- **** Flicker of Death ****
--- Anyone that has researched this display well will learn of something called the death flicker which starts with the monitor flickering off every now and then for a few seconds then coming back until one day it just doesn't power back on.
--- There has been NO official fix for this and it is apparently a flaw with ALL monitors, there have been no "stocked" hardware revisions therefore buying a warranty and replacing it in-store is only delaying the inevitable.
--- Only true fix from reported victims of the flaw is sending it to Sony and receiving a replacement from factory. Sony has a manufacturer's 1 year warranty in case yours does die.
--- Other homebrew potential fixes include:
----- Fan on back panel...low success rate, seems that some people encountered the issue only due to heat generation of the panel.
----- Others have found that the possible cause of flicker of death is due to the monitor being set to "demo" mode to stand out at stores. (high brightness, backlight, contrast, color, etc...)
----- My findings from research and from personal use with my own monitor (which has been successfully running without issues for over 4 months) is to immediately lower your settings to 5-7 backlight / 60-80 brightness / sharpness 1-2 / color