Desktop shifting - need advice

[Feisters]

I bought a KDS VS7i monitor for a system I just built. When I open a window, there is a noticeable shift of the desktop to the left. When I minimize or close the window, the desktop shifts back to the right. I've only seen this kind of thing on old monitors that were about to give up the ghost; not a brand new monitor.

Curious, I checked the monitors on my systems: a one year old 19" KDS, a two year old 17" Sony, and a four year old 15" NEC. The 17" Sony does not do it. The 19" KDS has a barely perceptible shift (I never even noticed it until I went looking), and the 15" NEC really shifts left and up (I picked it off a junk pile, so I don't care).

The Sony is aperture grill. Both KDS's and the NEC are shadow mask. Questions:

Is this normal for shadow mask monitors?
Should I take this 17" KDS back?
Should I consider the 17" Viewsonic Optiquest?

This system is for my dad, and I've been instructed to keep the cost down. I spread the budget over the entire system, so that's why I'm shopping a low to mid end 17" monitor (under $200). He's 70 years old, so he might not even notice the desktop shifting. But I know it's there, and would rather it not be. Besides, I don't want it to be a harbinger of things to come.

Thanks.

 

[Feisters]

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[Hawk]

Actually I've seen a similar problem but don't know how to fix it either. It's a pretty new 17" monitor, and depending on what's on the screen, it would shrink and expand on the sides...sorry, can't help ya.

 

[hans007]

actually on my old 19" KDS, and my 17" tatung, the desktop would grow by like a pixel on both ends if i maximized IE. dont know if thats what you are talking about. my new 19" KDS (this one is trinitron, the old one was a shortneck one, and well it broke also) if doesnt do it. then again i've got a different vid card now, so it might be your vid card.

 

[arod324]

Well, I also have a KDS 17". It doesn't have the problem that you have, but one that is somewhat similar. Randomly, the desktop size will shrink..... and then it will grow back to the normal size sometime later. I haven't found any way to fix it, but I currently manually adjust the monitor when it does that.

 

[Feisters]

I checked this monitor on other systems, and it did the same thing (desktop shifts left by several pixels). I then contacted KDS tech. support and they said it definitely should not be doing that, and to return it. Because the system I am building is budgeted, I have to stay with a lower-end 17" monitor. When I return the KDS, I think I'll opt for the Viewsonic Optiquest Q71 instead.

 

[Hawk]

I don't think it's just KDS's. I've had an Acer and a Mag and a Proview and they all kinda did something weird.