HELP big smudge on monitor

[Anthony]

Yesterday I bought a brand new Sharp LCD monitor. Today, I accidentally
sneezed and now there is a big smudge on the monitor where I wiped it off
(sorry for sounding disgusting, but there is a big smudge)
I need to know how to get rid of this smudge, it is rather annoying as it
was brand new yesterday.

 

[philo]

Yesterday I bought a brand new Sharp LCD monitor. Today, I accidentally
sneezed and now there is a big smudge on the monitor where I wiped it off
(sorry for sounding disgusting, but there is a big smudge)
I need to know how to get rid of this smudge, it is rather annoying as it
was brand new yesterday.

have a look here:
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/000666.html

 

[Thor]

soft damp cloth. Should be all that's needed.

 

[Roy]

soft damp cloth. Should be all that's needed.

I've had good results from a damp lens cloth made for cameras and
binocs.

Somebody here recently predicted that, in 3 years, CRTs will no longer
be available. "Hackers" unite!!

Roy - Carpe Noctem

 

[Jerry G.]

You should only use a very soft tissue such as Kleenex. Moisten it with a
bit of water, and very gently clean the screen.

Never clean the screen with strong cleaners including alcohol, or Windex.
Use water only. If the screen ever becomes greasy, use a bit of
dish-washing soap diluted in water. Then clean the solution off with a
dampened Kleenex.

Never press or rub your fingers on the screen. This can leave permanent
damage on the screen. Rubbing the screen with the fingers will cause damage
to the surface of the outer filter screen. Pressing on the screen, which
some users will do to point to things, can do pixel damage that will not
reset itself.

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Yesterday I bought a brand new Sharp LCD monitor. Today, I accidentally
sneezed and now there is a big smudge on the monitor where I wiped it off
(sorry for sounding disgusting, but there is a big smudge)
I need to know how to get rid of this smudge, it is rather annoying as it
was brand new yesterday.

 

[Jerry G.]

This so called rumour about CRT's not being available is fact. In 2002 many
of the tube manufactures stopped production of the tubes. There are about 5
major manufactures in the world that were making tubes. The major monitor
manufactures will be running out of tubes by mid 2004. There will only be a
few high end CRT monitors being made for specialized photo and cad work.
These will be very expensive monitors. Sony is planning to only make 2
models of high end CRT monitors for professional use. They will be in the
19 to 20 inch size range. There may be some low cost tube monitor being made
by a few of the no name assemblers for a while after the rest stop. They
will most likely be using left over technologies and assemblies from the
others.

The LCD monitors will be getting better, and lower in cost. There are going
to be some new display technologies coming out in about a year from now to
totally replace CRT's in both computer monitors and TV sets. They are
working on organic LED's, and DLP type technologies for TV and monitor
displays. LCD's will be the preferred type of display for small and
portable monitor applications.

I first saw an LCD colour monitor about 15 years ago. The size was only 14
inches, and the cost approached that of a new car! It was also not very good
compared to the ones of today.

Sofar, Hitachi, Matsuchita, Sony, and Toshiba, have officially announced
that they are stopping all picture tube monitor and TV manufacturing in
2004. These are the 4 major manufactures of the worlds TV components for
this type of technology. Therefore there is no rumour to this fact!


Check out these links:
http://www.nestor.minsk.by/kge/0_net/3102107.html

http://asia.tech.yahoo.com/031108/afp/031108220658aht.html

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/news/3651/1/

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Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG
=========================================
WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com
Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm
=========================================

soft damp cloth. Should be all that's needed.

I've had good results from a damp lens cloth made for cameras and
binocs.

Somebody here recently predicted that, in 3 years, CRTs will no longer
be available. "Hackers" unite!!

Roy - Carpe Noctem

 

[Alceryes]

Somebody here recently predicted that, in 3 years, CRTs will no longer

be available. "Hackers" unite!!

It will probably be a couple more years beyond that. LCD's are STILL not as
good as a high-end CRT when it comes to gaming and true color photo editing
but that will most likely change within a year or so. Oh well, my 20" flat
screen CRT has served me well. When I find a 19" flat-panel, that games just
as well and doesn't cost a mint I'll switch over. I'm sure gonna miss
carrying that 20" CRT up 3 flights of stairs to a LAN though...8-p

 

[Mikey]

Be careful with kleenex, it can scratch a plastic screen too.
I recommend a soft piece of cloth cut out of an old terrycloth towel, it's
much gentler on the screen than Kleenex. I use it slightly moistened with
water too, that's usually all it takes.

 

[kony]

Sofar, Hitachi, Matsuchita, Sony, and Toshiba, have officially announced
that they are stopping all picture tube monitor and TV manufacturing in
2004. These are the 4 major manufactures of the worlds TV components for
this type of technology. Therefore there is no rumour to this fact!


Check out these links:
http://www.nestor.minsk.by/kge/0_net/3102107.html

http://asia.tech.yahoo.com/031108/afp/031108220658aht.html

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/news/3651/1/

I don't believe you are correct. Perhaps Hitachi will stop, but as
for the rest, you left out an important preposition- "in Japan", and
omitted phrases like "Shifting its CRT production to overseas bases".

It is not at all suprising that a manufacturer will scale back CRT
production when other technologies take part of the market, and as
each plant becomes more efficient, unless demand goes UP, the number
of plants needed goes down, hence some plants get shut down.


Dave

 

[Anthony]

UH OH! I tryed to wipe it off with my finger and that made the smudge bigger

 

[olfart]

UH OH! I tryed to wipe it off with my finger and that made the smudge bigger

I searched Google anf there is a spray called *snot-be-gone* but not sure
how it works on plastic

 

[Anthony]

OK, I got it off now. I just used a soft cloth and rubbed it gently. I
didn't wet the cloth, I used it dry.

 

[TV Slug]

UH OH! I tryed to wipe it off with my finger and that made the smudge
bigger

You could just lick it clean...

 

[MrB]

We have flat panel touch screens from Elo. How do they differ from others in
terms of being able to touch them and poke them, etc?