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Sorry man, I simply meant if the dots there when the screens off, live with it or find a new tube. Defective was just a reference to the issue at hand. I'm sure It's nothing you've done.
As others have stated, if you can see the dot with the monitor off, your phosphor mask has developed a defect and the tube will need to be replaced.
Thank you (to you and everyone else replying). I guess I have to replace it. However, I was wondering if you knew how this phosphor mask defect occurs and could it even somewhat possibly been something I did? And is it a sign that this will just keep happening at different places in the display?
Manufacturing defect, most likely. A small speck of the phosphor mask has broken off or chipped off.
OK, thank you. I am trying to understand the technical sides of this. I can't really find much obout a phosphor mask. Do you mean shadow mask?
If you did mean shadow mask, from what I can tell, it's just a plate with holes in it for the phosphors to pass through. If that is the case, how would that get messed up since it's just a metal plate with holes?
Of course I probably have no idea what I am talking about but I like to learn so any info would be greatly appreciated.
Here read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_mask
And this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor
The beam goes through the mask and hits the phosphor in the right spot to light a color. People are suspecting that some of that material was somehow got damaged so that part of the screen isn't lighting up is all. It's probably nothing you did and to me looks really minor. Every monitor I've ever looked at had some kind of imperfection.
I would just use it as is and keep an eye out for a cheap/free compatible replacement tube on craigslist or something.
For things this large, fragile, and heavy, do you guys find UPS to be better and/or cheaper than USPS? I don't even know if USPS takes things this large and heavy. I am not trying to be lazy by asking here; my car is tiny and it is going to be quite a feat getting this in there and lugging it to the counter so the less trips the better!
Use FedEx their the most reasonable. just need to literally pack the crap out of it, to ensure safe delivery.
There is no way in heck I'd be shipping a monitor due to a single pixel being out... but that's just me.
I know. I must sound nuts. But I went out of my way to find one brand new just because I obsess over stuff like this. It's really, really annoying in games that do not have busy graphics (so basically anything from the 80s). But I admit I am very anal about this stuff.
It is going to be kind of ridiculous that I will have this 2nd monitor forever using up storage space in my home but it will make it easier for me to sleep knowing I won't be screwed in the future.
HAHAHA!
I have several extra monitors.
However, you might want to rethink storing in your garage. Not sure where you are located, but you don't want to store it where you have condensing temperature changes. Like cold to hot and high humidity or you will rust/wreak your new monitor in storage. Basements are a better choice than a garage. "End table" in the corner of your climate controlled game room is best.![]()