I have a 19" Sony Trinitron located about 2.5 feet from a Samsung monitior. If I turn the TV on while the monitor is running, I get a "degaussing" effect whereby the monitor image shakes for an instant. Does having the tv in such location hurt my monitor? Any shielding material available (moving the tv is not an option--I use it to display some panels).Thanks

I wonder if it is possible that this is just due to a momentary drop in your house line-voltage, during the power surge to power-up the TV? If you have two monitors and a TV (and probably the associated computers) all close together, they are probably on a single breaker/fuse. Once the voltage stabilizes after the TV is up, life is good again...I doubt very much if the proximity of one monitor or TV, relative to another, would have any damaging effect, nor do I believe that any "shielding" would help. Somebody can prove me wrong :-)Art.

I have to agree with Art.I use to fix video arcade games and we placed them all side by side. The monitors were within inches of each other at times. Some games had two monitors in them that actually touched. I have seen what you are talking about when the arcade is fired up and all the games come on at once. I thought the same thing until Art just gave a very valid explanation. After a few secs they all settled down and made money.http://www3.telus.net/dport1/dansig.jpg

Thanks guys. Art, I think you've nailed it as I indeed have everything connected to one stabilizer connected to one wall socket. The stabilizer even makes a slight groan when I fire up the TV with everything running. Good to know I'm not hurting anything. Only problem is a slight (almost inmperciptible) wavy interference at monitor's edge near tv. I can live with that.

Actually, I would beg to differ with the responses (with all due respect, of course). The only reason I do is because I had a similar problem with my monitor being in proximity to my TV (through a hollow, interior wall). I got the same "shimmering" effect. I swapped plugs and it did take care of some, but not all.In an unrelated reason, I had attempted to connect a small personal fan (like they sell in Wal-Mart) to try and keep air circulating around my computer in an enclosed desk. Well, my monitor totally flipped out with the same shimmering effect, only much more pronounced. The closer the fan, the more it would shimmer. When the fan was about 5' (yes, that's five FEET) away, the shimmering was almost all gone.The effect is from the electromagnetic field from these devices. Our TV's are relatively high quality and shield themselves rather well. That fan was a piece of junk and did no shielding. I looked into EMF shield for monitors (they are industrial applications) and they started at something like $400 for a 15" monitor. A bit pricey for a funning looking box. I did later move my monitor away from my TV while they were plugged into the same "line" receptacle and the shimmering DID go away after I moved the monitor about 2'.So, there you go. Pretty neat, huh?Chris

Thanks for the info.

I was thinking about this a bit more. There are things that will effect your monitor. Make sure your bass speaker is not near it. It has a big honk'in magnet in it. An older telephone will bother it. Just make sure there is nothing that has a magnet (which should not even be in the same room as your computer if possible) near it. Make sure that older electric or cheap "Wal-Mart" appliances are around it.Sheilding is a factor.http://www3.telus.net/dport1/dansig.jpg