Monitor broke?

Jon33 · 18 Jul 2007 at 14:25

I have a 17" CRT Hyundai monitor, turned it on this morning and its giving of an "electrical buzz" and there are "wrinkles" on the monitor shaking from side to side. Any ideas what the problem is?

mame · 18 Jul 2007 at 14:45

my old monitor did that. was the power plug going into the monitor! had to wiggle it about till it was ok. although most of them are wired straight in now .....

Admiral Huddy · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:02

Try also using a different video lead. A broken or bent pins can also cause weird and wonderfull displays..

Jon33 · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:17

Had a good wiggle with the lead with no luck, can these things get fixed?

Nebzor · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:44

Jon33 said:
Had a good wiggle with the lead with no luck, can these things get fixed?

Yes, but definately not by you. It's time to jump on the LCD bandwagon.

MattJones2k6 · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:12

Yes, but definately not by you. It's time to jump on the LCD bandwagon.

Indeed.

AndyS_UK · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:28

Or find yourself a £10 CRT replacement :cool:

CRT 'til we die!!

Jon33 · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:46

Heh, I was going to get a widescreen LCD with my next PC upgrade might have to come early though... one question I have if I got a 22" widescreen and I played on resolutions like 1024x7whatever it is will it stretch the screen and make it look wierd or just have a black outline where it isnt show? I don't think my current PC would be able to do the high resolutions.

Nebzor · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:50

Then you just use a widescreen resolution.. e.g. 1440 x 900.

Admiral Huddy · 19 Jul 2007 at 14:37

Benjarghmin said:
Yes, but definately not by you. It's time to jump on the LCD bandwagon.

Not for me - not for a while yet.. My 19" CRT is just perfect... buky and not WS but the image quality is better than any LCD i've seen. Playing games at 1920 x1440 is lovely.

I did buy the Samsung 226.. switched on.. yuk.. yuk yuk.. fortunatly the PSU on the TFT failed a day later and it went back. The only LCD i've seen that i'm interested in is the 24" Dell A04 which has 1:1 PM. I still feel that LCD techology has a long way to go.

mame · 19 Jul 2007 at 17:15

Admiral Huddy said:
Not for me - not for a while yet.. My 19" CRT is just perfect... buky and not WS but the image quality is better than any LCD i've seen. Playing games at 1920 x1440 is lovely.

I did buy the Samsung 226.. switched on.. yuk.. yuk yuk.. fortunatly the PSU on the TFT failed a day later and it went back. The only LCD i've seen that i'm interested in is the 24" Dell A04 which has 1:1 PM. I still feel that LCD techology has a long way to go.

I used to love my 19" CRT but i cant ever say ive seen a CRT that looks anywhere near as good as my TFT ? Id never go back.

Jon33 · 21 Jul 2007 at 20:42

Turns out the monitor is under warranty still, does anyone know a contact email for Hyundai? Can't find one anywhere.