EEVblog #1107 - Shocking 4K BENQ Monitor Problem!
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked whenever someone reports a monitor blacking out from static electricity, as prior art on the same problem.
What it is
Dave Jones of EEVblog investigates why a 4K BenQ monitor switches itself off, tracing it to static discharge from an office chair. He uses an oscilloscope to examine the static impulses.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2019 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Cites dazzawazza · 2019-01 · on “Everytime Employee 2 walks by a cubicle, one of the screens blacks out”
I posted this to reddit but I'm more likely to get a reasonable discussion on here. [this video] Dave covers "static" turning off a monitor in this video. Could it be this?
Cites grumbel · 2023-04 · on “Check if your IKEA chair is compatible with your screen”
There is an old EEVblog[1] video on the topic. Mine doesn't do it from chairs, but it regularly blacks out if I turn on the nearby LED strip. [1] [this video]
Cites deckar01 · 2026-04 · on “Fix monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity in chair”
It looks like the youtube embed is broken. It is supposed to link to a EEV blog video. It is wild how many times someone brings me broken equipment and it turns out EEV blog has already investigated the same issue for the same device. [this video]