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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple's RGB Screen & Eye Probs
Summary: The "White Grid" effect
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Date: 21 Nov 89 01:22:29 GMT
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Since I have switched from an SE to a Mac II with Apple's RGB monitor, I
have noticed that it is affecting my eyes.  After using the monitor for a
while, I see a fine white grid superimposed over bright colors (especially
those containing red).  That is, I might be driving down the road and see
a red van which looks textured.  I pull up close and see that it is perfectly
smooth.

It seems to help if I keep the brightness at the middle dent, and turn the
contrast way down (it looks muddy when I first turn it on, but it grows on
you.  In fact, I had severe problems when I first got the monitor because
I had the contrast set to high.  This makes the color graphics look
spectatular, but I guess it would have burned a hole in my retinas :-).

Anyone else experienced this problem?


Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)