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Originally Posted by cyrnel
Jimellow, did you understand the suggestions?
I would still need to know if results varied by location, if you've looked around for sources of interference, or if the driver or color settings on the _computer_ affected the situation. Messing with the monitor settings is just compensating.
Yes, it's possible for a bad signal to damage some CRTs, but generally not an LCD. LCDs will go blank or flop to a "invalid signal" screen if the input goes out of bounds. CRT's can suicide by trying to overscan wildly or match goofy timings.
All that aside, if you want a new computer I'd just make sure location isn't the issue. It'd be annoying to find a new system had similar problems from interference.
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Well, the computer is in the corner, near a dresser. There is a TV on the other side of the room, with a stereo. Moving the PC around has no effect.
I also notice that when I view a very bright website, with a primarily white background, and then minimize to my desktop (which is all black), the icons and text is very dark in nature. When I watch movies with colored text on a white background, the gray bars extend both ways, as described above.
In general, there doesn't seem to be much potential for intereference in my room. The PC is in the opposite corner, and on the floor, away from wires and other electronic devices. When I put in up on my desk or in another portion of the room, there is no change.
As for changing the color settings through the device driver, I am not sure how to do that. I'm only familiar with editing gamma, etc. via the Display options in Control Panel.
There are so many things going wrong here it's a little discouraging. I have horizontal bar action going on, as well as varying brightness depending on previous screen viewing, blocks of gray text that are extending from images both ways, and a general hit or miss ability to see clearly what in on screen. One thing that does consistently look superb are images and pictures, but other than that it is hard to get a grasp on a single problem/issue.
My initial thought was that it was a monitor issue, and since my previous monitor was on the fritz/decline anyway, buying a new monitor is an acceptable expense for me. That being said, I am not going to invest more into the PC itself, because it is dated and showing its age. I assume it's the video card, primarily because I am not sure what else it can be, aside from intereference, which doesn't seem to be the case from my experiments.
Thanks again for the reply and suggestions. I am not sure what it is, but it's a little frustrating to have this problem linger. Like you said, it would suck pretty hard to get a new PC and still have the issue remain, but I honestly think it is more of a current PC issue than I do an intereference issue, but again, I am not totally sure either way. Hell, maybe I got two monitors with identical problems, despite them being different formats (box vs flat), manufactured by different companies, and constructed over three years apart. I honestly have no idea at this point.. I do appreciate the responses and suggestions though.