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- From: kentkar@shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: What the 17" monitor reviews never tell you
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.143458.13865@shambala.uucp>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 14:34:58 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.041743.9806@sinkhole.unf.edu>
- Reply-To: kentkar@shambala.UUCP (Kent Karrer)
- Organization: The Conscious Interlude
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- In article <1992Jul22.041743.9806@sinkhole.unf.edu> shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
- >
- > I just wanted to let anyone who is deciding to purchase a 17" monitor
- >for X386 work to be be cautious when making their decision. I just
- >bought one of the highest rated monitors in the $1100 price range
- >(the Nanao 550i) and the one I got has a tremendous problem with this
- >"rainbow effect" at 1024x768. There's a term for it that starts with the
- >letter 'm' that I can't remember but the "look" is akin to a magnetic field
- >pattern. I tried adjusting the horizontal and vertical stretching of the
- >image and it has absolutely no effect on the difference in display quality
- >(that is, the "rainbow patterns" stay just as obvious...
- >I understand that all monitors have this to some degree and it is easily
- >remedied by adjusting these controls BUT not in my case. At 800x600, I
- >have no complaints, the picture is perfect.
- (lots of stuff deleted)
- >
- Sounds like the CRT (screen) needs to be degaussed (sp?). There may be a
- degaussing switch/button somewhere on the monitor that will scramble the
- magnetic domains on the CRT. If there is not switch or button, purchasing
- or borrowing a degausser would work.
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