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- From: wingo@apple.com (Tony Wingo)
- Subject: Re: Pixel line on 14" Color Monitor on Purpose? Help!
- Sender: news@mumbo.apple.com (The News System)
- Message-ID: <wingo-050193180334@wingosmac.apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 02:00:10 GMT
- Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- References: <1993Jan5.232816.10670@reed.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
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- In article <1993Jan5.232816.10670@reed.edu>, wrowe@reed.edu ( ) wrote:
- >
- > About a month or two ago I purchased a new Macintosh system comprised of a IIvx
- > (4/80) with extended keyboard, and Apple's "new" 14" Color Monitor. After
- > connecting everything up and powering on, I noticed there was a minor defect in
- > the monitor's display: about 1/4 way up from the bottom of the screen there was
- > a line of faded pixels accross the monitor. It looks like its maybe one or two
- > pixels wide, and seems like the line is dimmer than the rest of the screen.
- >
- > At the time I needed the computer to badly to do anything about it, but now I
- > have a respite and so I called my dealer. My dealer told me that this defect is
- > caused by a wire problem in the monitor, and that there is basically nothing
- > that can be done about it. Is this true? I have a hard time believing that Apple
- > would make a monitor with an inherent display flaw, and especially in the newer
- > 14" monitors since they could have fixed the design from the 13" model.
- >
- > Help! Is my dealer snowing me? Has anyone else heard about, or seen if you have
- > a 13" or 14" monitor, anything like this before?
-
-
- This is a FAQ.
-
- All Sony Trinitron Monitors, not just the ones sold by Apple, have a fine
- wire that supports the shadow mask. Actually, the larger monitors have two,
- one at the top and one at the bottom. This is just the way the Sony builds
- the tubes.
-
- -tony
-
- >>usual disclaimer<<
-