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In article <5u15eh$q4e@janis.virago.org.au>, rachel@virago.org.au (Rachel Polanskis) writes:
>Hi,
>I have heard that monitors for distribution in the Northern Hemisphere
>are different to monitors in the Southern Hemisphere.
>
>Can anyone tell me exactly how?
>I gather it is something to do with electromagnetic/gaussian fields?
>
>Are Sun (Sony trinitron) 
>monitors effected by this?  I'd like to get one from the US 
>since they are so much cheaper than over here in Australia, even after 
>freight, and I would not like to import it only to find 
>it is unusable.  
>
>If they are effected, how would you set it for Southern Hemisphere use?
>Does any of this make sense?
>
>Hardware and monitor techs please explain!
>
>thanks...
>
>rachel
>

I often ship Sun and other monitors from home (US East Coast) to
locations around the world. We set them up on ships, then operate them
in all oceans, all hemispheres. I've crossed the Equator a few times
while staring at a Sun Monitor, as well as the Greenwich Meridian and
International Date Line. For the most part, I'd say that Sun Monitors
seem to be affected more by changes in local Magnetic Field than
others. We often drive our ships around in circles while at sea, and
the Suns seem to go out of whack quicker than others. Same with
transitting long distances (a thousand or more miles) in a straight
line. A bit surprising, since all are 20" Sony Trinitrons.

That said, even with the Suns, either cycling the power, or resetting,
or hitting the De-Guass button sets things right. For landlubbers,
wouldn't imagine it would be a problem.

-Peter