[mythtv-users] Burn In on Televisions? How are people avoiding this?

[James L. Paul]

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On Wednesday 02 June 2004 12:59, ian wrote:
> Curtis Spencer wrote:
> > I am currently running .14, but I am going to upgrade to .15.  I am
> > extremely paranoid about burn in on my lcd projection hdtv (I know it
> > has limited burn in compared to normal rear projectoin but it was
> > expensive...) and I am wondering if there is any progress on the
> > embedded screen saver, or if there is a good way to do xscreensaver
> > with mythtv.  I saw some previous posts, but the activity fizzled it
> > seems.
>
> LCD and DLP tvs do not have burnin, though LCDs will supposedly lose
> contrast with use, you can't burn sections of them in. A screensaver
> won't really help with that thought.

I don't know where you get your information. Some LCD's certainly can suffer 
an effect similar to "burn in" and other related artifacts. For example, the 
icons on my Dell Inspiron 8200's KDE panel and desktop are "burned in" and 
visible when other content is on the screen. I can even dual-boot into 
Windows and still see icon outlines from my KDE desktop.

True, the effect is not as permanent as it is with CRTs, leaving the LCD 
powered off for a couple days will mostly clear it up, but that doesn't mean 
it doesn't happen or isn't annoying. ;)
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