"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:58:20 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

you are missing my point - you are
allowing past experience to prejudice your view of today's offerings
from a
substantial company like it is incapable of correcting mistakes or
improving
its products.

No, you point isnt lost on me, honest.

My monitor is an Iiyama Vision master Pro 400 (the previous was a VMpro
17 - I wish the later numbers meant what the earlier ones did!)

When I got my 17, I sent it back (poor convergence).

I sent the replacement back because the red gun was loose

I sent *its* replacement back because it wasnt sharp enough.

The fourth one... the fourth one... stayed up! (and didnt burn down or
fall into the swamp). I think its 7 years old now, and when I had it (2
years of its life) it was on 24/7/365. My dad uses it now, and it still
looks as good as the day I bought it (he uses it far less, though).

My 400 is the third I owned. (I sent the first two back for similar
reasons to the original 17's).

Its been running for 5 years now, almost entirely 24/7/365 (displaying a
picture the whole time - I never power it down as it takes too long for the
picture to 'lock' in place from cold (I adjust mine to use every last
phosphor smudge on the screen). And its only now starting to go downhill
(not reliability, but the picture tube is gradually fading - its contrast is
worsening, and it actually has burn-in of the task bar! not a common thing
to see in a modern unit - gives some idea of the punishment it gets!)

I'd buy another Iiyama unit in a flash, partly because (once I do the QC
guys job for him) they seem to be solid units, but mostly because the
customer service has be *ABSOLUTELY* stunning - they did not argue (nor
should they have) even once - and THEY paid all the postage!

If I could afford one of their 1600x1200 TFTs I'd have one *in a flash*.

LG on the other hand, almost *never* acknowledge faults, and, even when
its proven to be their fault, they wont do the honourable thing (and this
isnt just the recent drive failures under linux due to their non-compliance
to the atapi spec).


OK, it's pretty obvious that you and I have had a vastly different track
record regarding monitors. Although a certain 'wobbery monitor' from a
London supplier (back when clone-builders were a newly emergent species) did
lead me into a rather nice 7 year relationship with a 'Chelsea Girl Sloane
Ranger' who was actually from Fulham, but that's another (very long)
story..... ;-)