

[0roo0roo]

backlights burn out after a few years

 

[splintitan]

on any lcd?

 

[0roo0roo]

depends on the hours use i guess. as far as i know backlights dont last forever. there are led backlights, but thats super high end stuff costing thousands in large tvs.

 

[dBTelos]

I have LCDs that have been working good for 5+ years, no backlight issues.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

http://www.repairmylcd.com/ is a VG(very good) repair site and good seller on eBay.

Power supplies, inverters then the lights go, in about that order.

Opening up the LCD w/o causing damage seems to be the biggest hassle in repair.


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

Galvanized, I don't think many people know what you mean by "vg". I just figured it out about a week ago.

 

[pkme2]

I've gotten 2 refurbished LCDs and they are working AOK. I don't see any problem for you to buy them from a reputable seller.
By the way, they came off eBay.

 

[de8212]

Any good places to still get a dell 2001FP? MIght want to get someone an lcd for xmas and mine has been good for ~2 yrs.

 

[splintitan]

im selling my viewsonic 20.1 widescreen. check out my post.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
Galvanized, I don't think many people know what you mean by "vg". I just figured it out about a week ago.

bridget jones?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
I have LCDs that have been working good for 5+ years, no backlight issues.

like a lightbulb it depends how long it was on, and how many times that switch was flicked

just saying take it into consideration that it might not last when looking at the price. these things seem to have failure built into them, not user replacable.and well they burn out long after warrantees up

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: dBTelos
I have LCDs that have been working good for 5+ years, no backlight issues.

like a lightbulb it depends how long it was on, and how many times that switch was flicked

just saying take it into consideration that it might not last when looking at the price. these things seem to have failure built into them, not user replacable.and well they burn out long after warrantees up

And like backup battery's.