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Bad for the monitor?

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Snutten

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Hi
I have a rather unusual question!
I recently got an expensive Sony monitor which I love. Scince it is only 17 inch, I want to set the size of it as big as possible (no black borders). Is it in any way harmfull or makes the monitor last shorter if you stretch the size of the picture more than the tubesize? I mean a little bigger so that you use its size to maximum.
I now that many of my friends do this but i do not think they have thought of this possible problem.
 
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You want to stretch the "desktop" so it spans EDGE-to-EDGE?
??Sorry if i sound confused, as i would never use a monitor where it WAS NOT designed for maximum EDGE-to-EDGE stretching.

The answer is no problems at all, it was designed for you to set it for maximum EDGE-to-EDGE viewing. Heck, if you wanted to zoom in farther i serously doubt it would damage anything, unless you left it at max brightness/contrast and left it that was for a long time.

Enjoy your Sony...

EDIT: ok, i re-read your post again...
Actually, that is a good question, perhaps someone who has worked with Monitor picture tubes could answer. I wonder if stretching the desktop beyond it visible width-(say 20% too large) would do any damage, i still doubt it would. Perhaps someone else can confirm or deny this...
 
No problem whatsoever. They are made to be adjusted border to border all the way. In all the years I've had monitors I've always adjusted to the full width of the screen with no problems, especially with a Sony.
 
Running full screen is not a problem from a longevity point of view.
Some manufacturers default the viewable area very small. It is a known fact that focus and convergence will fall off in the corners and around the edges of the display. By defaulting to a small viewable size some of these artifacts are hidden in the black boarder. I guess they are betting that most people will not use the controls to stretch the image out to full size. When I evaluate monitors side by side the first thing I do is set the viewable size the same on both in order to make certain I'm comparing apples to apples. After all if I'm going to spend money on a large screen monitor I want to use all the real-estate I can.

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Cornerstone / Monitorsdirect.com
 
I have read that if you stretch the picture over the "black border" it can corrupt it in those areas. This is however not any problem on my G200.
 
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