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I think his concern is mainly for developing countries and our environment in general, and a respect for the devices (saying that if you recycle a phone, the go

I think his concern is mainly for developing countries and our environment in general, and a respect for the devices (saying that if you recycle a phone, the good plastic will be mixed in and forever become a lower grade).... I think it's more of preserving things instead of throwing things away and it's a frustration that apple (and others) who seem to care about the environment are making things worse in favor of ease of manufacturing.... /rant I've got a samsung 1900x1200 monitor that died on me recently (smelled a popped capacitor) and I'm not giving up on it until I fix it :)

bananaboy 11y ago
LCDs are often super easy to fix! Do it! The common failure modes are usually backlight or backlight driver failure, and power supply failure. The backlight driver can usually be replaced wholesale, the backlights themselves can easily be replaced, and the PSU often fails because of bad capacitors releasing their magic smoke. I've fixed many LCDs because of bad capacitors! You just want to make sure that the capacitor failed because it was old and not because something else shorted it out (i.e. there isn't some other issue).
spdionis 11y ago
I live in the third world country and I know what you mean. But I strongly disagree with forcing companies to design for repairability. Companies should be free to design their product like they want. Environmental issues should be analyzed and discussed besides that.