OT: Monitor going bad question?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Chris Poisson] “This monitor is about 5 years old. Any clues?”

I think that pretty much sums it up right there. 3 years is considered a long life for a CRT computer monitor. I’d say either one of your cables has gone bad or it’s time to replace it. We replace monitors about every two to three years.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Chuck Reti]

[Chris Poisson] “it has an echo effect coming off any hard edged object, like type, or any dialog box, browser whatever.”

A “ghost” or “echo” can indicate an improperly terminated video cable. Check the video input cable to the monitor.
If it loops through to another destination, make sure the end of the run is properly terminated in 75 ohms.
If your monitor input is the end of the line, check that it either has a 75 Ohm terminator on the loop through jack,
or, if it has one of those awful slide switches to switch in an internal termination, exercise the switch or leave it in the “open” position and use a “real” terminator.
If the cable or terminations aren’t the problem, it’s probably in the video input stage of the monitor. If you have an engineer who can troubleshoot it, it might be worth a repair attempt.
One other thing to check, make sure someone hasn’t tweaked up any “sharpness” or “peaking” front panel adjustment.

[Chuck Reti]

[Chris Poisson] “it has an echo effect coming off any hard edged object, like type, or any dialog box, browser whatever.”

A “ghost” or “echo” can indicate an improperly terminated video cable. Check the video input cable to the monitor.
If it loops through to another destination, make sure the end of the run is properly terminated in 75 ohms.
If your monitor input is the end of the line, check that it either has a 75 Ohm terminator on the loop through jack,
or, if it has one of those awful slide switches to switch in an internal termination, exercise the switch or leave it in the “open” position and use a “real” terminator.
If the cable or terminations aren’t the problem, it’s probably in the video input stage of the monitor. If you have an engineer who can troubleshoot it, it might be worth a repair attempt.
One other thing to check, make sure someone hasn’t tweaked up any “sharpness” or “peaking” front panel adjustment.

[Chris Poisson]

Chuck,

This is a computer monitor I’m talking about, not a production monitor. Sorry if I didn’t make that clear.