Malke,
While I understand the humor in what I posted (I laughed at the
technician as well when I was first told it back in the early 90's) -
it is a
documented recommendation for CRT (Viewsonic anyway) monitors. An
hilarious one, but...
http://www.viewsonic.com/support/qa.cfm?topic=crt&question=02
About the second paragraph:
Turn the monitor to face different directions. The monitor is
recommended to face East for optimum display.
I asked "Why?" between fits of laughter years ago and the response
(frighteningly) almost made sense.
The larger CRTs have less magnetic shielding than the smaller ones
because of their bulk and the sheer weight extra shielding would add
to an already
hefty product.. Therefore - they are actually more susceptible to the
earth's magnetic field than smaller cousins with better shielding.
An interesting discussion (as interesting as something like this could
be...) I found here:
http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/sam/crtfaq.htm
Just search for the text:
"Best Direction to Face a Monitor" and read from there down.
It *is& indeed funny - but strangely rooted in fact
The "if near a wall" thing is from experience. I had one wall in my
last apartment that had LOTS of electrical wiring running through it -
obviously
about 3-6 foot up the wall and parallel to the floor. Nothing else
around my monitor could explain it (because there was noting else) and
setting the monitor to 60Hz fixed the issue - because it matched
frequencies with the corresponding disturbance. heh
