Monitor problems..

Is there a driver available for the specific Samsung model that he is using?
If so is that driver loaded and current?
Other than that the only thing that comes to mind are cables or connections .

There Ya go.

Is it new enough to have an on-screen display adjustment? Is that fuzzy?

If not check the display settings - sometimes cleartype and/or other settings can make things fuzzy.

Mike.

Also make sure the monitor is pluged in 100% all the way

Thanks guys!

To answer a few.
Tried it with and without clear type - no help.
The new LCD only has one refresh rate, 60 Hertz. We tried different refresh rates on the old CRT.

What is "degauss it"?

The thing I don't understand is that you get the same effect on the LCD as well as the CRT? Indeed points to the gfx card being the suspect in this case.

One thing to note about LCD's btw, if you do not use the native resolution of the LCD screen, then the effects can be horrible, like real fuzzy images when using lower resolutions, or weird aliasing effects if you go higher than the native resolutions.

The reason for this: interpolation techniques used by LCD monitors are horrendously bad. CRT's definitely have the best of that world, because when using CRT you always have an (analogue) interpolation issue so this was always taken into account by manufacturers. With LCD's if you stick to native resolution, there is no interpolation issue, and so, somehow they've never really taken care of that properly. I found that out the hard way when trying to install some old kid games on my system with a new LCD monitor. It's a pain in the ass.

Degaussing is often needed when some simpleton has placed their speakers too close to the screen. If the monitor doesn't have a degauss button then switching on an off quickly will usually do the trick as most have a coil around the tube to degauss on power on. For badly damaged screens use a degaussing coil, if unavailable use a hair dryer!