Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 1950 Monitor Problems Message-ID: <2059@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 28 Sep 90 13:30:47 GMT Lines: 33 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <1576@madnix.UUCP>, perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes: >In article <31203@nigel.ee.udel.edu> friest@elmendorf-ac2sman.af.mil (TIM FRIEST) writes: >>I am having problems with my 1950 monitor. When I first turn it on and >>it is cold, it wavers (vertical lines wavering horizontally). The dealer >>demo at my local dealer also does this (it is worse than mine actually). >>I've only noticed this problem on the (older?) 1950 monitors with a single >>faceplate. The newer 1950s with the darker front around the screen don't >>seem to have this problem. > >I made the mistake of buying two A1950's before I had ever used one for an >extended period. Both monitors waver horizontally very slightly - just enough >to give the user headaches and nausea. No amount of horizontal hold tweaking >helps. These monitors suck. > >My advice (to the buyer) look elsewhere for a better quality monitor. >My advice (to CBM engineering) stop going for the lowest price exclusively >all the time. Especially for the A3000, the A1950 makes the computer look bad >and has made me ill. You aren't running them in close proximity to each other (or to other monitors) are you Perry? In my experience, the most common cause of horizontal waver is that another monitor is nearby, and the two are interfering with one another. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+