Monitor not displaying correctly unless at 0 contrast

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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

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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.
 
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