Fuzzy, blurry screen

I have recently noticed that my screen suddenly goes fuzzy, all windows open and the desktop blurs out for a few seconds, then it seems to correct itself. Is the monitor on my G5 going? The sysem is just 2 years old.
G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Sounds like you have a CRT. When this happens, is there a noise associated with the blurriness? Sometimes CRTs arc over internally and the grid voltages collapse and come back slowly like that.

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