LCD life span??

sirbomb · 09-27-07, 01:33 AM

Me and my wife work different shifts. She works days and i work nights. So basically our LCDTV is on approximately about 12 hours a day. My question is could they withstand this much hours everyday? How long will they last? From what i heard they have life span of 60,000 hours so that's about 15 yrs?I have a Sony 40XBR2. Thanks.

Nmlobo · 09-27-07, 06:56 AM

You are correct. The marketed half-life of most lcd, as well as pdp as far as I know, displays is 60k hours. This would be @13.7 years if the set was on 12 hours a day, 365 days a year. Something else could fail before the display or you may just want a newer set earlier than 13 years.

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sirbomb Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58	LCD life span?? Me and my wife work different shifts. She works days and i work nights. So basically our LCDTV is on approximately about 12 hours a day. My question is could they withstand this much hours everyday? How long will they last? From what i heard they have life span of 60,000 hours so that's about 15 yrs?I have a Sony 40XBR2. Thanks.

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Nmlobo AVS Special Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 2,417	You are correct. The marketed half-life of most lcd, as well as pdp as far as I know, displays is 60k hours. This would be @13.7 years if the set was on 12 hours a day, 365 days a year. Something else could fail before the display or you may just want a newer set earlier than 13 years.