[CLUE-Tech] Hardware question: monitor

[Adam Bultman]

>
> Well, given that it's a vacuum, air pressure would tend, initially, to
> suck the fragments inwards (implosion). However, the rebounds might not be
> something I'd want my head in the way of. The rapid and sudden air
> movement probably causes unpredictable currents, carrying shards, and bits
> of phosphor, in various directions.
>


I shot one with a .410 slug; it imploded, then the glass fell outwards
upwards of 12 inches or so.  The vapors coming out would probably be more
worrisome than the shards of glass.


My monitors (all of them) click when changing modes, but not refresh
rates, and my monitor at work makes a high 'eeeeeeeee' noise at a 75 Hz
refresh rate, but not 85.



> I can't imagine switching between supported resolutions (i.e. refresh
> rates, actually) could cause any physical damage. Whether "overclocking"
> your monitor could actually cause the tube to fracture, I don't know. I
> wouldn't guess for such a spectacular failure mode.
>
> Oh, BTW, my Sony monitor makes audible "mode shift" noises too.
>
> jed
>
>

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