Philips LCD Monitors manual

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 1 When LCD M onit or s can redu ce T otal Cost of Ow ner shi p For fur ther information about Philips profession al monito r s please contact us via www .pr of essional. philips.com October 2005 - Author s: E.L. van ‘t Hoff & P . T .H.C . van Laer Saving of up to 1 0 % c an be achi[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 2 Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Monitor s: vital par t of the desktop configur ation 3 3. Defining T otal Cost of Owner ship 4 4. The TCO of an LCD monitor 5 4.1 Acquisition phase 5 4.2 Deployment phase 6 4.3 Operation phase 6 4.4 Retirement phase 7 5. Philips solution for reducing TCO [...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 3 1 . I ntr oduc tion Con tr olli ng tot al cos t of owne r shi p ( T CO) h as b een t he goa l of ever y good I T man ager fo r the la s t 1 0 year s . IT m anag er s ar e wel l awar e th at th e cost s in cur r ed af te r the i ni tial d epl oyme nt of a PC n et wor k ca n add u p to 8[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 4 So me add it iona l fac t s and fi gur es ab ou t moni tor s u nde r line t hei r imp or t ance i n the ove r all cos ts pic t ur e. Fo r exa mple : • Th e pu rch as e cos t of an LC D mon ito r is of t en m or e tha n 50 % of t ha t of a s ta nda r d PC (se e Fig ur e 2) • 35 % o[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 5 Ea ch of the se pha ses h as d if fer en t cost i mpli cat ions , an d the ir r ela tive i mpor t ance v ar ies f rom eq uipm en t to equ ipme nt . Fo r exa mple , th e cos ts of ev alu atin g and se lec t ing ne w techn olog y su ch a s wir ele ss L A N ar e t ypi cal ly hig her t han[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 6 4. 2 De plo y men t phase Com pan ies t yp ica lly or de r the ir new m oni tor s in b atch es, s t ock th em at a ce ntr a l poin t and d epl oy th em on a d epa r tm ent- by-d epa r tm ent b as is. T he n the i ns ta llat ion e ngin eer s go t o wor k , of te n du ri ng th e weeke nd[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 7 Power consum ptio n : • Th e mo ni tor r ep re se nt s up to 35 % of t he t ot al powe r cos t s of de sk t op e qui pme nt , s o mon ito r powe r con - su mpt io n sho uld b e as l ow a s poss ib le • A cen tr a lize d powe r sh ut dow n mod e is r ecom me nde d. P C powe r ma nag[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 8 5. Philip s solut ion f or r ed uc ing T C O c o s t s Phi lips mo ni tor s have al ways of fe re d out s t and ing di splay an d er gono mic p er for ma nce. T he r esu lt- ing h igh leve ls of use r comfor t a nd conve nien ce tr ans late i nto op tim um em ployee pr od uc ti vi ty a[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 9 Fai lur es) , ap ply ing to t he en tir e pr odu c t. S pe cific all y for the d ispl ay pane l, cons is ten t, f aul t-fr ee pe r for m ance over t he pr odu c t life tim e is as sur ed by Ph ilips’ wor ld wi de ‘ Per fe c t Pane l’ po lic y (b ase d on I SO 1 34 0 6 - 2 Cla ss[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 10 Inc ludes a nti -th ef t mea sures Th e popu lar i t y and com pac t si ze of Phili ps L CD mo nit or s als o make t hem a r ea dy t ar get fo r th ieves . Sm ar t Man age wi ll ind ica te if dis plays a re m oved fr om th eir a ss igne d loc atio ns by pr ovidi ng a wa r ning m ess a[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 11 Cen tr alized m anage men t and cont rol In a ddi tio n, info r mat ion ab ou t ever y S mar t Ma nage - compa tibl e disp lay – incl uding s er ial a nd mod el nu mbe r s, o per a ting h our s , se t ting s s ta tus a nd cos t - re leva nt – is t ra nsm it t ed au toma tic all y [...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 12 6 . 1 Sp ec ifica tions o v er v iew Th e ta ble s hown b elow pr ovi des an ove r v iew of th e key spe cific at ions t hat af fec t t he tot al cos t of own er sh ip. I t is as sum ed t hat bo th mo nito r t ype s ar e wi thi n the s ame p r ice r ange a nd th at th e ot her - br [...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 13 6 . 2 T CO brea k down Th is sec t ion pr ovid e a T CO cal culat ion for b oth m oni tor t y pes over a l ifet ime of 5 yea r s . A cost br ea kdown is p re sen ted in t he t ab le bel ow . Th is is a sim pli fied c alcul atio n limi te d to mea su ra ble figu re s. Phil ips Mo nit[...]

White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO | 14 Relat ed to P hilips S mar t M anage a nd smar t TCO L CD m onito rs : • De ploy me nt t im e sav ing : 2 5 % • En er g y sa vin g : 8 0 % • Re duce d th ef t r a te : 8 0 % 7 . S i gnifi ca nt T C O s a ving wi th Philip s monitor s A s descr i bed e ar lie r , awa re nes s in[...]

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