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Do Later LCDs Need Screen Savers?

Posted by Cliff on from the two-steps-backward? dept.

bwdunn asks: "Do we need to run screen savers again to prevent the burn-in we saw on the very old CRTs? Dell's latest and greatest laptops, the Latitude D800 and Inspiron 8500 both suffer from horrible screen burn-in problems with burn-in visible after as little as 2 hours. Dell claims this is an industry wide problem. The high end displays from Apple also seem to have this problem. I have never seen this problem before 2002. Is this something new due to inferior LCD screen manufacturing compared to screens from just a few years ago?"

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  1. Ick! Screensavers!? by WWWAvenger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't know about you guys, but I was never a fan of wasting power. All my PCs turn off the monitor when idle!

    Do you drive an SUV too?

  2. POWER BUTTON vs Laziness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have two flat-panels on my desk at work, one of which is a Dell that I've had for about a year. I've never had a problem with burn-in on them, but:

    (1) I've set up my screensaver to power off the screen after 5 minutes of inactivity.

    (2) I press the power button to turn the screen completely *OFF* when stepping away from my desk - even if it's only for an hour at lunch.

    These strange manual power-saving methods of pressing a switch.. it's strange, I tells ya.