Does Refresh Rate & Resolution affect Monitor Life Span?

[sorryboi]

Greetings. I am currently using two monitors, a Pavilion 27xw as my primary and a Dell IN2030M, which is at least 4 years of age. I have just recieved my 27xw and am using it day to day, while not always using my second monitor unless working on cinema4d/after effects projects or just using my second monitor for visuals. I currently have my second monitor set from 900p to 720p to see if it'll increase lifespan and also set it to 30hz instead of 60. Will these two factors make difference to monitor lifespan? Any replies will be greatly appriciated.

 

[t53186]

A monitor is full of electronic components that are not affected by refresh or resolution, about the only item that ever failed on monitors was the backlighting and with patience that could be replaced. So, not much can be done to prolong the life.

 

[atljsf]

the usual lifespamn of a lcd monitor is from 5 to 10 years

the resolution, well, i never run a lcd monitor under the designed resolution, if it is 720p, it will work all his life as 720p unless i need to install a app or somethign that needs lower resolutions

the perfect example of always at maximum resolution are full hd tvs, you rarely edit the resolution settigns, if it gets that resolution it will stay like that forever or untill tyou chane it

the refresh rate, that paramter used to affect the old crt monitors, but lcds, i haven't seen a real difference on most, if they don't even come with only 60hz as their one and only refresh rate

if you are worried about their lifespan, think that they already gave you half decade of operation, some brands will not even offer 1 year of warranty, i mentioned 5 to 10 years for decent quality monitors so perhaps if you want to feel secure, tyr to get one newer monitor just in case one of those two decide to fail

 

[sorryboi]

the usual lifespamn of a lcd monitor is from 5 to 10 years

the resolution, well, i never run a lcd monitor under the designed resolution, if it is 720p, it will work all his life as 720p unless i need to install a app or somethign that needs lower resolutions

the perfect example of always at maximum resolution are full hd tvs, you rarely edit the resolution settigns, if it gets that resolution it will stay like that forever or untill tyou chane it

the refresh rate, that paramter used to affect the old crt monitors, but lcds, i haven't seen a real difference on most, if they don't even come with only 60hz as their one and only refresh rate

if you are worried about their lifespan, think that they already gave you half decade of operation, some brands will not even offer 1 year of warranty, i mentioned 5 to 10 years for decent quality monitors so perhaps if you want to feel secure, tyr to get one newer monitor just in case one of those two decide to fail

My family is under averege income. I use the second monitor cause I have it and it seems to be much better to have it with my pc then not. It might be a while til I start spending money on a (good) second monitor.

 

[atljsf]

ok, i understand that

i personally don't have a monitor now, only a tv, just a 32" hd tv so i see your concern

one could say that if you can't afford to buy another, only use one to have it as a backup

my personal experience is that what you don't use, will die anyway, stored properly or not

see it ounder this logic, at least you have two, if one fails i have a plan b

i don0t have a plan b

the used lcd market has lots of monitors now, some stores offer hundreds of monitors like those you have there, comming from companies who change their pcs and monitors each 3 to 5 years

so a plan b like that one could be a possible solution of money is a concern

 

[sorryboi]

ok, i understand that

i personally don't have a monitor now, only a tv, just a 32" hd tv so i see your concern

one could say that if you can't afford to buy another, only use one to have it as a backup

my personal experience is that what you don't use, will die anyway, stored properly or not

see it ounder this logic, at least you have two, if one fails i have a plan b

i don0t have a plan b

the used lcd market has lots of monitors now, some stores offer hundreds of monitors like those you have there, comming from companies who change their pcs and monitors each 3 to 5 years

so a plan b like that one could be a possible solution of money is a concern

i meant i don't see myself spending any money on monitors or anything computer component related anytime soon.

 

[atljsf]

i do see myself doing that, i always say that i don't need it but in the end i end up spending money on parts

monitor is not one of them, if the tv dies, i will get another, untill them, i will use it until it explodes

crossing fingers it doesn't shoot fragments too fast 😀

 

[sorryboi]

i do see myself doing that, i always say that i don't need it but in the end i end up spending money on parts

monitor is not one of them, if the tv dies, i will get another, untill them, i will use it until it explodes

crossing fingers it doesn't shoot fragments too fast 😀

well i have spent a lot of money these past few months upgrading my $200 prebuilt system into something nice
back to the original question, so does it affect lifespan?

 

[atljsf]

we already answered

the lcd should run at them aximum resolution and run a lcd in another refresh rate than 60hz has as far as we know, no impact

waht usually kills these lcds is the led or lightbulbs on them or the psu in them that sometimes can be fixed or not

as i said, 5 to 10 years form them is a perfectly expectable time form a monitor being used close to 24/7 all the year, as i used some in the past

that is why i mentioned the budget for a new one since you are close to 5 years with them, so hopefully another 5 years or sudden death of one or both, lets hope it is not both simultaneously

 

[t53186]

The only thing you can do to extend the life span is don't turn them on. No settings can be changed to make them last longer or shorter. Hope this helps.

i do see myself doing that, i always say that i don't need it but in the end i end up spending money on parts

monitor is not one of them, if the tv dies, i will get another, untill them, i will use it until it explodes

crossing fingers it doesn't shoot fragments too fast 😀

well i have spent a lot of money these past few months upgrading my $200 prebuilt system into something nice
back to the original question, so does it affect lifespan?

 

[atljsf]

when you don't turn them on for a long period of time and finally turn them on, there are case when they suddenly die, compnonents not in use can accumulate humidity and surprise you like that, also, capacitors not in use for a long time, sometimes respond weird, especially the cheap ones, it shouldn't be like that but it is

 

[sorryboi]

so also overclocking a refresh rate of a monitor shouldn't affect lifespan? I don't currently do it on either monitor because I don't know if there are risks using NVIDIA control panel.