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Dell P1110 monitor not displaying perfect black

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/dell-p1110-monitor-not-displaying-perfect-black.65780/

yash
yash Original post #1
Aug 17, 2007 at 6:38 AM
hi, I hooked up an old crt monitor that I found in the house to my macbook pro to use as a secondary display. But I notice that the monitor is not displaying the perfect black. I have tried calibrating it with the utilities, and also tried messing around with brightness and contrast settings. but nothing seems to be helping a lot. The blacks are looking like dark bluish greys... Please help guys.
shantanu
Aug 18, 2007 at 3:01 PM
it seems your CRT is repaired... and some rpair guy has tightened the contrast srew in the CRT board.. take it to a repair guy.. and tell him to set the CRT to normal contrast range..
yash
yash #3
Aug 18, 2007 at 11:54 PM
Actually, I can't take it to any repair guy. The monitor is too heavy and I don't own a car. Plus, it'd be too expensive. I was just hoping someone could give me instructions on how to fix it.
V
VexByte #4
Aug 22, 2007 at 5:47 PM
yash said:
Actually, I can't take it to any repair guy. The monitor is too heavy and I don't own a car. Plus, it'd be too expensive. I was just hoping someone could give me instructions on how to fix it.
May be it's time for a replacement !
yash
yash #5
Aug 22, 2007 at 5:53 PM
yeah. it was replaced by a better monitor long ago. And that's why I have it now. And I figured if I want to use it, I might as well get it up and running in top shape.