The mysterious death of the cursed monitor

Since it is Halloween, Gadgetell is taking a look at some the tech horror stories our writers have experienced. Here is one tale.

This is a true story of my encounter with a monitor of the worst kind. I have always relied on CRTs for two main reason; the first is the consistently good picture quality it provides and the second was that I couldn’t bear to pay for a new one. However, one day it occurred to me that two monitors are better than one, so after investigating my graphics card I borrowed a VGA-to-DVI adapter from a friend (it was a very nice lilac color!).

So, I squeezed two clunky 15″ CRTs onto my desk, the table creaking in protest and that is where the problems started. Firstly, the cable, non detachable, could not reach the PC. Fifteen minutes, later I moved the PC, connected the two monitors up, and switched it on. . . .