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Jun

18

A New Monitor

Filed Under Humanis Rex!, My Comics | 2 Comments

My old monitor had been going screwy since late last year. It developed a slight flicker on top of the screen which disappeared after the monitor warmed up a bit. The flicker disappeared after longer and longer periods of time, until it never went away at all.

I’ve had to resort to shrinking the screen a little bit so the flicker goes away. The flicker seemed to grow as I shrunk and flattened my screen even more, until I couldn’t shrink it anymore. I really should have bought a monitor by then, but I didn’t. It’s still working! I reasoned. Although by this time, I was effectively getting 10″ out of a 17″ monitor.

The thing that probably convinced me to get a new one was when I got the latest issue of Fudge Magazine and I realized my colors are printing lighter than I thought they would. It turns out my monitor was getting darker, and ill proportioned as well. I still draw my stuff on paper, but I letter on the computer. I drew a word balloon I thought was a perfect circle on the last page of Humanis Rex!, only to find out that upon printing, it was sort of elliptical. Kind of egg like.

I thought well, time for a new monitor! Lesson learned: don’t mind spending on the important things!

PS. Strange how things look so skinny and tall in this new monitor.

Comments

2 Responses to “A New Monitor”

  1. Ed on June 18th, 2007 11:06 am

    You should have bought an LCD…and a couple of chickens! :P

    Full-screen mode ka na ulit ng mga pornicles! :D

    Enjoy, man.

    -e

  2. Jaime on June 19th, 2007 1:06 am

    I totally agree with Ed, an LCD is a very good choice.
    Less heat, low power consumption and less strain on the eyes.

    Balak ko nga rin bumili ng LCD kapag naka-afford na ako.
    Problems ko lang sa LCD kung sakali…
    …mawawalan ng tambayan yung pusa ko, saka…
    …baka makalmot rin ng pusa yung LCD. :)