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Re: Fwd: Idea/Suggestion to say goodbye to xcreensaver

 

I *thought* it was in lesser degree with LCD's. But turn off is such a turn
off for some people (pun intended), but my prefered method (my Ubuntu does
it as well).

Chris

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 16:46, Liam Proven <lproven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hai Tim,
> >
> > I thought I replied to all, not just you. But it's like I said mainly for
> > CRT screens.
>
> You know, LCDs still burn in. It's arguably more efficient to just
> blank them than display a 'saver, although you run the risk of people
> thinking their PCs have crashed or are off.
>
> However, burn-in is not a historical problem. I have seen quite a few
> burned-in TFTs and as people don't think it happens any more, they're
> not taking precautions and it's on the rise.
>
>
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