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- From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
- Subject: Re: Monitor Tube Aging Question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.205726.20959@ampex.com>
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- Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
- References: <XokcwB2w165w@infopls.chi.il.us>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:57:26 GMT
- Lines: 26
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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?"
- >
- >eck@infopls.chi.il.us (John Eckert)
- >
- >
- >--
- >eck@infopls.chi.il.us (John Eckert)
- >Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247, v32bis. Home of Infoplus.
-
- All things being equal, a tube pulling beam current should wear out
- the emissivity (sp?) of the cathode before a tube running below cut-off.
-
- -steve
-