"Mark C. Barron" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My brother recently purchased a really nice Mag XJ700T 17" .25dp monitor.
>
> After we got it home and set up, we noticed that there were two horizontal
> lines
> crossing the full width of the monitor. The first is about 1.5" from the
> top and
> the second an equal distance from the bottom.
>
> The retailer claims that this is normal for Sony Trinitron picture
> tubes.  We looked
> at their display model, and sure enough, they have the same two lines.

Yes, these are an artifact of the Sony Trinitron tube. They are support wires
for the mask. They are usually only visible on light backgrounds. They appear on
all their monitors, even the 19" ones we use at work. You get used to them, or
they just aren't visible most of the time (darker colors on screen).


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