[geeks] tis the season for hardware to fail...

[John Francini]

A quick search of Newegg, using this URL:

<http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007617+600030
619+600012663&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNo
deId=1&Subcategory=20&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=>


finds 16 monitors with a 1900x1200 aspect ratio.  They are vastly outnumbered
by the sheer quantity of the 1080s out there -- amazing how much the HDTV
resolution wind has blown through the monitor market...

j





On 11 Apr 2011, at 18:30, Shannon wrote:

> Seems like its time for some of my hardware to start failing.
>
> UPS batteries died last month, now my main display seems to be.
>
> Symptoms: Every now and then, I get vertical lines made up of multi-colored
> dots flickering on and off.  Each vertical line is about a half centimeter
> apart from the next.
>
> None of the controls seems to have any effect except contrast. Changing
> contrast changes the areas of the screen (different colors and brightness
> levels) where the lines are drawn.
>
> The lines can be very minor or severe and screen filling.
>
> This happens randomly. It will be fine for days or even weeks, then I'll
have
> 1-6 hours of this, then its OK again.
>
> I have isolated this to the monitor: 3 different computers, and skipping
the
> DVI switch, and using different cables direct to machines all show the
> problem.
>
> This is an NEC LCD2470WNX, not a cheap display, so I'd really like to be
able
> to fix it if possible. NEC tech support was forever answering and never
> answered the email query I sent.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I think I'm probably just out of luck and will be buying a new LCD soon,
but
> would like to avoid it.
>
> Buying a new one sucks because most don't have the display quality this one
> does, and nearly every one you can buy locally is movie resolution, which I
> hate. I want the more square typical computer resolution of 1920x1200.
>
> Went to 5 stores just to see what cost might be, and every single one of
the
> LCD displays they have for sale are HDTV aspect ratio. Ick.
>
>
>
> --
> Shannon Hendrix
> shannon at widomaker.com
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