My monitor thinks it's from the 1920s

FactorySquirrel

I've had my current monitor for about a year now, it's a Westinghouse LCD. For the past few weeks it's taken forever to turn on, about ten minutes usually. It's like it has to warm up or something, which I know is not what consumer electronics should be doing in this century.

Is this a thing that monitors do? Did I leave it on too long one day? Have you ever had this?

mr_mich

Only advice I can give you is that the Westinghouse monitor I had was plagued with problems...it's a lower-grade electronics company, so expect weird shit to happen more frequently and for them to be less helpful.

FactorySquirrel

Oh! I didn't know that about them. That's good to know. Thanks.

Kreutz

I used to have an Acer monitor that did the same thing. If I started the monitor, unplugged it for around 10 seconds, then plugged it back in again the problem would go away for a few days. Eventually the monitor color got weak and my cheap ass bought a better brand.

mbannick

Is it not turning on at all, or is the power light on and the screen not lighting up? If the light is on then it sounds like the backlight is dying.

Ruckus

Get it repaired on Warranty, if possible.

Additionally, next time buy something from a decent manufacturer. Anything with less than a 3 year warranty is garbage. Personally, I prefer Samsung and LG, in that order.