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Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of Computer and Video Monitors

55 points by WorldPeas

by autoexec

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> With new monitors going for under $200, the costs of any significant repair are no longer justifiable unless there is something unique about your monitor.
When it comes to CRTs this is probably more true today that it was when this was written. I can imagine a future though where more people seek to repair their non-CRT monitors as stores stop selling normal computer monitors to push "smart" monitors filled with ads and anti-features.
I've still got a massive sony trinitron desktop monitor that stopped working properly but is so heavy I've neglected to get rid of it. I keep hoping I'll come across some old TV repair guy who can give it life again for a reasonable fee because it was honestly the best monitor I ever had and I'd love to be able to use it again with older systems even though it weighs a ton, takes up a huge amount of space, and will throw off enough heat to raise the room temperature.

by Jordan-117

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Bit of a tangent but maybe this a good place to ask: I've been trying to diagnose a weird display issue on my 4K IPS monitor. It seems to have a stuck pixel, which looks bright green on a dark background. But weirdly, the pixel changes color if you move your head from left to right, cycling from bright green to hot pink to purple and then back to green (though it doesn't change color when moving your head up and down). Also, it seems to "float" slightly above the actual pixels. For ex, if I open a paint program and draw a straight vertical line directly adjacent to it, there's a gap when looked at from the right, but it seems to overlap the line when seen from the left.
Anybody experience an issue like this before, or know if it has a fix? I've searched but only find discussion of regular stuck/dead pixels.

by notherhack

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(2009) And this is about CRT monitors. Is there something like this for the LCD monitors we all use today?