This is strictly anecdotal, but I\u2019ve been tracking this suspicion in my own environments for 10 years now, and I\u2019m at least confident enough in it to post it here:<\/p>\n
Air ionizers will screw up your LED monitors and televisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is one of those \u201ctheoretically it shouldn\u2019t happen\u201d\u2026 \u201cbut it does\u201d things. Ionizers charge microscopic dust particles, and those are, in turn, attracted to other charged surfaces.<\/p>\n
The problem is this: after about a year or 18 months in a room with an ionizer, a monitor\/TV will start showing faint dirty-looking streaks, which will not wash off. \u00a0Why not? Because, near as I can tell, they are deposited between the protective facing and the actual LED panel itself. You simply cannot get to them.<\/p>\n
They are easiest to see on a flat, light grey background, although with televisions, you may begin to notice them along the left or right-hand side of the screen, when there is a similarly modest and even tone present.<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t the facing laminated to the LEDs? Nope.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, isn\u2019t it sealed? \u00a0You\u2019d sure think so, eh? \u00a0But apparently not completely.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s too bad, because I like an ionizer running, but thru 6 or 7 monitors and 3 TVs over 10 years and 3 different ionizers, if I leave the ionizer on, then 100% of the time, in a year or so, the screen shows these effects. If I don\u2019t run the ionizer, the 100% of the time, there is no effect to be seen.<\/p>\n
So, if you\u2019re seeing those faint but annoying steaks (or sometimes a pattern) then 1) you have my condolences, since even the manufacturer has no solution, but 2) now you know what might work: turn off the ionizer to keep it from getting any worse.<\/p>\n
And 3) save your nickels an dimes for a new monitor\u2026 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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