Screensavers
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From: Twickenham, home of rugby
Plasma screens can suffer from burn-in.
I've seen an example - it was on an ex-Enron TV screen that had found it's way into a rugby club bar, and had "Enron" still visible in ghostly writing in 2 corners of the screen!
LCD screens don't suffer from burn-in, but LED screens do.
On balance, a screen saver can't do any harm and may prevent some damage, so why not?
Of course, if you have a power-saving mode enabled, the monitor will be able to blank and then standby, so that's a viable alternative.
SD
I've seen an example - it was on an ex-Enron TV screen that had found it's way into a rugby club bar, and had "Enron" still visible in ghostly writing in 2 corners of the screen!
LCD screens don't suffer from burn-in, but LED screens do.
On balance, a screen saver can't do any harm and may prevent some damage, so why not?
Of course, if you have a power-saving mode enabled, the monitor will be able to blank and then standby, so that's a viable alternative.
SD
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Deepest darkest Inbredland....
LCD screens do suffer. Some screens at work have the screensaver, the company logo, burned into them. Mind you they are probably about 8 years old!
Some operational screen which are on a static image 24/7 are burned on too, but as the image never changes it's no problem (well until someone accidentally re sizes the screen).
Some operational screen which are on a static image 24/7 are burned on too, but as the image never changes it's no problem (well until someone accidentally re sizes the screen).
