My TV is 8 inches away from my monitor, and that is what caused the
problem. My TV has always been this close to my monitor, however, so any
idea as to why the bar just started to appear? I updated the driver on my
video card, which may have changed the refresh rate on my monitor. Should I
experiment with different refresh rates, or does this have nothing to do
with the problem at all?

Thanks,

Sunil Bector

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>
>I live in an apartment building, and receive TV using "rabbit ears".  I
>noticed a similar problem with one channel.  The grey band was the
>"black" band between frames of an interfering television signal.  It
>scrolled slowly down (could have been up) due to a slight difference in
>frame rates between the two stations.
>
>After the "main" station shut down, the interfering signal became clear
>enough to read - including the telephone number of the cable TV company,
>as they were running a promotion.  I telephoned them, leaving a message
>explaining the problem.  They never called back - but the problem went
>away within 48 hours.
>
>I suspect that you are receiving an interfering signal with almost the
>same frame rate.  Could it be a similar system nearby?  Or a TV broadcast?
>
>Boyd Ramsay
>
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