[quote=3hundred] Regardless of your view of monitors, he's got to figure out why two monitors in a row and maybe the old one were unsatisfactory. My guess is he needs a video card because the onboard video feed is dying. A longer shot is his HDMI cable may be bad, never seen a bad HDMI cable but suppose it could happen? [/quotTe]

The original monitor was 15? years old and was losing segments on red colors in particular areas or the screen.

The 1st replacement (Acer) would go totally off and then back on rapidly usually 4 or 5 times. It was very random. Playing with the power supply plug seemed to settle it down for a few day or three.

So, that led to the current unit which is fine but the whites can be a bit bright o certain sites or when using certain programs while others are fine. I don't recall this issue with the Acer unit. This is way outside my wheelhouse so thought I might get some education here