Calab wrote:

><void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:a5be52d6-87ee-4f90-a0dc-8f06257e53a9@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> Someone just gave me a 19" CRT monitor, and I noticed a geometry
>> problem with it. It seems that the top edge and bottom edge of the
>> image are not parallel with the top and bottom of the monitor. The
>> right side of the top edge and bottom edge of the image touch the top
>> and bottom of the screen, but the left side of the top edge and bottom
>> edge are a few millimeters from touching the top and bottom of the
>> screen.
>
>CRT monitors are designed to have about a 1/4 inch of blank display all the
>way around the picture.

Since when? Ideally, the image shoud cover 100% of the usable area.
(Of course, the tube itself is larger than that.)

>Set it this way and you probably won't notice the misalignment.

Not sure why not...