Monitor not displaying correctly unless at 0 contrast

Arsey · 25 Dec 2008 at 21:18

Hey all, got a new monitor/tv this morning (Samsung T220HD) and whenever the contrast is set to anything but 0, the colours seems all weird, they go blocky and pixellated. This occurs on the PC (VGA) and Xbox 360 (Componant) connections. The photo below shows how it actually looks, and is not just the camera. Anybody got any ideas about what could be the problem? Thanks

Arsey · 26 Dec 2008 at 18:22

Nobody got any idea on what this could be? Only displays properly at 0 contrast.

Spyhop · 26 Dec 2008 at 18:55

Are you feeding it its native resolution?

Seems plain busted.

Arsey · 26 Dec 2008 at 19:31

wush said:
Are you feeding it its native resolution?

Seems plain busted.

Yeah it's at 1680x1050. What does the contrast actually mean? Why would setting it to 0 make it work (apart from being quite dark)

philjohn · 26 Dec 2008 at 22:43

Setting contrast to anything shouldn't affect the picture in this way, so it's definitely busted, RMA it.

Arsey · 27 Dec 2008 at 17:13

Just did some more tests. The DVI doesn't work at all, it recognises there is a cable plugged in but just goes black and the standby light flashes. However, when the DVI is plugged into a VGA convertor into the monitor, we can get a picture like how it was before, so it isn't the DVI cable.

So I think the DVI port is completly busted, and the monitor is unable to display componant or VGA displays at anything but 0 contrast. Seems a weird problem but I will just return it. Thanks for the help.