Media Station displaying inverted colors

Question

Why is the monitor on the teacher instructor podium in the classroom displaying these funky tye dye looking inverted colors?

 

Environment

  • GRCC Multimedia Stations
  • Lenovo L197 monitors

 

Information

There are certain classrooms with older Lenovo 19" L197 monitors that have a different Firmware that trips the High Definition Content Protection. This can come from sources such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Spotify Web Player.

It will display similar to this image:
Lenovo 19" monitor displaying inverted colors

Answer

Simply turn off the monitor and turn the monitor back on will resolve the issue. However it may come back is the certain webpage is visited again or refreshed.