Path: utzoo!censor!hugh
From: hugh@censor.UUCP (Hugh D. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Samsung Multisync  ( or what monitor NOT to buy )
Summary: monitor + environment = what you see.
Message-ID: <806@censor.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 19:48:21 GMT
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Some of what you describe is surely limitations of the
monitor, but it sounds like the Amiga and/or other things
were also responsible for generating magnetic fields that
were causing you grief.

Some monitors are better at degausing (sp?) or better
shielded than others.  If you rearrange your work area
or do something to provide more shielding you can
minimize the twisting or "red in the corner" effects.

A good diagnostic (and kind of fun besides) is to try moving
the monitor around.  If you flip it upside down does the
distortion stay the same relative to the monitor or to the
surroundings?  Rotating the monitor 90 degrees so it faces
the side of the desk rather than the front can also help in
checking on the orientation of an external magnetic field,
so can a compass.  I'm typing this next to a concrete pillar
with steel reinforcing rods that is always "north" no matter
what side of it you are on.

Of course some people might not want to use the monitor
upside down & sideways on a regular basis :-) but sometimes
you can find a configuration that works and also minimizes
the problem.

Even a good technician can't fix a problem in his shop that
only happens when the monitor is on your desk.

Of course I'm sure there are monitors out there that are
worse (and cheaper) than others, but on the bottom line
what matters is whether you like what you see, so yes I'm
in agreement that the best thing to do is look before
you buy, or make sure you can return it.
-- 
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