Monitor and power outage

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:43 pm

I had a power outage last night and a Sceptre 17\" LCD is not working today. It was about 2 years old and cost about $200 at Costco if I remember right.

Do they repair LCD's and would it be worth the money?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:56 pm

If it is still under warranty call up and see.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:21 pm

If it's broken, it's not worth repairing.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:14 pm

First it's out of warranty.

Now the question is what suggestions do you have for a UPS?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:59 pm

I have a couple belkin 1500va units, they have repelled many a power outage. (Joke is, once you get battery backups, the power quits going out.)

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:10 am

pop it open as the warrenty has expired. could be just the internal fuse has popped (usally glass)2nd most common problem is a capacitor has blown, you may need a meter to check this.

with luck will only cost a few pence to get working again.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:47 am

That's worth a try since I haven't set out by the curb yet.
And I'll ck into the Belkins.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:00 pm

The APC units are quite nice as well, and have some serious warranty coverage. Just don't bother with their \"trade up\" program seeing as what they would charge you to trade in your old UPS, you could buy a brand spanking new one in retail for cheaper. (not even counting s/h!)

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:33 pm

100$ gets me a TrippLite SMART1000LCD at the local Costco. Got three on different comps, never had a problem w/ outages ever since...

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:48 pm

This is the only one I see at Costco. I'll have to go there also.

Tripp Lite
SmartPro 1500AV
Digital UPS
$199.99