Re: LaCie Electron 22 blue 2 nightmare
Re: LaCie Electron 22 blue 2 nightmare
- Subject: Re: LaCie Electron 22 blue 2 nightmare
- From: Boris Oicherman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:05:59 +0200
My Blue 22" just on the way to LaCie for replacement because of convergence
and ghosting problems, looks like they have some serial problem..
However, I had this "Red Black" problem too, somehow it's gone after few
re-calibrations. But it still has reddish cast on grays
Boris
On 4/7/01 7:50, "email@hidden"
<email@hidden> wrote:
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Message: 6
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From: "shawn austin" <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: LaCie Electron 22 blue 2 nightmare
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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:38:21 -0700
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I have a new Lacie Electron 22 blue 2 monitor (my 5th replacement, 3 due to
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convergence and other problems, long story). It displays black as dark
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reddish brown. The outer edges of the screen are brown. In photoshop or
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quark a box filled with black or RGB values of zero display as dark red
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brown. At start-up and shut-down the screen goes brown. Using a mac dual
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533, system 9.1, in the monitor control panel, for adjusting brightness,
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with the monitors brightness control down to zero, both halves of the "guide
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square" are still clearly visible, and the center oval is fairly bright
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brown. Using the Blue Eye calibrator, does not change this situation. It
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sets brightness to zero as well, and there is no change in the brown issue.
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its as though the monitor is too bright?
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This is the second monitor from LaCie that has this problem. They have
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advised me they will respond once they have run some tests on the previous
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one. I have tried different locations, video cards, cables and computers,
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as advised by LaCie tech advisors. They have told me its my flourescent
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room lighting (I don't have this), and I work in a dark room. They told me I
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should be working at 9300 degrees, not 6500 ???
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Yesterday I used a friends Lacie Electron 22 Blue 2, its perfect (slight
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convergence), definately no brown problems!
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The Blue eye cable (connecting the monitor to the computer) causes severe
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ghosting on the screen. The original monitor cable does not cause this
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problem. A replacement Blue eye cable has the same problem. LaCie has no
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answer to this, I've been waiting a month!
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Any suggestions? I would gladly change brands at this time, however
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Computerware where I purchased the monitor initially in March, just went out
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of business.
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Thanks, Shawn