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From: chuck@Morgan.COM (Chuck Ocheret)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Thin horizontal line
Keywords: RGB monitor
Message-ID: <1603@s5.Morgan.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 90 13:29:48 GMT
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Organization: Morgan Stanley, & Co., Inc. / New York City, NY
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All Sony Trinitron monitors that I have ever seen have (at least) two
such "defect" lines, usually about 1/4 and 3/4 of the way down the
screen.  I don't know, but I've been told that this is a result of the
manufacturing process.  An alternative explanation that I've heard
is that these lines are thin conductive strips which prevent static
buildup on the screen.

I am new to Mac hardware and don't know if the hi-res Mac monitor you
mentioned is a Trinitron or not.  I have a 16" Sony Trinitron (for my
RasterOPs 224) which exhibits these thin horizontal lines.  They are
thin enough that I barely notice them.  I sometimes shoot slides
directly off the screen and the lines don't seem to show up.

~chuck
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