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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: hairlines a common monitor fault?
Message-ID: <1990Jun8.230821.23506@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 8 Jun 90 23:08:21 GMT
References: <1990Jun8.192304.4492@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk>
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In article <1990Jun8.192304.4492@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk>,
tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (EARL WILLIAMS) writes:
> Are visible horizontal hairlines in large-screen monitors just a fact of
> life that we have to live with?  Every monitor I've installed or seen seems
> to have 1-3 of these super-thin but sometimes distracting lines.  The
> vertical location varies, but there is most often one about 1/3 of the way
> up from the bottom.
> 
> Does anyone know 1) if this is common, 2) if anything can be done about it,
> 3) whether the fault is in the video card or the TV tube electronics?
> 
> I'm not making any comments about manufacturers, but most of the monitors
> I'm talking about have been SuperMac color monitors (25"?).

If this makes you feel any better, I've also seen the lines on a RasterOps
19" and and Apple 13" color monitor. I don't think it's a fault, but
I've forgotten the explanation.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu