[Wolves] Screensavers

[Andy Wootton]

Kevanf1 wrote:

>On 5/9/05, Tim Humpherson <tim.humpherson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hey, guys, does one REALLY need a screensaver if one owns a TFT screen?
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>>I think the screensavers are primarily for CRT users so that the
>>phosphor coatings inside their CRT monitors would lessen the wear/tear
>>(phosphor burn) thus making CRT monitors last a bit longer.
>>[Hole-in-wall cash dispensers now have some kind of 'screensaver' by
>>flashing adverts about their banking products.]
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>>....but TFT does not contain phosphors, only LCD, so would they also
>>suffer the same problem?  I think not.
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>>Anyone know better than me?
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>>Regards
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>>Tim H.
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>>PS.  From now on, I'll use Tim H. since there's another bloke called
>>Tim (Tim C.)!!  Welcome Tim, enjoy this LUG forum, Regards Tim.
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>Modern CRT's don't need a screen saver any more.  
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But plasma screens do. We have some 42" screens, on 24 hours a day 
displaying market prices - even when they're turned off, if you see what 
I mean. Once someone noticed they checked the instructions and found 
that there was software supplied to slowly move the image around to 
lessen the effect.

Kevan and I should be politicians. Can anyone still remember the 
question Tim asked?

Woo