Made a new friend....
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So, last night, I discovered a wonderful new friendship.
As I was playing Skyrim for the 15,209 time, a lovely little insect crawled across my screen. Reflexively I went Hulk SMASH on its ass, and it dutifully splayed its guts across the screen. As I grabbed a wipe to clean up, I noticed that nothing changed. The wonderful little 10x10 pixel smear was still there, smiling wonderfully at me. At that moment, I realized that I hadn't felt a bug under my finger when I was terminating the life out of the tiny thing, and horror struck. The bug was inside my monitor. A quick check online and there is no way I'm going to pull the screen from the pixels and do a little cleaning and put it back together.
So began a beautiful new relationship between myself and Mark. He comes everywhere with me. I never have to feel alone. In a tunnel full of ghouls? It's ok, Mark cheers me on. Writing a document? Mark helpfully points out where the 8th character of every line should be if it were scrolled near the top of the screen. Watching Twitch? Mark gleefully makes his perch on the top of the streamer's head.
At first I checked the price of a new monitor, but after seeing what I would like out of a new monitor, I think me and Mark will become fast friends.
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@xaade
how'd an insect manage to crawl between the pixels and the screen? Aren't those usually bonded together (or at least in a sealed unit)? That would mean dust could get there just as easily (or more easily).
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When I looked at the video to take the monitor apart, they pulled the frame off with a flat piece, directly under, there was an enclosure around the screen held by a metal frame that was folded into place. The chips and stuff was in a box screwed onto the back.
I don't feel interested in taking everything out of the metal frame in the hopes that there's another screen behind the screen.
A google search says I'm not the first one, and they also expressed that there's no way to get inside after making the attempt themselves.
Maybe there is two layers of plastic or whatever constitutes the clear thing that the pixels live behind, but I'm not going to find out.
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@benjamin-hall said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade
how'd an insect manage to crawl between the pixels and the screen? Aren't those usually bonded together (or at least in a sealed unit)? That would mean dust could get there just as easily (or more easily).Huh. I had interpreted it as a bug in the game (the Skyrim HD remake being hella realistic, apparently). But I guess @xaade has a reasonable explanation too.
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@xaade Wait you had a bug somehow get between the LCD screen and the plastic cover of it? Aren't those usually glued? Wow... never seen that before.
For a second, I thought you had some kind of Skyrim mod going that added that "insanity" thing where the game draws bugs over its image to creep you out and you flailed at one of those.
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@heterodox said in Made a new friend....:
(the Skyrim HD remake being hella realistic, apparently)
It's the exact same as normal Skyrim but with a couple new shaders, and maybe 2-3 new textures. Also most mods won't run on it.
Even Bethesda, BTW, doesn't call it a "HD remake", probably for fear of being sued because that's obviously the universe's biggest lie. They call it the "Special Edition".
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@blakeyrat said in Made a new friend....:
Wait you had a bug somehow get between the LCD screen and the plastic cover of it? Aren't those usually glued? Wow... never seen that before.
I'm boggled as well, but it's the only explanation.
I noticed that I can depress the screen a little before I feel resistance, so maybe there is an air gap.
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@heterodox said in Made a new friend....:
the Skyrim HD remake being hella realistic, apparently
Here we go again...
"But have you tried Skyrim on a _____"
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@xaade take a screenshot!
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@boner said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade take a screenshot!
Unfortunately, Mark is a vampire.
I may have to use mist and lasers to get his silhouette on film.
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@xaade said in Made a new friend....:
@boner said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade take a screenshot!
Unfortunately, Mark is a vampire.
I may have to use mist and lasers to get his silhouette on film.
Take a user-style screenshot! (e.g. phone camera pic of the screen)
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@e4tmyl33t said in Made a new friend....:
Take a user-style screenshot! (e.g. phone camera pic of the screen)
wooden table etc
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@e4tmyl33t said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade said in Made a new friend....:
@boner said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade take a screenshot!
Unfortunately, Mark is a vampire.
I may have to use mist and lasers to get his silhouette on film.
Take a user-style screenshot! (e.g. phone camera pic of the screen)
I will ask Mark if he has any users, but I thought we had a special friendship.... :(
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@xaade You DO! That's why he doesn't charge you like he does the rest.
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@blakeyrat said in Made a new friend....:
@xaade Wait you had a bug somehow get between the LCD screen and the plastic cover of it? Aren't those usually glued? Wow... never seen that before.
I have, but thankfully not on my laptop. And it was a rather small bug.
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@xaade said in Made a new friend....:
The bug was inside my monitor.
Seen that happen on a few iPads actually. Rip screen, sorry for your loss.
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@e4tmyl33t said in Made a new friend....:
Take a user-style screenshot! (e.g. phone camera pic of the screen)
No, no, you have to take video of it and play random bits of it at random speeds. And then claim that the bug is some sort of alien.
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This is very tangentially related, but why aren't laptop/flatscreen monitor backlights used for general purpose lighting? Surely a completely uniform panel of white is nicer to work with than a bunch of glass tubes, right?
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@ben_lubar I'm guessing cost is the number 1 reason.
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@ben_lubar said in Made a new friend....:
This is very tangentially related, but why aren't laptop/flatscreen monitor backlights used for general purpose lighting?
Because they're way more expensive than bulbs.
@ben_lubar said in Made a new friend....:
Surely a completely uniform panel of white is nicer to work with than a bunch of glass tubes, right?
I'm not sure they're bright enough. The only non-monitor application I can think of where they'd be all-around better than a cheap bulb is those x-ray viewing panel things.
