webfact Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Since this morning one of my monitors a 19' BenQ presented me with the 'white screen of death' A quick check on another computer confirmed its the monitor which has failed not the graphic card. my questions: That monitor is more than 3y old. Of course guarantee has expired. - Any ideas what a repair would cost ? - or should I buy a new one? taking the monitors age into consideration I tempt to trust this is maybe the better solution. Your opinion is appreciated. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I had a Benq 19" too, same story. Send to Benq Bkk, they say they cannot fix. So I got a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 LCD 19" monitors are so cheap now, would not be worth repairing your old one.. So far my DELL LCD 19" monitor is still working great almost 5 year on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ndela Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Indeed it would not be worth it to try to get it fixed. New 19" monitors can be purchased for about 4000 baht these days anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thanks a lot so far but I've got a slight 'problem' I ain't want a wide screen but an old fashioned square screen mon and my guess is those are hard to find these days - or am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thanks a lot so far but I've got a slight 'problem'I ain't want a wide screen but an old fashioned square screen mon and my guess is those are hard to find these days - or am I wrong? No problem for 19" Would love a 23 to 25" but there all widescreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I did notice the other day at Seer Rangsit IT that one place had a load of new LCD screens of all shapes and sizes. Sorry no idea of price, so maybe they could replace your Benq screen ? if you cannot find a square new monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I ain't want a wide screen but an old fashioned square screen mon and my guess is those are hard to find these days -or am I wrong? 4:3 19" LCDs are still readily available, but larger sizes beyond that seem to be nearly all wide screen. I also prefer 4:3 due to the type of work I use my computer for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ndela Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 That's true, monitors over 19" all tend to be widescreen. The only ones I can see that sells 19+" screens "non-wide" in Thailand is Eizo & Apple. And both brands will set you back an insane amount of hard-earned baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 I am aware 4:3 ratio became some kind of a gemstone... Got 2 choices so far - 2nd hand 4:3 or a new 19' wideeeeeeeeee... I will sort that out until Monday! Thanks again to all of you for your advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I am aware 4:3 ratio became some kind of a gemstone...Got 2 choices so far - 2nd hand 4:3 or a new 19' wideeeeeeeeee... I've purchased about 5 19" 4:3 Samsungs over the last couple of months for the office. Shop4Thai has some, but seems fewer now then the last time I looked. Shop4Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ndela Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yes 4:3 19" monitors is no problem, we have those as well, it's when you get over 19" that it becomes a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalhort Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Sorry for hijacking the topic but my question is not worth a new topic: My son has a 4:3 17" Samsung LCD mon but would like to get a bigger and wide screen one. Some of his friends told him that he will also need a new VGA card and that some of his games may not even work on a wide screen. Is this correct? What to look for to find out if a VGA card and game can handle a wide screen mon? opalhort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbreaker Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Sorry for hijacking the topic but my question is not worth a new topic:My son has a 4:3 17" Samsung LCD mon but would like to get a bigger and wide screen one. Some of his friends told him that he will also need a new VGA card and that some of his games may not even work on a wide screen. Is this correct? What to look for to find out if a VGA card and game can handle a wide screen mon? opalhort Before you upgrade monitor check to see what your video card is capable of producing. You may want to make sure you have the latest drivers for your card before checking. I for one would not want to buy a larger monitor that is capable of 1920 x 1200 native resolution or higher only to find out my video card is good up to 1440 x 900 max. Yes, I know you can switch the monitor driver to lower resolution but it sure won't look as good. Also keep in mind that if your computer and graphics card don't have the horsepower to provide decent frame rates for games on a larger higher resolution monitor then why bother. Shouldn't have a problem with play but appearance of games written for 4:3 resolution will be stretched. If you don't like the stretched look I know the Nvidia card allows switching to Nvidia scaling which gives you black vertical bars on left and right side of screen making a 4:3 display in the middle. Everything will look normal instead of being stretched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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