Currys monitor

born_again

Having worked in a hot desk work environment. Where it is not uncommon for monitors to be running well over 12 hours a day.  Can't ever remember having to have one replaced.
Current are 21" Philips which are over 4 years old. 

DullGreyGuy

eskbanker said:

hrawlins said:

My takeaway is that when using an expensive  PC monitor for over 12 hours a day it is considered reasonable for it to last only 2 years, since it seems to be considered excessive use.

I won't pursue a claim that it should have lasted longer.

There isn't consensus on that point - one or two posters may have opined that a couple of years of intensive use is a decent innings, but the opposite view remains valid, i.e. that a high-end quality monitor should be expected to last longer than that.

It depends what "high end" means... it can mean its just a high quality item in which case longevity should be expected but it can also mean bleeding edge with some ridiculously high resolution/refresh rate using just released display tech in which case longevity may actually be lower than a no bells/whistles workhorse screen.

eskbanker

DullGreyGuy said:

eskbanker said:

hrawlins said:

My takeaway is that when using an expensive  PC monitor for over 12 hours a day it is considered reasonable for it to last only 2 years, since it seems to be considered excessive use.

I won't pursue a claim that it should have lasted longer.

There isn't consensus on that point - one or two posters may have opined that a couple of years of intensive use is a decent innings, but the opposite view remains valid, i.e. that a high-end quality monitor should be expected to last longer than that.

It depends what "high end" means... it can mean its just a high quality item in which case longevity should be expected but it can also mean bleeding edge with some ridiculously high resolution/refresh rate using just released display tech in which case longevity may actually be lower than a no bells/whistles workhorse screen.

True, I was just working on the basis that a monitor costing £749 is clearly not an entry-level cheap and cheerful one, but whether it's high build quality or high spec, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to expect more than two years out of it!