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From: kevin@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Kevin Tubbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: NEC Multisync washed out colors
Message-ID: <242@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: 16 Mar 88 15:32:46 GMT
References: <2061@svax.cs.cornell.edu> <4768@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: kevin@calvin.ee.cornell.edu.UUCP (Kevin Tubbs)
Organization: Cornell Space Plasma Physics Group
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In article <4768@ecsvax.UUCP> mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) writes:
>
>Why aren't the internal adjustments of the Multisync accurately done
>before shipping and purchase.  Are they affected by shipping or are
>NEC's quality control standards lax?  

I can't speak for NEC products, but I just bought a Samsung EGA monitor
(CD-1453M1, $349 from USA-Flex).  Color and brightness were just fine,
but vertical linearity was very bad - the top line of text was squished.
Also, the height and width were set so that there was at least a 1.25"
blank border all around the sides - a waste of the 14" screen.

I've had a bit of experience repairing monitors, so I opened it up to
have a look.  Although most of the pots weren't labelled, I managed to
find the correct ones and adjust the monitor for correct linearity and   
image size.

My guess is that quality control, not shipping, is responsible for this.
I can just picture some tired assembly line worker tweaking the pots
until it "looks good", then going on to the next.


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