Used monitor advice

[2013]

Hi i was just looking for some advice on buying a used monitor

What to look at when picking up a used monitor ?
some people are not always honest, so could someone share some advice what to look out for ?
how old should a monitor be, I know some can last years and other may not last as long.

any other advice is helpful

 

[Captain_Bosh]

Just ask in advance to see it working, how thoroughly I'd check it would depend on how much I was spending.
Most monitors in my experience will work far past their warranty.
Had a lot of in warranty issues with Samsung tvs and monitors so I'd personally probably avoid them used.

 

[dave28]

to buy from another PC enthusiast who bought it recently and decided it is not for them

the last time i bought from a business i tried the monitor and all was fine.
but i did not test it enough or long enough and it had a screen fault that comes and goes sometimes.
by the time i seen the fault it was too late to return and i lost £130.

 

[2013]

Just ask in advance to see it working, how thoroughly I'd check it would depend on how much I was spending.
Most monitors in my experience will work far past their warranty.
Had a lot of in warranty issues with Samsung tvs and monitors so I'd personally probably avoid them used.

Thanks, it would be a larger screen so I assume £100+
most warranties are 12 months, but most used monitoirs are 24+ month

to buy from another PC enthusiast who bought it recently and decided it is not for them

the last time i bought from a business i tried the monitor and all was fine.
but i did not test it enough or long enough and it had a screen fault that comes and goes sometimes.
by the time i seen the fault it was too late to return and i lost £130.

This is what I mean.
the last used monitor I had looked at ( used for 20 hour only till we got a TV, but age kept changing from 18month to 3 years no invoice) but was the only one in the size I wanted local to me.

This is why I wanted to ask

 

[tamzzy]

Put the brightness to 100%
If it doesn't look bright (relatively to what you would expect) or if there are uniformity issues then avoid as the backlight is likely on its way out
If there are any signs of image retention (best seen on a fully white background) - run. More applicable to oleds but LCDs can get it too
Also check for dead pixels by going through the RGB with a fine tooth comb

Manufacture date is usually printed on the sticker at back of monitor

 

[G J]

As others have posted also see if you can power the monitor on when its been sat off for a while as I would think this would be quite rare as my monitor I've had from new for nearly 10 years has an issue for about 2-3 years where on a cold start some of the edge/backlights need time to warm up otherwise parts of the monitor will be dull and dark.

Check all the inputs and outputs work HDMI/DP/USB/Headphone etc

 

[Jimbo]

Wrong thread sorry.