# I can't get this dumb monitor adjusted right. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069 "2000-03-22T22:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/1 "2000-03-22T22:57:00Z")
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?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/2 "2000-03-22T23:07:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/3 "2000-03-22T23:22:00Z")
I know what the options do, it’s just my execution that’s flawed. – Sylence * * * “Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/4 "2000-03-22T23:27:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/5 "2000-03-23T02:05:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/6 "2000-03-23T05:50:00Z")
I tried that and got my butt kicked at Quake. No good. . . – Sylence * * * “Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/7 "2000-03-23T17:09:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-this-dumb-monitor-adjusted-right/15069/8 "2000-03-23T17:46:00Z")
It looks fine now.