Imac 21.5" monitor extremely hot!

I received my new imac a few days ago and noticed that the monitor is extremely hot! I took it back to the apple store where I was told that the monitor could run as hot as 200 degrees!! The person who helped ran a diagnostics test on the monitor and everything came back ok. Is it really ok and safe for the monitor to run so hot??

Most monitors run a surface temp of 130+ degrees. This is just normal running temps though the glass shouldn't be hugely hot. Get iStat from the widget store and tell us your system temps.

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