I can't get this dumb monitor adjusted right.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

It’s mundane, it’s pointless, and I’ve been messing with it for half an hour now.

The whole screen is tilted a bit to the left and curved in at the sides. I can’t figure out if it’s my eyes or the black border that’s screwy, but I can’t figure out how to fix it.

It doesn’t help that I’ve got this little floating menu with five bizzare options for screwing with the monitor. Every time I touch one I mess up the other four some way and I have to reset the monitor to the original configuration.

Whatever happened to little twisty knobs? I could at least get the screen centered then. . .of course, I couldn’t do s*** if the screen was crooked, but I could center the friggin’ thing!
– Sylence

“Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?”

2

I dunno what to tell you. My monitor has a little button to adjust the rotation. Pincushioning is what the concave/convex sides is called. You probably have a button for this somewhere too. Might I suggest reading the manual? That’s what I do when everyting else fails.

3

I know what the options do, it’s just my execution that’s flawed.
– Sylence

“Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?”

4

Okay, just ignore me then. Of course, I guess you could always put a matchbook under the low side of the monitor. That’ll eliminate one adjustment.

5

Your best bet is to turn the screen around so it is facing the wall. I’ve found through much research that you will accomplish a lot more this way.

6

I tried that and got my butt kicked at Quake. No good. . .
– Sylence

“Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?”

7

It’s weird but they are adjusted at the factory based on the magnetic north & south direction.

Anyway, unplug it from wall for one minute at least. Plug it back in, let it warm up for 30 minutes [that’s how long you must do it before adjusting]. then adjust.

8

It looks fine now.