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Re: 701cs Display getting old and dingy.



On Wed, 13 May 1998 19:02:28 -0600, Greg Alvandian wrote:

>While we're on the topic of 701s...  I have a 701cs and I'd swear that
>as it get's older the display seems to get dimmer.  I don't recall
>having much to complain about my DSTN display when I first got the
>computer (except outdoors), but now it seems very dim to me even
>indoors.  It almost seems to have a dim brownish tint to it.  I have
>been very careful when cleaning it.  I never use windex since that has
>amonia and would supposedly yellow an LCD display over time.

Hmmm, I just cleaned the whole exterior of the machine with Windex this evening,
and I never have problems.  Yet, I rarely clean my LCD's with Windex, usually just a dry cloth.

 I
>understand that the old 755s that had the removable display that could
>be used on overhead projectors used to turn brownish from the heat.  Has
>anyone else noticed this phenomenon on their 701cs.  I wish now that I
>had gotten the 701c.  

Hey, doesn't everyone?  Active matrix is really nice, and I wish now I could just pluck
the TFT LCD off my SPARCbook and put it on the ThinkPad (except that it's 800*600).

>Anyone else experiencing either of these problems?  Maybe I'm just
>getting to accustomed to looking at my nice 21 inch monitor.

Well, you're lucky.  My biggest monitor is the LCD I'm looking at. <g>

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