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From: "Basil Chupin"
On 3/2/2012 8:56 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
Besides, this screensaver idea belongs to the 50s era when the screen was likely to get a "burn in" which no longer applies and hasn't applied for decades. How can you get a "burn in" on an LCD monitor?
Pro Tip: google everything you are about to say just before you say it from now on.
Thanks for the above. To quote from something (found using another search engine other than google), I quote the following: QUOTE LCD Further information: LCD and LCD TV Pros: Very compact and light Low power consumption, generally speaking. On average, 50-70% less energy is consumed than CRT monitors. [2] No geometric distortion. Little or no flicker depending on backlight technology. Not affected by screen burn-in (though an analogous but less severe phenomenon known as image persistence is possible). Can be made in almost any size or shape. No theoretical resolution limit UNQUOTE Note the 5th line of the "Pros" list, to wit: "Not affected by screen burn-in (though an analogous but less severe phenomenon known as image persistence is possible)." And for your edification this comes from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_CRT,_LCD,_Plasma BC -- The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org -------- I already knew all that, thus the suggestion. Why do I get the feeling that after actually looking it up you still think an lcd screen has no use for a screen saver? Also all lcd's aren't the same and unpredictable things change all the time as far as how they're made and how they wear. My TV is lcd and has contrast and motion enhancement features that alter the backlight brightness and strobe frequency in different regions to match the picture. So now you have the potential for some backlight elements to burn more than others, maybe burning out sooner or increasing chances of one row/column to burn out, than the rest, even if the light output quality/performance never changes over time. No reason a monitor couldn't have the same features. Then you have oled's starting to appear which emit light directly and they degrade relatively quickly. Each pixel has a sort of half-life it uses up whenever it is on, and depending on how bright. So, for a variety of reasons, it's wrong to say that today a distribution doesn't need to enable a screen saver by default. -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org