[time-nuts] Thunderbolt monitor

[d.seiter at comcast.net]

I too have never seen one go dim.  In fact, I have a VCR (Beta!) that's been pluged in continously since I got it new in the early '80s.  It still looks the same as when I got it except that the display has had a left to right wave going through it since about 1995.  So, wavy- but not dim at all.

-Dave


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From: Jeffrey Pawlan <jpawlan at pawlan.com> 

> Regarding the VFD display, although they may be very different one manufacturer 
> to another, I can definitely dispute a prior statement made that VFDs in general 
> have a short lifetime and become dim. They are universally used in VCRs, DVD 
> players, microwave ovens, and some clocks. I have never had one become dim or 
> burn out. The displays in my appliances are on even when the rest of the 
> appliance is off. I have never seen one become dim even after 15 years of 
> on-time. 
> 
> I look forward to your project. 
> 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL 
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