Is it economically worthwhile to attempt to repair them? They seem to be generally reliable, and replacements of any kind are cheap. Certainly cheaper than having somebody else figure out the problem and probably cheaper than having you do it too. Especially once you add in any equipment involved, multiplied by the likelihood (low) of having to do this repeatedly.
> Is it economically worthwhile to attempt to repair them?
In a developed economy, maybe barely. Depends on the monitor, and what's wrong with it. If you're good enough at soldering, and it's just a capacitor in the power supply issue, and the case isn't going to fall apart when you open it, sure. But if you have to hire help, or replace a module, probably not.
In places where skilled labor isn't going to billed at $100/hr or more, then there's more you can do ... I don't think it's worth replacing a panel if the panel (or its wiring) go, but you can replacing modules likely makes sense, if you can source them; maybe some light module repair too if it's just cold solder joints need rewetting.
(2009) And this is about CRT monitors. Is there something like this for the LCD monitors we all use today?
Is it economically worthwhile to attempt to repair them? They seem to be generally reliable, and replacements of any kind are cheap. Certainly cheaper than having somebody else figure out the problem and probably cheaper than having you do it too. Especially once you add in any equipment involved, multiplied by the likelihood (low) of having to do this repeatedly.
> Is it economically worthwhile to attempt to repair them?
In a developed economy, maybe barely. Depends on the monitor, and what's wrong with it. If you're good enough at soldering, and it's just a capacitor in the power supply issue, and the case isn't going to fall apart when you open it, sure. But if you have to hire help, or replace a module, probably not.
In places where skilled labor isn't going to billed at $100/hr or more, then there's more you can do ... I don't think it's worth replacing a panel if the panel (or its wiring) go, but you can replacing modules likely makes sense, if you can source them; maybe some light module repair too if it's just cold solder joints need rewetting.