Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:17:37 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My monitor's got the Shakes... Message-ID: <342750F1.6B99A272@idt.net> References: <19970922020524.01866@vinyl.quickweb.com> <2148.874908597@time.cdrom.com> <19970922022041.09429@vinyl.quickweb.com> <342627F7.8F2B13D@idt.net> <19970922191032.39700@lemis.com>
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[about the new Hitachi 19" monitor] Well, it appears I was wrong about the pattern on the screen not being a moire pattern. I got the replacement monitor today, and it showed the same effect... :-( BUT - on this copy, the moire controls are able to significantly reduce the effect, though not eliminate it. On the previous copy, the moire controls had little or no effect... Unfortunately, this "feature" is at its worst at my desired resolution of 1280x1024. The previous copy of the monitor showed the effect at all resolutions (with size and spacing of the pattern changing with both the resolution and the refresh rate). On this copy, the distortion at other than 1280x1024 resolutions either spreads out so uniformly, or just disappears, that it isn't too annoying. But, dammit, I still notice it at 1280x1024 where I want to run it (anywhere from 60Hz to 75Hz refresh)... I've never seen this much of an interference pattern on a monitor before - but then again I've never had much experience with a monitor larger than 17", and most of the 17" have been Triniton-type tubes - the Hitachi is a dot-trio shadow-mask tube. Is "interference" like this that can't be completely eliminated to be expected on any large monitor? Now that I've used a 19" monitor, I really don't want to go back to 17", and I'd rather not have to send *another* monitor back to where I bought it... So - any suggestions or comments? Thanks, Gary
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