Re: Unsharp/Old/Vague Monitor causes Tired eyes ;)

From: Skybuck Flying (nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:28:01 +0100

"Terry Russell" <trochilus@oRpEtMuOsVnEet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Skybuck Flying <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > Well,
> > >
> > > I wrote a message once about my eyes being tired.
> > >
> > > I was noticing it again these last couple of days.
> > >
> > > My Vision Master 400 monitor which is like 5 to 6 years old is very
> > > vague/unsharp and dark.
> > >
> > > I also have an older Vision Master 17 which is like 10 years old. That
> one
> > > is much sharpen, brighter much more clear ;) It does have some lines
> > running
> > > across it and at the center I can see some redish running next to the
> gray
> > > windows... but it looks damn sharp and bright compared to the other
> > monitor.
> > >
> > > So I am going to swap them later on and safe some cash lol... no need
to
> > buy
> > > a new monitor yet.
> > >
> > > Though it is surprising to see the big difference between the
> monitors...
> > I
> > > think both monitors have been used the same ammount of years. Though I
> > > played more opengl/direct x games on the monitor that's now bad... so
I
> > > wonder if that has anything to do with it ;)
> > >
> > > Maybe lot's of intensive opengl/direct x games like shooters wear
> monitors
> > > down faster ;) =D
> >
> > Flat-screen LCD/TFT monitors have steadily dropped in price. They have
> their
> > deficiencies, but mushy lines and poor convergence are not among them.
> >
> > Early LCD/TFT screens were not all that good for high-speed changes in
> > content, if memory serves, but I watch television and make video MPEG
> > recordings using mine, and suffer no eyestrain.
> >
> > I'd go back to a CRT monitor only under duress.
>
> http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=phosphor+burn&meta=
> doesn't everyone have a few old boxes for OS, server etc tests
> that can inherit the old monitor ?
>
> use the brightness/contrast controls
> tweak any pots available
> open the case and tweak pots, if you have more
> fingers than you need.
>
> new 17" CRT monitors $A149 single item retail,
> tax inclusive, less for tax-ex and multiples discounts
>
> 2x19" CRT or 4x17" for the price of one 17" TFT
> 4x17", plus the old 17", is a lot of visual desktop space
> a few old video cards, $50 of wood, some screws
> half an hour with a power screwdriver
> you have a wall of monitors and some new shelf space
> you haven't reduced your physical desktop space at all
> and for less than one flat screen or the price of new glasses
>
> not that I mind TFT, they drive the prices of crt down, and make
> sense if your desk space is worth $1 per square centimeter and
> you have more cash than you know what to do with :-)
>
> you just cannot easily balance them on top of each other
> and none I have seen can be cranked to "bright enough"
>
>
> bars on the display may be due to mutual interference between monitors
> or other electrical devices, even fluoro tubes can cause it
> particularly if you have a lot of the bulb replacement tubes
> changing refresh rates can sometimes fix the problem

Well those lines I mentioned are lines to keep everything steady.

They are barely noticable... they catched some dust I guess... it's in the
manual I read that once ;)

At the 17 model they walk vertical like 3 or 4 of them or so. and the 400
model had one tiny little line running horizontal ;)

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