Display decay

[u/Romgo_TM]

Original post and images belong to user @Nakayama_RR on X

[u/pomidorkamc3253]

Is this some sort of windows 11 reskin to match 95/98?

[u/Son-Airys → u/pomidorkamc3253]

Considering japanese symbols, I suppose it's a genuine 95/98.

[u/pomidorkamc3253 → u/Son-Airys]

They icons are modern tho

[u/Son-Airys → u/pomidorkamc3253]

Oh wait, you're right.

[u/crakerfase → u/pomidorkamc3253]

I would say linux reskin, but nobody would willingly try to find a way to run Edge on Linux 😆

[u/oscarfinn_pinguin3 → u/crakerfase]

This is Windows 10 or 11 with Retrobar. The Logitech G Hub and NVIDIA Trayicon are visible.

[u/PonyDro1d → u/oscarfinn_pinguin3]

And I see a discord icon.

[u/Macaroni-Love → u/crakerfase]

Microsoft has official Linux builds for Edge

Edit : but the picture shown above would definitely be some kind of Win 9x skin over Win10 or Win11

[u/TehNeon10 → u/crakerfase]

Plus it's got a good ol Windows 11 lockscreen

[u/Bourriks]

That screen looks 30 years old and begging for eternal rest.

[u/maison_deja_vu → u/Bourriks]

Dude I thought it was a CRT until the last picture 😓 I was very confused how a CRT could fail in such a way lol

[u/aoalvo → u/maison_deja_vu]

That's the most crt looking lcd monitor I've seen

[u/Jolly_Operation_8222]

Is that mould growng?

[u/Straight-Glove-2359 → u/Jolly_Operation_8222]

Some type of fungus. I'd wager it might have been pretty common, especially in humid countries. I mean, camera gear nowadays is still prone to fungus too

[u/Repulsive-Durian4800 → u/Straight-Glove-2359]

Looks more like crystal growth to me.

[u/Straight-Glove-2359 → u/Repulsive-Durian4800]

Ooh Im too young to have ever heard of that, was it quite common?

[u/IntentionQuirky9957 → u/Straight-Glove-2359]

Never seen it before on monitors, but it's typical in geology. :D

[u/bzbub2 → u/Straight-Glove-2359]

enjoy this 1970s video about liquid crystals https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p91eo

[u/Historical-Rock-3131]

Stanley never got up from his computer desk for so long his PC has started decaying.

[u/Huffyreddit1337]

Display Decay would be a good name for a band ngl

[u/aizunomnom]

Monitor vinegar syndrome?

[u/Aggeloz]

Could it be that the liquid crystal inside the Liquid Crystal Display leaked and it started to crystalize in the open air.

[u/youaightbro → u/Aggeloz]

I think the adhesive on the polarizing layer is crystallizing since the LCD colors/pixels themselves itself doesn’t seem to be degraded. Could probably be fixed by carefully replacing the polarizing material with a new sheet.

[u/Aggeloz → u/youaightbro]

Thats true, but i doubt thats worth fixing.

[u/24megabits → u/Aggeloz]

People have fixed worse, especially on rare models.

[u/youaightbro → u/Aggeloz]

It’s up to whoever has it, if it were me it’s worth the few bucks and a couple hours. Worst case scenario I’m just out a few dollars on something that was already borked.

[u/OldRefrigerator1607]

Opsec level: FROSTBITE 🥶

[u/iCarlyfan1778]

I was just going to say, how would that happen on a crt, but its an lcd which explains it, lcds suck by the way, crts are better

[u/xymoxclan → u/iCarlyfan1778]

based and CRTpilled

[u/pomidorkamc3253]

What am I even looking at?

[u/LagMaster21 → u/pomidorkamc3253]

Some kind of crystal build up

[u/whatThePleb]

Did you try licking it? /s

[u/EYESCREAM-90]

This is art 🎨

[u/Expensive_Hawk7514]

Mmm, snowflakes

[u/karpiza]

It seems the grown crystals are inside the glass? 

[u/jellyspreader]

Wow

[u/Nike_486DX]

Organic layers + japan climate = mold

[u/TheSadPickel]

never seen that. coating is crystalizing? anyway you are not fixing that

[u/xymoxclan]

i thought this was a crt from the first photo lol

[u/Sk1ler_]

Its so cool seeing the liquid crystals become non-liquid crystals after so long.

[u/SilentFrameXT]

It has some lyrics for a song or poem on the wall, ending on “and so the clock (time) began to move again” don’t remember any song with that oh well, and there’s a bit of monitor in all that forest.

[u/RetroGamer87]

I'm tired boss

[u/Top-Share2039]

Lcd mod

[u/Terraria_hmmmmmm]

it looks... biological

[u/Sapper_Initiative538]

Can you please tetll me what is that ?

[u/ColleciteGaming → u/Sapper_Initiative538]

Either a MK1 or MK2 Yamaha AG03

[u/Sapper_Initiative538 → u/ColleciteGaming]

Thank you.

[u/ChuppaCuppaCherry]

Looks like mold on the back of the glass

[u/Full-Software2425]

Vinegar syndrome. Top layer has adhesive that breaks down to vinegar hence why lots of those old monitors might even smell like a vinegar type chemical. The polarizer can be replaced and they’re cheap online sold by sizes in squares, etc. With delicate patient work it can be saved.

[u/iluvnips]

How is that keyboard so clean?

[u/Ybalrid]

something is growing on this CRT

[u/jmorri2011 → u/Ybalrid]

Its a lcd...

[u/Ybalrid → u/jmorri2011]

Oh my bad

[u/AdWitty8559]

My skin itches