That's good to know. I missed out on a few rather large LCD tvs in the Seattle area that needed this simple fix, they were FREE! Some other techno-geek must have snagged them, oh well.
As far as reliability, I have a 19" widescreen Envision that is two years old. I had a giant HP CRT that started randomly shutting off, and Best Buy had a huge online pre-Thanksgiving day sale. I got the monitor for $100, free shipping. The only thing that would be nicer is if it had the speakers in it as well, it would save some space on the desk for other clutter.
It's usually on for 8-16hrs a day seven days a week, plus it's been through three moves. Screen does dim a bit towards the edges, but it's not a huge deal since I usually sit a ways back from it.