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LCD Screen + Cigarrete Smoke

#1 Post by denisky » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:46 am

Is it true that cigarrete smoke can yellow the LCD screen? :?
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#2 Post by Temetka » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:14 am

Eventually and if the smoke was blown directly on the screen for years by a rather heavy smoker.

I smoke all the time outside and it has never, ever changed the color of my screen or made things sticky. Mainly because I smoke outside the house.

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#3 Post by denisky » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:33 am

I ask because I always blow the smoke on R51e screen.:( My R51e screen is rather yellow compared to X22. I noticed it when I did a side-by-side comparison with my X22.
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#4 Post by skitty4gzus » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:57 am

have you ever seen the inside of a smokers car, their teeth, their house, etc... the more you subject cigarette smoke to a semi-porous surface life an LCD screen it will eventually turn yellow.
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#5 Post by Temetka » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:39 pm

Looks at PBG4 screen.

Nope no yellowing yet.

Like I said, if you blow it directly on the screen, then yeah.

I don't do that.

Oh and my teeth are white.
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#6 Post by fasterbybike » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:15 pm

Temetka wrote:Looks at PBG4 screen.
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#7 Post by joester » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:27 pm

My 2 cents...

We refurbish LCD screens for a large company that allows smoking at the employees work stations. Go ahead and guess how we know...

The residue does not help the heatsink at all either.

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#8 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:28 pm

One way to get rid of the nicotine-film is using Clorox wipes.
But that's only cosmetics...
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#9 Post by ajkula66 » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:17 am

joester wrote:
We refurbish LCD screens for a large company that allows smoking at the employees work stations.
Can you help me land a job with that company, please, kind sir? :D
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#10 Post by Doonster » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:11 am

ive being blowing smoke at my lcds for years lol and im a heavy smoker im sure if the room you smoked in had no ventilation yes it would make it yellow but its not easy my teath are white but i brush mine so what can i say lol
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#11 Post by denisky » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:52 am

Well thanks for your inputs. I will never blow the smoke to the screen anymore. :)
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#12 Post by andyP » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:19 pm

My T43 has suffered over 3 years worth of smoking, my screen's not yellow more, well, sort of ochre :shock:
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#13 Post by ajkula66 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:37 pm

That's because its "internal hairdryer" kept smoke from coming close to the LCD by blowing it away... :)
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#14 Post by joester » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:30 pm

ajkula66 wrote:wrote:

Can you help me land a job with that company, please, kind sir? :D
You wouldn't be able to handle the pain.

Non conforming screens (maybe a scratch or somthing in a corner) are DESTROYED. :cry: Tightly regulated, strictly enforced.

If they weren't, I just might not be able to get to the freezer in my basement. :wink:
as it is, I'm a computer magnet, and have a hard enough time just making it down the stairs.

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