tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (EARL WILLIAMS) (06/11/90)
In article <1990Jun8.192304.4492@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk>, I wrote: >Are visible horizontal hairlines in large-screen monitors just a fact of >life that we have to live with? Every monitor I've installed or seen seems >to have 1-3 of these super-thin but sometimes distracting lines. The >vertical location varies, but there is most often one about 1/3 of the way >up from the bottom. Thanks for all your responses, both over the net and via e-mail. To summarize the answer to my question, I enclose one of these responses: > From: Walter Smith <wrs@com.apple> > Subject: Re: hairlines a common monitor fault? > > Those lines are the shadows of shadow-mask tension wires. They are part > of the design of Sony Trinitron picture tubes, which are used in the > Apple color monitor and most two-page color monitors. Small monitors, > like the Apple 13", have only one wire (visible on the Apple about 1/4 > of the way up). Big monitors have more. > > There's nothing you can do about them other than to use a monitor with a > non-Trinitron tube; the disadvantage is that Sony makes the best tubes, > except for those stupid lines. Thank you and good night. -- Earl M. Williams ?8^) "No matter where you go, there you are." Inst. of Education, U. of London -Buckaroo Banzai INTERNET/JANET: tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk "When in doubt, lay it out." BITNET: tejtemw%<same>@ukacrl.bitnet -Captain Ultimate [Frisbee]