XPost: sci.electronics.repair, sci.electronics.design, sci.elect   
   onics.equipment   
   From: baron@linuxmanic.net   
      
   DaveC Inscribed thus:   
      
   >> I would agree !  Probably a defect in the backlight tube/tubes.   
   >   
   > I've seen dark bands before (burnt out tube) but never a bright band.   
   > I suppose all but one could be dimmed...   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   > Dave   
      
   The tubes blacken at one end more than the other, so the brightness gets   
   turned up to compensate causing a bright area at one side. Double tube   
   displays do the same but because one tube is at the top and the other   
   at the bottom the bright area tends to be towards one corner.   
      
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