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Dirt Driver · 05-15-2009, 02:18 PM

Fry's Electronics also has good prices. They have a store down in Burbank that I go to occasionally. Newegg is also a good one I have ordered from.

I have an Optiquest Q9(Viewsonic's budget line) 21" 4:3 LCD monitor and it is generally good, but it recently started having trouble powering up after about 1½ years of daily use. I did some reading and they have a tendency to overload some capacitors in the power supply circuit. Two of them were bulging and one actually ruptured. I was able to replace them myself with spares and fix the problem, but I doubt I would buy another Optiquest because of that.

I also don't care for widescreen monitors, but I guess that's another topic.

05-15-2009, 02:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dirt Driver Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Antelope Valley, SoCal Posts: 287	Fry's Electronics also has good prices. They have a store down in Burbank that I go to occasionally. Newegg is also a good one I have ordered from. I have an Optiquest Q9(Viewsonic's budget line) 21" 4:3 LCD monitor and it is generally good, but it recently started having trouble powering up after about 1½ years of daily use. I did some reading and they have a tendency to overload some capacitors in the power supply circuit. Two of them were bulging and one actually ruptured. I was able to replace them myself with spares and fix the problem, but I doubt I would buy another Optiquest because of that. I also don't care for widescreen monitors, but I guess that's another topic. __________________ Aka Dirty Dude thanks to a4runnerfreak. '94 Toyota PU-2WD, 22RE, 211,000 & counting. I have some Fords too. Looking for a turbo 4Runner or FJ55.