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- From: tony@cns.nyu.edu (Tony Movshon)
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- Subject: Re: Monitor Tube Aging Question
- Message-ID: <BzyB35.Ky5@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 03:59:28 GMT
- References: <XokcwB2w165w@infopls.chi.il.us>
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- In article XokcwB2w165w@infopls.chi.il.us, eck@infopls.chi.il.us (John Eckert) writes:
- > Does a monitor which is always displaying pictures
- > "wear-out" more quickly than a monitor which is
- > displaying no picture, assuming that both monitors
- > are always powered-up, and the pictures are constantly
- > in motion to prevent burn-in?
- >
- > In other words,
- >
- > When the monitor is idle, is a screen-BLANKing program
- > more "healthy" for the monitor than a program which
- > bounces images of toasters about the screen?
- >
- > Will the tube "run out of gauss?"
-
- Just being on does age a monitor, but the usual problem is that the
- phosphors gradually burn out. A screen saver that leaves most of the
- screen dark most of the time is almost at good at preventing phosphor
- burn as a blanker, but not quite. What the saver will do it prevent
- the image of your "standard" screen setup, whatever that may be, from
- being burned in by uneven phosphor burnout.
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