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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Sieko monitor annoyance
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.125131.19654@panix.uucp>
Date: 14 Apr 91 12:51:31 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.021735.8177@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> skesterk@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane Kesterke) writes:
>Since Sieko and Sony monitors have been a hot item of discussion lately I've
>got question.
>I have a 386SX-20MHz system with a Prodesigner-II (512K) and a Sieko 
>CM1440 (I'm pretty sure that's the model, it's the interlaced Sieko monitor)
>It's got a very good picture but there's one thing that really annoys me.
>There's a very thin horizontal black line about 1/3 the way up from the
>bottom of the screen that NEVER goes away. It becomes more and more visible
>the lighter the background gets.
>I called Sieko tech support and they said it's normal and it's part of Sony's
>monitor technology (since Sony manufactures Sieko's picture tubes).


I have a SONY 13" television and it has the same horizontal line. I noticed
it when I switched from "TV" to "VIDEO" input, and when no video input was
connected the screen is white .... with a thin black line 1/3 of the way up.
I've learned to ignore it.


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