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In article <timm.718556164@xongmao> timm@xongmao.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)  
writes:
> [...]
> In any case, the point of my post was to also point out that it's
> quite impossible for a pixel to be dead on a monitor.  That's only
> possible on LCDs.  You've got a piece of phosphor missing.  If a pixel
> were actually dead, you'd have a problem with your video hardware,
> not the monitor.
> 
You are MOST incorrect.  While CRT display elements (pixels) do not have an  
exact 1:1 relationship with displayed elements (pixels), in a mask screen  
display, that is, all non-inline (sony) types, it is VERY possible to lose a  
triad of the three colors, and hence lose a pixel.  A black dot on the screen.    
I received TWO 21" monitors in a row with that exact problem.  The third was  
the charm!  This occurs when a piece of trash in the vacuum falls forward and  
lodges in a mask hole.  It is virtually impossible to get all the debris out of  
a CRT, and so there's always the chance of losing a pixel if the monitor is  
ever placed on it's face.  Lay it that way, and shake, and your chance of  
having it happen is even worse.
In-line monitors do not have this problem.  But they have those awful horz.  
support wires that hold the vertical ones in the correct position.  When Sony  
invented that screen design, those lines were hidden by the lines in the TV  
picture!

The 'bottom' line is:  Never place a color monitor face down.  And realize that  
when you ship it, modern automated handling equipment can't read, and so "this  
side up" is ignored.  It is possible NeXT made special arrangements with their  
preferred shipper (Skyway?), but the biggies cannot guarantee the monitor will  
stay face up or front.  You can improve your odds in some cases by placing the  
shipping label and papers on the box TOP.

> Sorry to pick nits when it's of no use to you :-).
> 
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