[Nottingham] LCD "Burn-in"

[Michael Simms]

Huh, interesting... Thats good to know... *wanders off to examine the
possibilities*

Thanks

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:15 +0000, ForkBombFluf wrote:
> This is mostly for Michael Simms, since he was the one contemplating his 
> LCD quandary yesterday, but I thought others might be interested as well.
> 
> It seems that LCD panels can (contrary to popular urban legend) show a 
> phenomenon similiar to CRT burn-in which is known as "image persistence". 
> Image persistance is theoritically a temporary and fixable state, however, 
> unlike the "burn" suffered by CRT phosphors which will never again regain 
> that youthful glow.  The answer, according to the manufacturers of LCD 
> panels, is to leave the panel off for the same amount of time that the 
> offending image was displayed on the screen and all should eventually 
> return to normal.  Another (quicker) option (as suggested at this rather 
> interesting web page-- 
> http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/lcd-screen-burn.html
>   )is to set the screen to show all white (ie. a blank white screen 
> saver).  Anyway, that's a bit of my curiosity satisfied for today.
> 
> I would also like to know if Duncan managed to come up with a Unified 
> theory relating to gravity, light, astrophysics, and other space-time 
> phenomenon after a few more pints of cider, or if he just gave up and 
> "whipped it out" in end as threatened... but alas, I may never discover a 
> foolproof way of knowing the real truth.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Stef
> 
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