Computer Monitor Reviews: LG W2452T 24-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review

I've had my LG W2452T for about 6 months now.Until a few days ago, I would have highly recommended this product.The color, contrast, etc are all great.The price is pretty good for what you get as well.The only bad thing out of the box is its casing: its seems like really cheap plastic.

However, I can no longer recommend this product at all.After 6 months of perfect operation, it seems to be failing.A few days ago it started to randomly flicker: it would go blank (not black, blank) and then come back a second or two later.At first I thought it was the video card or the drivers; but after some major troubleshooting I think the problem is the monitor itself.It seems to be overheating which is causing these problems: the flickering only starts after using the monitor for a while, then the flickers increase in frequency.I've ultimately "solved" the problem by placing a small fan at its back (it heats up mostly at the top) and the problems have gone away.To me this is not an acceptable solution, but its out of warranty and I may as well buy a new monitor rather than get it repaired.

I cannot say if this problem is common to all units or if it was just my bad luck to get a defective one, but its something to consider for other buyers.

UPDATE: I finally decided to try and get the monitor repaired after the flicker issue mentioned above became intolerable.I was prepared to pay for it: it turns out that even though there is only a 90 day warranty for service, there is a 1 year warranty on parts.I assumed this meant I would be paying for the work.To my surprise, LG took the old unit and sent me a completely new replacement (not refurbished) with no questions asked.They even paid for both shipments: the new one to me and for the broken unit to be shipped back to them.Great service from LG.I would upgrade my rating to 5 stars if amazon.com would allow it.

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Product Description:
24-Inch PC Monitor. 1920x1200 Resolution, 5ms Response Speed, 10000:1 Contrast Ratio, DVI-D & RGB D-sub Input, USB 2.0, 400cd/m2 Brightness, 3 Year Warranty, 48 Hr Quick Swap Service.