NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/dec/4499

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!socrates!mike
From: [e-mail] (Mike Santangelo (UNIX/VMS Sysmgr))
Subject: VR290 picture quality problem
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: VR290
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 03:48:41 GMT
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I just bought a (albeit used) DEC VR290 monitor for my VAXstation
II/GPX.  One annoying picture quality problem is that features being
displayed (like characters) bleed somewhat off to the right of
themselves and although I have adjusted the focus inside, the
characters seem less defined (e.g. not as sharp) as I think they
should.  It is almost as if the video signal from the MicroVAX is
reaching the monitor attenuated to a noticable degree.  The BC18V
cable I received that interconnects the two in my opinion is amazingly
long (I imagine the longest they made it), were there shorter ones
made?  I've spent quite a while attempting to correct the problem
by making adjustments inside the monitor but I can't get the bleeding
problem to go away (nor it focused better than it is).  It really looks
to me like a signal strength problem, although I obviously could
be wrong.  Do all VR290's exhibit this behaviour or is this a specific
problem that can be corrected (aside from replacing it)?

Thanks.
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