Just bought a new monitor

[Gizmo]

Hey guys,

I have my new monitor rigged up and I must say it is a huge step up from my 5 year old Relisys. Anyway, to get to the point, the display is fine except that it slants down to the bottom right everso slightly. I've tinkered with the display settings and stretched it, moved it done everything to it to tweak it a bit but it still slants slightly to the lower right. It's hardly noticeable from a distance but when you look carefully, you can really see it. I still have the receipt to it, all crumpled up and such but I really don't want to have to buy a new one just because of this tiny little glitch. Is there anything else I can do?

TIA...

[Gizmo]

Does anyone have any ideas?

[bailey]

I can't tell by your discription of what its doing,
if I could get a better picture of what your trying to explaine, I might be able to help.

[Gizmo]

Lol, it's ok. Just sorted it, almost. The display was slanted to the bottom right a little bit and I was using the buttons on the monitor panel to sort it out. The slant is still there and can't seem to completely change it, but it's ok now. Thanks for the reply though

[RJ]

The CRTs I know of have a function to rotate the picture. That sould take care of the slant.
What brand and model is it ?

RJ

[Gizmo]

Nope, no rotation function on this one. It's a very good monitor though, the resolution blew me away when I first fired it up. It's a CTX VL500.

EDIT: I was talking to a friend yesterday and he said that keeping a monitor on standby while the PC itself is switched off is bad because it can burn out the power plug or something? But then also, in my opinion, switching the monitor on and off all the time can cause a complete failure? Is that true?

[bailey]

no
leaving the monitor on can not cause any damage to it at all, short of a lighting strike.
nothing will burn up.

[Gizmo]

Cool. Thanks bailey I'll tell my friend that when I next see him. So what about switching the monitor on and off each time you use the computer? Can this cause a complete failure? I heard this to be the same with any electronic device that if you repeatedly switch it on and off over time it can cause a complete failure but I'm not completely sure if it is true or not.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by DBG Cool. Thanks bailey I'll tell my friend that when I next see him. So what about switching the monitor on and off each time you use the computer? Can this cause a complete failure? I heard this to be the same with any electronic device that if you repeatedly switch it on and off over time it can cause a complete failure but I'm not completely sure if it is true or not.

Switching on and off with any electronic device will not czuse it to fail completely, I mean, that's what the switch is for, most of the time it will wear out the switch first. I leave mine on all the time, it goes to standby when the computer is off.

EDIT: I said putting something on and off will not cause complete failure, well if you abuse it, it might but under normal circumstances it shouldn't.

[Punked Out Comp]

Turning it on and off rapidly is bad, but i fyou turn it on when you turn the computer on and turn it off when you turn the computer off it will be fine. Also, I hardly ever turn off my monitor when I turn off the computer and my monitor is still fine.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by punked out comp Turning it on and off rapidly is bad,

And I agree with that. That's abuse. It's not built for that.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

I know someone who treats there PC very badly, 3000 virii or spyware programs on it. Everytime it started acting slowly, or freezing he would switch the tower on and off about 20 times in a row, very quickly. He then repeated for his screen and printer, it didn't last very long.

He claimed he was teaching the computer discipline.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by WhatsThisBoxFor? He claimed he was teaching the computer discipline.

Poor guy, if only he knew computers have no feelings.

Anyway, that's kind of funny

[bailey]

my only comment to all this is:

the on-off switch was the biggest money maker I have ever seen.

the repairemans point of view

[Vigo]

Originally Posted by bailey no leaving the monitor on can not cause any damage to it at all, short of a lighting strike. nothing will burn up.

May be true for the monitor. But what about his electric bill?

If the on/off button is the godsend of the repairman.

Then the screensaver is the herald of the electric company.

[jsawicki]

my monitor gets kinda hot in the back and i have a sorta small room so it gets really hot in here so i try to turn it off when im not using it. even when im running a simple screensaver it gets hot.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by Vigo May be true for the monitor. But what about his electric bill? If the on/off button is the godsend of the repairman. Then the screensaver is the herald of the electric company.

If the monitor is on standby then it hardly uses any power at all.

[Gizmo]

Wow! Guys thanks so much for all the input, really appreciated it. I'm all clear now. Thanks very much for all the information. Just one thing:-

Originally Posted by Vigo But what about his electric bill?

Hehe, I'm female. Check the profile

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by DBG Hehe, I'm female. Check the profile

Your PC Mech forum profile? I didn't see anything saying you're female.

Oops...nevermind...just saw it in your biography...

Cricket

[Gizmo]

It's there somewhere lol

EDIT: Hehe, sorry. I had to adjust my bio to say so. I have no idea why I haven't adjusted it before until now.