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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. Re:Ick! Screensavers!? by flikx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you drive an SUV too?

    Yes.

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  2. Re:Ick! Screensavers!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Die fucker.

  3. Re:What they really need are screen protectors by Joseph+Wharton · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What we NEED is a clear, thin plastic screen to go over the LCD to prevent things like dumbass girlfriends getting their fingerprints all over my nice 15 inch laptop screen.

    I don't know about the rest of you, but my girlfriend is free to touch anything of mine...

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  4. Answer: by Canar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's because you're whipped, man. Grow a set of balls.

  5. Re:Sounds like a new Dell Profit Center to me... by NanoGator · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "please do some research on sarcasm."

    Sarcasm's only funny when people can tell it's sarcasm. Some places do charge you to ship an item back for warranty repair.

    "Then shut the fuck up."

    Ya forgot to check the 'post anonymously' button there Sherlock.

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  6. Re:What they really need are screen protectors by CBravo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why did she have dirty hands ;-)

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  7. Re:Sounds like a new Dell Profit Center to me... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "why the fuck would I want to post anonymously?"

    Because few numb-nutted loud mouthes want to protect their identity.

    "You're a fucking idiot."

    You're judging a dude you don't even know? Yeah, he is the idiot. Suuuuuuuuure.

  8. Re:Sounds like a new Dell Profit Center to me... by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "You're a fucking idiot."

    Aww my feelings are hurt. Afterall, a 'fucking' idiot is the worst kind! Please, could you just reduce the sentence to plain old 'idiot'? Pleeeeeeeeease? I don't want 'fucking idiot' on my record!

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  9. Re:Sounds like a new Dell Profit Center to me... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I judge based only on the information I am presented with."

    You judge with incomplete information? I personally wouldn't brag about that. Afterall, what do you think somebody would think of you who calls people 'fucking idiots' repeatedly? That's really all the information I have about you, so would you like me to make a judgement based solely on that?