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Re: Do LED monitors get weak over time, Screen size

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 6 Apr 2025 20:20:17 -0400, Paul
<nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On Sun, 4/6/2025 5:17 PM, micky wrote:
>> Do LED monitors get weak over time, the brightness gets dim?
>> 
>> Or is the picturer better on my laptop just because it's smaller, 15.9",
>> and the stand-alone monitor for the desktop is 20"?
>> 
>> I've only noticed a problem since I've been watching some movies from
>> the 40's with night scenes. 
>> 
>> The ACER laptop is about 9 years old, and the Dell monitor I bought
>> maybe 10 years ago, used, at a hamfest, so I don't know how old it is**,
>> I have had the brightness turned all the way up from when I got it, and
>> it seems fine most of the time. 
>> 
>> The new-to-me (3 or 4 years old) Dell laptop gives a clearly better
>> picture. 
>> 
>> I don't mind buying a new one, but only if the picture is likely to be
>> better. 
>> 
>> If I do get a new monitor, would I like a bigger one, bigger than 20
>> even though I sit only 3 feet from the screen? 
>> 
>> 
>> **I can't find the model number.  Device Manager just calls it generic.
>> PCinfo32 only says about the graphics card. 
>> 
>
> 200 nits     A dim monitor
> 300 nits     Average new monitor
> 600 nits     Apple Studio Display 5K
>1000 nits    Outdoor displays (visible in sunlight)
>
>All display types dim with age.
>
>LEDS   70% backlight intensity at 25000 hours
>CCFL   25000 hours, originally white tube gives brown light
>CRT    Tube loses intensity as it ages
>
>Only a reflective display might not age.
>
>LCD liquid crystals last a long time, but
>I think eventually they get "tired".
>
>You could have a 4K monitor at 27" or 32",
>and adjust the Windows resolution. The nits rating
>will tell you the initial brightness.
>
>And there are gadgets like this. But I don't know

Maybe I can get a tube brightener.  I had one in 1978 and it worked
well. 

>if the screen is flat on this. If using this, you
>would probably set the Task Bar to descend, and keep icons
>off the desktop. That's to take "best care" of the monitor.
>This is not an LCD.
>
>https://www.jonpeddie.com/reviews/the-brightest-blackest-monitor-ever/
>
>   Paul

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Do LED monitors get weak over time,   Screen size micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-06 17:17 -0400
  Re: Do LED monitors get weak over time, Screen size Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 20:20 -0400
    Re: Do LED monitors get weak over time, Screen size micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-06 22:22 -0400

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