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From: hamlow@sntekwv4.WV.TEK.COM (Paul Hamlow;685-2336;60-850;;sntekwv4)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Sony 1304 HG monitor - black line
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Date: 17 Apr 91 22:39:51 GMT
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In article <6313@uafhp.uark.edu> klimperi@uafhp.uark.edu
(Kurt Limperis) writes:
>My Sony 1024x768 monitor has a horizontal black line, one pixel wide about
>2.5" from the bottom of the screen.  It only appears when the background is 
>a light color (of course).
>
>Has anyone else seen this?

This seems to be typical of Sony monitors.  They use a Trinitron CRT
which has long slits in the shadow mask rather than the holes used in a
more traditional CRT.  The gap you notice is indeed a wire to help
keep the shadow mask stable.  The workstation I am using to write this
has a 19" Sony 1152x900 monitor and it has two wires, each one third
of the way from the top and bottom of the screen (and thus two
horizontal gaps.)



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