Should I fix or recycle this Monitor?

[Rich Barry]

I have a five year old LG Studioworks 995E that started acting up ( shutting
off by itself and going dark for a few minutes at
a time ) and now finally the upper half of the screen is gone. Wondering if
it's worth fixing or just throw it in the Recycle dumpster?

 

[Jerry G.]

Considering the cost of the labour, and the parts, I would retire the
monitor. The tube must also have a lot of ware on it. Also, the parts will
be very scarce, and there is no service information available from the
manufacture.

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Jerry G.
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I have a five year old LG Studioworks 995E that started acting up ( shutting
off by itself and going dark for a few minutes at
a time ) and now finally the upper half of the screen is gone. Wondering if
it's worth fixing or just throw it in the Recycle dumpster?

 

[Jan Alter]

The repair sounds like something has failed; either a capacitor, or a
transformer, etc. You're looking at a minimum of $90 when you take it to a
facility. A new CRT 17" can be had for about $120 and up. I picked up a
Viewsonic 17" from Newegg for $112 last year. Consider how you should put
it to rest environmentally because of all the lead in it rather than "if".