Dell P1110 monitor not displaying perfect black

[yash]

hi, I hooked up an old crt monitor that I found in the house to my macbook pro to use as a secondary display. But I notice that the monitor is not displaying the perfect black. I have tried calibrating it with the utilities, and also tried messing around with brightness and contrast settings. but nothing seems to be helping a lot. The blacks are looking like dark bluish greys... Please help guys.

[shantanu]

it seems your CRT is repaired... and some rpair guy has tightened the contrast srew in the CRT board.. take it to a repair guy.. and tell him to set the CRT to normal contrast range..

[yash]

Actually, I can't take it to any repair guy. The monitor is too heavy and I don't own a car. Plus, it'd be too expensive. I was just hoping someone could give me instructions on how to fix it.

[VexByte]

Originally Posted by yash

Actually, I can't take it to any repair guy. The monitor is too heavy and I don't own a car. Plus, it'd be too expensive. I was just hoping someone could give me instructions on how to fix it.

May be it's time for a replacement !

[yash]

yeah. it was replaced by a better monitor long ago. And that's why I have it now. And I figured if I want to use it, I might as well get it up and running in top shape.