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IPS gets HOT! Anyone else? What to do?

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#1 ·
My HP zr24w (CCFL)...gets HOT (touched the top of it)...especially now that we are having like a 100F summer heatwave....though AC is on....so it really shouldn't matter.

It's hot enough...I think I could slowly cook an egg on it...I used to think it was my PC that made my room hot....now I'm starting to think it's the IPS monitor.

Should I try to sell it?? And grab an LED like the Dell U2412??

What do you guys think??

Anyone else get a lot of heat from their CFFL IPS?? Dell U2410 users?

Room gets hot because:

- IPS Monitor
- PC
- Bad AC circulation

or maybe a combination...no idea...
 
#2 ·
I have a U3011 and it does put out a lot of heat. Now mine never got really hot to the touch but my ambient wasn't as high as yours. There is no comparing the heat output of your computer vs a monitor. If you want to switch monitors do it for a reason that justifies the change, not because the monitor puts out some heat.
 
#3 ·
Your rig will be generating way more heat then your monitor, I wouldn't change your monitor..
 
#6 ·
Alright sounds like I should just deal with it..as it's completely normal. The weird thing is...i have noticed sometimes the monitor gets pretty hot...but other times is completely fine...im not sure what causes this...like right now, it's been on for 30 minutes...and it's totally fine....i guess maybe it takes like...2+ hours to get hot or something...not sure...weird.

Also the AC sensor is all the way in the other side of my house....so even when my room gets hot..it doesn't trigger the AC....grrrrrr..... Ooo well.
 
#8 ·
Monitors will all heat up to a degree. 50-150 watts at maximum brightness is typical depending on the size of the display, how modern it is, and what kind of backlight it uses. Those Korean LED-backlit 27" IPS displays for instance are rated at 70W max. Your monitor will probably say on the back what its maximum power consumption is.

In any case, it's important to note that temperature and heat output aren't interchangeable. Your monitor feels hotter than your PC case because your monitor is a bit smaller and it's passively cooled. If it had a fan in it like your PC it would run quite a bit cooler. The temperature of the object is not itself necessarily an indicator of how much heat it is contributing to your room. If you had a dime sized object suspended in a room of still air and it was generating 5 watts of heat, the object would burn you if you touched it even though its heat output is insignificant.
 
#9 ·
The only "cool" monitor I ever had was an Asus VH238H, my current LG IPS panels and my Samsung T220HD both get pretty toasty. Never been an issue, though.
 
#10 ·
My 27" lcd (hp2709m) runs very warm, used to have my pc near the thermostat in my house and the house was never the right temp. Now I have 3 u2412m's and all 3 put together don't put off as much heat as the one 27" did. Granted I do run the backlight at 35%, but they are way to bright at 100%.
 
#11 ·
Thanks guys..yeah if I reduce brightness...it's much cooler...it's running at 90% right now...but if I reduce to like 50% it never gets hot....hmmmm prettiness vs. cooliness...maybe ill reduce brightness...
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by malikq86 View Post

Dell U2410 users?
My UltraSharp U2410 gets rather warm, but not quite what I'd call hot. It's probably somewhat similar to how my previous CRT (IBM P275) was maybe? I also noticed it puts out a bit of heat in the front too if I reach my hand forward or touch the screen. I do have the brightness at 75% though. I had it lower, but with the settings/mode I use now (after reducing the gain because the colors seemed a bit off after coming back to this after some months of being on a TN panel), the Whites start dropping and getting pale fast if I go much lower.
 
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