bottom half of my monitor is significantly darker than the top half

[hidorah]

for some reason the top half of my monitor is much brither than the bottom half. i dont know why, i only discovered this today, also when i would turn off my monitor for like an hour or so and turn it back on, the bottom half would have a slight red tint to it. monitor is samsung syncmaster t220

[OhioYJ]

Double check your connections. It sounds like the display is going bad. You could try it on another device if that's an option just to be sure. 

[BobVonBob]

Sounds to me like the backlight partially going out. Your monitor is over 10 years old after all.

[hidorah]

update: screen went completely dark for a couple of seconds before i turned it off and on

 

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, hidorah said:

update: screen went completely dark for a couple of seconds before i turned it off and on

 

Sounds like the backlight is going out.