Studio / Cinema display corner is not as bright

reg

I have an Apple Studio / Cinema 22" that is almost 4 years old. The bottom left corner has lost some of its brightness. The rest of the screen is still good. I have done re-calibration and this does not change that corner. Is age starting to catch up with this monitor? Is there a utility that might bring the brightness back? It use to be connected to a G4 400 and now it is connected to a G5 dual 2.0 with a 20" monitor also connected. Disconnecting the second monitor does not brighten the light corner.



reg

ipodandimac

well, 4 years in the computer world is a long time... but it still sucks. no ideas here...

neutrino23

I have the same display and notice it is not as bright as before. I used to run it a few clicks below maximum brightness. Now I run it at maximum brightness. I suspect that the problem you are seeing (an me too) is that the lights behind the display are starting to go out.



I don't know why one part of the bulb would wear out faster but I'm not well experienced in that area.



Do you think the monitor ever had a shock? I dropped an older powerbook and the result was funny lighting in one corner, probably due to some shifting of stuff stuff between lamps and the display.



I just found a web site that sells replacement lights for the cinema display.



http://www.monitoronsale.com/product...ductID=900220B



It might be worth giving them a call.

I've bookmarked it for the future.

reg

As for as I know it hasn't had any shocks, unless the kids did something. This has been a real good monitor and still has a good picture. I also maxed out the brightness and just don't use that section when viewing pictures. The area in question for me is 2" x 4 1/2". So it is not that big of an area considering to total area of the monitor. $20 is not bad for a replacement bulb if that is what it is. Thanks



reg