2 years is a pitifully short life for an LCD panel! Maybe the backlight is burnt out, and those can be replaced. I expect mine to last 5 years or more, as did my CRTs. mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "sr ferenczy" <srf7425 at rit.edu> To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [G4] Cinema Display draws dotted lines > most LCD panels are rated with around a 50,000 hour life (this is > actually the life of the light source that provides the backlighting) > translated into actual usage, that would be about 5 1/2 years of 24/7 > use.