Year purchase dates shown. End date shows date of taking to recycle centre.
These monitors all failed during service. Average service life: 12.6 years.
Acer AL1916 Monitor.
Failure mode: Blue tint across whole panel. Bought in charity shop for £8 in 2018. Failed in 2020.
Samsung 711MP TV\Monitor used as a replacement for Philips CM8833-II.
Failure mode: Internal power supply failure. Wouldn't start. Failed in 2018.
Fujitsu Siemens X17-3 17 inch TFT-LCD Monitor.
Failure mode: external power supply failure. Lack of spare parts. Failed in 2019.
Relisys RE767 skipped after 2 years due to sync flicker.
I still have the CM8833-II but all the others were sold on before they broke.
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