First post, by sketchus
Just want to see what people think. I picked up this monitor yesterday, a Sony Multiscan 15sf. It's a lovely little Trinitron PC monitor. One thing I noticed though is that on solid colours, theres a pretty clear curved colour distortion effect. It doesn't effect geometry, just colour, and depending on the resolution it changes location, with some resolutions (the lower ones) not showing it at all.
I'm thinking this might just be normal, possibly moire, but would like to get some thoughts.
For reference, I had to edit the image slightly to make it easier to pick up on camera, and the distortion in the lower right/middle is from the camera, not the CRT. What I'm talking about is just to the left of the mouse, and runs top to bottom, with a curve, and that's visible to the naked eye.
This second image shows it more clearly. Left third of the screen.
Something I noticed is that if I use the controls to rotate the image, the line rotates with it, which makes me think it is more likely moire. If I move the image left to right, it stays in place.