Re: Screen "Savers"

From: Pop (nobody_at_devnull.spamcop.net)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:11:38 -0500

Sentient wrote:
>:what Screen savers drastically improve the life of your screen. Do me
> a favor, leave a static image on your CRT monitor for a month
> straight. When the experiment is over, you will:
> a. need a new monitor===> Wrong, gun breath
> b. use (and respect) screensvers===> Huh?

No, they don't. You do the experiment yourself; in a month you won't see
any difference.
   I offer the many, many network servers which idle away at the same
screen, sometimes more than one screen, often black/white, 24/7 or with a
bright window centered on the screen.
   Unless it's a real old monitor, it'll be a year before you see much
degradation and then it won't be obvious.
   The only "true" screensaver is to not light the phosphor (it's not phos
anymore in many of them). Closer yet is to remove power from it. Most
systems nowadays put the monitor into standby after a period of time -
screen goes black, all is powered down except some few watts to keep
filaments warm so they'll heat faster when needed. During the day, the
monitor goes into standby for me; at night I hit the power switch on the
power panel and put the monitor down for the night. Comes back fine in the
am. NOTE: Not all systems will get along with removing power from the
monitor while the computer itself is running; there may be a wrong
resolution upon powering the monitor back up.
Pop 

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