Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!sparkyfs!hercules!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Life of LCD Panels Message-ID: <31228@cup.portal.com> Date: 28 Jun 90 16:09:41 GMT References: <25269@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 3 I heard the mechanism of failure is destruction of the cholesterol molecules in the liquid crystals by exposure to UV light. I don't know if that's true or not ... that's just what I was told once.