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Re: Contrast flickering (Acer 76i Digital monitor)

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From: Phil Cuffe
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 00:00
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In article <3qe984$f4s@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> spart@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au (Geoff Green) writes:
>I'm having a problem with my AcerView 76i 17 inch monitor. Every now and
>again, the contrast will flicker higher and lower a few times, then return
>to its original setting. The effect is only small - the monitor has digital
>controls, and the contrast can be adjusted from 0-99. I'd estimate that
>the flickering is only 1 or 2 points on this scale. 

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>So has anybody seen this before?

>Thanks,
>Geoff...

I've seen this sort of thing on a company monitor I used a while ago.  It was 
a peice of crap, not reliable at switching resolutions, and it would go a bit 
dimmer and yellowish sometimes.  It was definitely the monitor, not the power, 
or I would have seen this on some of the others.
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From: pmc116@psu.edu (Phil Cuffe)
Subject: Re: Contrast flickering (Acer 76i Digital monitor)
Date: 1995/06/02
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