Fried Monitor
M y best desktop monitor that I use for photo and video editing... 4K, IPS, 27", wide gamut, calibrated... has bit the dust. This was a stark and painful reminder that even the best computer will look like garbage if you use a low quality monitor. We awoke to a blackout at 6am this past Friday around the time when we had planned to get up out of bed before leaving for Long Island for the weekend. The power came on again just before it was time for us to head out the door so I never did check my computer. When I turned it on this morning, however, the screen was black. When we arrived home, I had problems getting our living room television to work too. It had the same problem... the screen was black. I immediately suspected this problem was due to the blackout and, fortunately, I managed to force a reboot on this expensive television and managed to get it to work again. Actually, I had to reboot numerous times but I got it working again. This morning, my thoughts immediat