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display - Philips Brilliance monitor periodically shifts screen by 2 pixels and cuts off screen borders


I noticed a strange issue with my new Philips Brilliance 242B7 (23.8") monitor: more or less every 5 minutes, the image moves 2 pixels vertically or horizontally.


The problem is that when the image moves, the border in that direction is cut off by 2 pixels. Here's some picture (taken obviously with a smartphone, since a screenshot from the OS wouldn't show the issue).


Lower border normal: enter image description here


Lower border cut (note the incomplete Classic Shell Start button on the left and the missing blue lines): enter image description here


Upper border normal: enter image description here


Upper border cut: enter image description here


Left border normal (this is an icon left-aligned on the desktop): enter image description here


Left border cut: enter image description here


Switching the monitor off and on again solves (temporarily) the problem.


There is no "adjust picture" or similar option in the monitor settings that I could try to use.


The monitor is set to 2560x1440 (native resolution) and is connected to the computer via DisplayPort. The computer has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphic card.


I run Windows 10 Home, and here's is a post from a Mac user having the same issue on a Philip Brilliance 258B6QJEB monitor: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/315894-weird-issue-with-my-gpu-or-monitor-image-moving-1-px/


What could be the cause and how to fix it?



Answer



Based on nothing more than an educated guess - & not remembering the actual technical term of it initially - this would appear to be a hardware feature of the screen itself...


Pixel Orbiting.


A screen-saver mechanism intended to prevent burn-in on static images.


It's accessed via the OSD according to the manual, page 8 - available from Philips https://www.download.p4c.philips.com/files/2/242b7qpteb_00/242b7qpteb_00_dfu_eng.pdf


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