I've had an LCD monitor for a few months now (space-saver in a college dorm) and hadn't noticed any problems until today. It's an NEC MultiSync LCD 1735NXM, if it matters. The problem is that on all four sides of the screen, close to the edges, there's some strange effect that makes these portions of the monitor unviewable when the screen is dark. It's a pseudo-parabola, starting at the corners and rising, reaching a peak of about an inch from the center of the side, then falls back down to the other corner. The best way to describe the effect is to say its like viewing an LCD monitor or front/rear projection television from an angle. Straight-on it would like fine, but if you're too far or at an angle, it looks whitish/neon-blueish. It makes these portions of the screen all but unviewable.
Like in Windows where everything is bright, I never notice anything wrong. Play a DVD with a lot of black, or a dark game like Doom 3, and the crap around the edges is really noticeable. I can raise the brightness of the game to make it a smaller issue, but it's still there, and there's no way to get rid of it with DVDs. I've never done anything bad to the monitor, it just sits on my desk, and I've never noticed this issue until today. Is this kinda thing common? I can't imagine it was some physical damage as it's in the exact same formation on all 4 sides, so that would be quite the symmetrical accident, but who really knows. I've tried playing with the LCD monitor's settings (contrast, brightness, etc.) but can't seem to effect it at all.
Like in Windows where everything is bright, I never notice anything wrong. Play a DVD with a lot of black, or a dark game like Doom 3, and the crap around the edges is really noticeable. I can raise the brightness of the game to make it a smaller issue, but it's still there, and there's no way to get rid of it with DVDs. I've never done anything bad to the monitor, it just sits on my desk, and I've never noticed this issue until today. Is this kinda thing common? I can't imagine it was some physical damage as it's in the exact same formation on all 4 sides, so that would be quite the symmetrical accident, but who really knows. I've tried playing with the LCD monitor's settings (contrast, brightness, etc.) but can't seem to effect it at all.
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