liquid crystal distress

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tkdragon

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My monitor has recently developed a funny little habit. At least, it used to be funny and little, but it's more annoying and large now. I don't plan on getting any 'solution' for this, but I would like to know what it is, or how it started or why it happend. Here are some pictures:

http://homepage.mac.com/hagakure1/lcd1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/hagakure1/lcd2.jpg

It started in the top left corner, just taking out my apple menu. It has (very slowly mind you) been jetting across my screen diagonally making it's way (I assume) to the lower right hand corner. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Thanks :D
 
Looks like it's dying to me. We had an LCD projector in my physics classroom that did the same thing -- except it started in the middle and made everything look yellow in the affected areas, not white like yours. Then it developed the black spot that you also have and it grew and grew until it was useless.

Sometimes LCDs just go bad. Ever seen a CRT monitor go bad? The screen flickers and gets big and small and sometimes the monitor will emit electric "pops." CRTs go bad in one way, and LCDs go bad in a different way.
 
Well, that's good to hear.
An interesting note: I've tried massaging the affected area (sometimes you can get back ONE pixel like that) but when i put pressure on the spot, it feels hollow. Other areas of the screen are more 'taught' where as this is very hollow feeling; almost like there's no more LC in that part of the LCD.
 
That very well could be... I don't know for sure, but I want to say that liquid crystal evaporates extremely quickly when exposed to air (I could be talking out of my ass here, but I really want to say I heard that somewhere) so that could lend to the "hollow" feeling of the damaged areas. Perhaps there's a defect in the monitor that caused the LC "pockets" to break open, thus exposing the LC to the air... perhaps?

Has the monitor recently gone through a move, or has it underwent any stress like flexing or dropping or anything? LCD monitor usually don't do this kind of thing to that extreme degree without some kind of intervention (not implying anything, just stating the facts). Perhaps there's a defect in that monitor and the manufacturer may be willing to replace it, since that is a very odd anomaly to happen on it's own.
 
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