Re: Flaky monitor
Rod Lavington wrote: Hi Bill, Do yourself a *big* favour and recycle this monitor! They are the pits and will cost you more money than buying a decent 17" PC display with a 12 month or 3 year warranty. Where do you /get/ a decent 17"? The good manufacturers seem to have stopped making their good quality tubes, and only seem to make the 'office' variants now. *icky*. I think you can still get things like the Philips 109P though (I have one, and it's a fairly nice 19" monitor) but haven't seen many nice 17" monitors lately. Then again, I hear a Mitsubishi 2060U (22") is only about $1200 now. Ideally you'd want something like a Sony G520 (21") but they're ... a little pricey. Naturally, this is all just opinion. Perhaps there's somewhere selling decent 17" monitors that's keeping quiet about it. The sooner this attempt for a display disappears, the better the world will be! Wow. Sounds like you've used them then ;-) It's unfortunate how many monitors those words can be applied to, though. Craig Ringer
re: Flaky monitor
Hi Bill, Do yourself a *big* favour and recycle this monitor! They are the pits and will cost you more money than buying a decent 17" PC display with a 12 month or 3 year warranty. The sooner this attempt for a display disappears, the better the world will be! Honestly, they were poorly made by Apple and once they start to have problems, you will find that the monitor will constantly be in for repairs. I now step off my soap box ;-) Best wishes for the New Year! Rod!
Re: Flaky Monitor
test test test test test test :-P Now, on to the actual reply: chesnutt wrote: The problem: At startup, the monitor shows a severe pincushion effect, colours become all wrong, everything is blurred and out of focus. Fiddling with the controls on the monitor returns things to normal until the next startup/restart, when the problem reappears. Is the monitor on the way out - or does anybody know of a possible fix? If it's worth enough to you, you may be able to get it fixed by one of the few monitor repair shops in Perth. BlueTech is one, but there are at least 2 others. As decent-quality CRTs < 21" are getting scarce, this may be a worthwhile option, especially if they'll pick it up and quote you for the repair before charging. Craig Ringer
