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Re: Monitor distortion

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From: Mike Tomlinson
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:49
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In article <tofpn31c7d52utipi22j73kafb1ojs22n9@4ax.com>, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> writes

>Paul, Mike: Thanks both. Looking for documentation right now. But I
>may well reconcile myself to living with it until my well-overdue PC
>upgrade, when I may treat myself to a 22" or 24" wide screen LCD/TFT.

ok.

>There is a menu entry called Linearity. But it appears to be affect
>'squashing' at top and bottom, not left and right.

Vertical linearity.  There's vertical and horizontal.

>Any idea about this one called 'Recall'? It offers just Yes and No.

It recalls the previous menu settings before you changed them in case
you feck things up.

>Mike: As mentioned, image only distorts when it's close to right edge,
>whether  top, middle or bottom. I used a resized image so that circle
>occupies whole window, and I could then drag it around the screen.

ok. there's problems with horizontal linearity, and if you're not
offered that as a menu option to twiddle, it's an internal adjustment
(not available to the end-user; the insides of monitors have a nasty
bite.)

>Ah - found a Visa entry dated 15th April 2005, so looks like I'm
>within the 3 years.

Nice one. I see you got a replacement, hope the replacement of the
replacement is in better condition. :)

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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:49:49 +0000
From: Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk>
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