The luminance isn't from the LCD

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by SpiceWare

8/5/02 9:47:04 AM

The luminance isn't from the LCD

A bummer that laptops cannot get a new LCD screen, it is built in.

The LCD controls what light gets through, but the light itself is created by a [link|http://www.howstuffworks.com/question580.htm|Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp]. The light can be changed if needed.

Darrell Spice, Jr.

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Do laptop LCDs lose luminance over time? - (deSitter) - (15) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:26:02 AM EDT

Apparently, yes. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2002, 06:01:19 PM EDT

Bummer - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2002, 07:27:58 PM EDT

Yep, slick feature - (SpiceWare) - Aug. 5, 2002, 09:37:06 AM EDT

Do desktop monitors do this too? - (orion) - (11) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:16:26 PM EDT

Yes. - (static) - (8) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:27:28 PM EDT

Some possible degradation mechanisms in TV/monitor tubes. - (Another Scott) - (7) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:19:03 PM EDT

Interesting data point there. - (static) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:35:07 PM EDT

Tungsten cathodes - not - - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:57:35 PM EDT

You're right, of course. :-) Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 5, 2002, 12:04:49 AM EDT

Can ya ID the T-shirt tube? - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:30:28 AM EDT

It's an Amperex 211D - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2002, 11:26:25 AM EDT

The last glowing anode I saw was in the early 1960's,... - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:53:44 PM EDT

Original Sonys.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:54:49 AM EDT

The luminance isn't from the LCD - (SpiceWare) - Aug. 5, 2002, 09:47:04 AM EDT

Had that happen to me a year or two ago - (wharris2) - Aug. 5, 2002, 11:55:22 AM EDT

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