[mythtv-users] burn-in. Should I be worried? - Dev Idea?

[Gavin Haslett]

Pausing live TV isn't an issue anyways, is it? I was under the impression that the pausing would only continue until the ring-buffer looped... therefore at PVR-250 rates of about 1.2Gb per hour, over a 3Gb ring buffer I couldn't pause it more than about 2.5 hours... not enough time to burn a TV.
 
Oh, and in answer to your questions directly, I really don't like (2). I leave my Mythbox on TV overnight as I often start transcode schedules before I go to bed... this frees up my CPU cycles for transcoding and commflagging. I also tend to run mkmovie or nuvexport jobs for the same reason at night. Jumping to live TV would just eat up CPU cycles for no benefit.
 
Of course, I'm running a relatively slow Mythbox... YMMV.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org on behalf of Andrew Palm 
	Sent: Mon 8/8/2005 5:04 PM 
	To: Discussion about mythtv 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] burn-in. Should I be worried? - Dev Idea?
	
	

	Hi Guys,
	
	Maybe the dev people can steal an idea from TiVo land... which are
	
	1. If the tivo is paused for x amount of time it blanks the screen.
	2. If left in a menu for x amount of time it returns to livetv.
	3. for MythMusic and other static stuff, maybe have it so either the
	visualization goes full screen after x amount of time or the screen
	blanks after x amount of time.
	
	Screen burning is a issue on all types of monitors, regardless of age.
	Yes that includes LCD, plasma and the good old CRT. I have LCD's at work
	  on KVM's that have been left on 'nt4' login screen, which is burnt in.
	I have read the LCD will loose its burn in, but to do this is need equal
	time off for time on! (and turning it off for 12 months anit a option)
	
	Andrew
	
	
	
	
	mail2 wrote:
	> Hello Jesse
	> Press "5" (or "6")  in mythmusic will black the screen.
	> Pascal.
	> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Guardiani" <jesse at wingnet.net>
	> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
	> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:27 PM
	> Subject: [mythtv-users] burn-in. Should I be worried?
	>
	>
	>> Hello,
	>>
	>> I have a "normal" NTSC TV. Medium quality and nothing fancy.
	>> Should I be worried about burn-in?
	>>
	>> Particularly, mythmusic scares me, as only the small visualization
	>> window is actively updated, and I don't want to run the vis.
	>> full screen as it burns too much CPU.
	>>
	>> Pausing LiveTV concerns me too, and any of the MythTV menus
	>> scare me, as they're completely static. :)
	>>
	>> I started reading a MythTV screensaver thread that I found
	>> via google, but I got frustrated after about 10 iterations of
	>> people arguing for or against a screensaver without any
	>> clear resolution.
	>>
	>> So I guess the second part of this question is: Was there a
	>> resolution? Is a screensaver widely accepted as a good thing,
	>> or not? Is there any work being done to that end?
	>>
	>> But ultimately, should I be careful (and tell my wife to be
	>> careful) to avoid burn-in on this TV?
	>>
	>> Thanks!
	>>
	>> --
	>> Jesse Guardiani
	>> Programmer/Sys Admin
	>> jesse at wingnet.net
	>>
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