I did finely break down & did get a new moniter.
All my photos posted on this site where when i had my old (7 yrs old)cheap one till now - now i have a new cheap one& its much better. So i think many of my photos where edited to light in contrast& brightness etc because of it.
The old one effected my editing etc- it showed everything very dark- i couldnt even see some ppls pictures much at all with it.(it also didnt show much of the colors etc- like in these redneck birds i took in the summer- they just mostly looked black before- no neck color etc)
So now hopefully i can both view& edit my pictures a little better& less light in contrast etc