[OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....

[Hiisi]

2009/12/20 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>:
> This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before.
>
> My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for
> running SlingPlayer.  Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be
> called a smear patter or smudge pattern.  It isn't from any type of burn
> in.  But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the
> screen...only "permanent".  It had been like this for a long time.
>
> Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was
> hit by a 6.8 earthquake.  It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than
> drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage.  But, when I
> turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone.
>
> So, a shake-table is a good repair tool?  :-)
>
>

It's a Russian way of repairing things - smash it!

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