Smelly monitors - normal

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I got a new Viewsonic 19" flat screen and it really stinks too. You
actually have to air out the room its in cause the smell is pretty
strong same as the AOC I used to have on a second PC.
 
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I got a new Viewsonic 19" flat screen and it really stinks too. You
actually have to air out the room its in cause the smell is pretty
strong same as the AOC I used to have on a second PC.
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Call me crazy but I find the odor of a brand new piece of electronics
burning in quite pleasing.

Hank
 
I got a new Viewsonic 19" flat screen and it really stinks too. You
actually have to air out the room its in cause the smell is pretty
strong same as the AOC I used to have on a second PC.
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Do you have a cat who likes to sit on it...maybe it's marked it's
territory :-)

RedBack
 
Do you have a cat who likes to sit on it...maybe it's marked it's
territory :-)
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Not quite THAT strong. Strange but I dont remember monitors being
quite this stinky in the past when I bought a SONY 6 years ago and IBM
etc. Cat pee is awesomely stinky.

Whenever anyone mentions cat pee - I always picture some faddishly
mildly intellectual counterculture type people living in a dark
craftsman style house with books about postmodernism , sociology,
politics and eastern religion and philisophy lining the bookcases and
some incense burning which in no way masks the dank , musky odors
inside including the one of strong cat pee from their cats.

The last few I bought were very very smelly. A strong chemical type
smell , kind of like when you open some spindles of CDRs you know
that really have that strong chemical stink.
 
Call me crazy but I find the odor of a brand new piece of electronics
burning in quite pleasing.

Hank
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A mildly smelly new plastic smell isnt bad - sort of like that new car
smell. But the monitors Ive been getting lately have a sharp chemical
smell that stinks up the whole room and takes weeks to start to
weaken. I went with a neighbor to get a Viewsonic too and his stunk
too.
 
Hank ([email protected]) wrote:
: : > I got a new Viewsonic 19" flat screen and it really stinks too. You
: > actually have to air out the room its in cause the smell is pretty
: > strong same as the AOC I used to have on a second PC.
: >

: Call me crazy but I find the odor of a brand new piece of electronics
: burning in quite pleasing.

: Hank

Ok, you are crazy!

As a person who was totally healthy for the first 40 years of my life, I
now have to avoid so many things that I can't tolerate airplanes, most
restaurants, houses with carpets, people wearing perfume or any other
scented 'personal care products' .... the list goes on and on ....
you really are crazy.

Well, no, uninformed would be a better word.

I got this way as a result of long term exposure to too a bit too much of
way too many chemical fumes - *none* of which were at levels that were
recognized as being hazardous to long term health.
Individually, they were not. Collectively, yes - very. The number of
people with my condition, or on their way to being this badly off, is
estimated by different sources as being from 10% to as much as 40% of the
total population .... and it is a known fact that the numbers are
increasing.
BTW, tobacco smoke, either direct or second-hand, is at the top of the
list of things to avoid.

Put those smelly things in a warm room with all windows wide open and the
door to the rest of the house closed ... and leave them there until you
can barely detect the smell. Later on in your life you will be glad that
you did.

If I can convince even one of you to take my advice ... this post will be
worth it!
The skeptics have my sympathy.

Ben F.

benf-at-chebucto-dot-ca (make the obvious changes to reply)
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What future can there be for a society that values entertainment
more highly than education? Ben Fullerton 1996
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The last few I bought were very very smelly. A strong chemical type
smell , kind of like when you open some spindles of CDRs you know
that really have that strong chemical stink.
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Yeah I really hate that chemical stink. WTF is up with that? Can't
they punch small airholes in the packaging so they air out while sitting
the warehouses? Or is there some reason they want the packaging to be
air-tight?
 
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Yeah I really hate that chemical stink. WTF is up with that? Can't
they punch small airholes in the packaging so they air out while sitting
the warehouses? Or is there some reason they want the packaging to be
air-tight?
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You want them exposed to sea air during the boat ride over?
 
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Yeah I really hate that chemical stink. WTF is up with that? Can't
they punch small airholes in the packaging so they air out while sitting
the warehouses? Or is there some reason they want the packaging to be
air-tight?
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My guess would be that the stink starts when it heats up the first few
times then sort of "boils off". My Samsung took a while to stop
smelling bad. I would imagine the packaging is air/water tight to
prevent potential damage in transit and storage.
 
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