LCD Monitor Burning Out?

Sorry if this belongs in the PC forum but more people tend to read things here....

anyway, I was strolling through Wikipedia, when my LCD monitor, that I bought about a year and a half ago seemed to "burn out"...

It started to fade and then it went black.  (It happened in 2 seconds at most if that really matters).   I did the obvious like trying to turn it back on, unpluginning everything and yeah...  Mostly basic things... oh yeah, I also smelled "smoke" too, like the smell when something burns out, lol...  I don't know, to my short knowledge of computers, LCD monitors SHOULD last longer than a year and a half so... yeah... thanks for reading and maybe clarify somethings for me... thanks again and good night from Vancouver. 

my monitor did that not too long ago - I have heard that LCD do that, it's common, I stick to CRT - but you could try downloading powerstrip - you can adjust the settings of the monitor - sounds like your backlight went outnightshade85