Pixel Burnout

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2 total messages Started by Ivo Welch Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:13

#1342

Author: Ivo Welch
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:13

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At least one  of the pixels on  my monitor  has  "died." It is  a clear black.
Disconcertingly, it is only slightly smaller than a period ('.') on the
screen. Is this normal? Acceptable?

/ivo welch
ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu

Re: Pixel Burnout

#1348

Author: Jim De Arras
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 04:00

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In article <1993Jan1.171320.8871@mic.ucla.edu> iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch)  
writes:
> 
> At least one  of the pixels on  my monitor  has  "died." It is  a clear  
black.
> Disconcertingly, it is only slightly smaller than a period ('.') on the
> screen. Is this normal? Acceptable?
> 
> /ivo welch
> ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu
Mono or color?  Mono screens don't have `pixels' as such, where triad masked  
color ones do.  If a particle of trash (present in all vacuum tubes) falls and  
lodges in a hole in the mask, you can lose a triad of three color dots, and  
hence see a black dot on the screen.

A word of advise:  Never transport any CRT face down, and especially not a  
color one.

Jim

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