Monitor is getting slow to turn on?

[Bill_S]

I've got a 20" PC monitor that is taking a long time to turn on.  You plug it in and power it up, then wait about 5 minutes to get a picture.
If I turn it off, and then right back on, it seems to power up normally.
Also, after it's been on a long time, the picture slowly fades back off.

Any ideas on what causes this?
Is the tube going bad??

[spectre]

I would assume that it means it's broke, and since the tube displays the picture, it's probably the tube, but i dunno anything, just my assumption

[StephenH]

I would assume it is either the tube or something in the power supply.

[u_rebelscum]

I've got a 20" PC monitor that is taking a long time to turn on.  You plug it in and power it up, then wait about 5 minutes to get a picture.
If I turn it off, and then right back on, it seems to power up normally.
Also, after it's been on a long time, the picture slowly fades back off.

Any ideas on what causes this?
Is the tube going bad??

I had a monitor behave exactly like that at work.  They took it into the shop, and it came back fixed for ~$100 IIRC.  (not out of my pocket, so I didn't really note the amount at the time).  IIRC, it was a cap problem, but again, it was not my personal monitor, so I didn't bring it in nor did I ask much about it.

Not much info, sorry.

[Bill_S]

That helps actually.  This is a monitor at work they are getting ready to throw away.   They just replaced it because of the mentioned behavior.
I've got a gate pass to take it home, but didn't know if it was worth my hassle.  
Maybe it is...