LCD monitors

[Carol Anne]

Do you get screenburn on an LCD or is that a CRT thing?

[slick007nick]

You can, but only if you leave a static image on the screen for a very long time, crt monitors are less prone but Plasma screens suffer badly from it. Hope that helps.

Nick

[fo3nix]

monitors that have phosphors in them are susceptable. this means CRT screens, and the much newer and not-yet-released SED displays. LCD and plasmas are generally fine for this, but some occurances have been known.

[Carol Anne]

Thanks fo3nix, whats an SED?

[Ethel]

SED:

http://www.canon.com/technology/display/

[Carol Anne]

Thanks Ethel. Very interesting. Id love one of them!

[fo3nix]

They do seem to be brilliant, so far. I hate LCDs for exactly the reason they point out.

Check out this page:
http://www.behardware.com/articles/593-2/close -encounters-of-the-third-kind-sed.html

See how the supposed 'black' image on all three TVs compare.

[Bumble1]

My office has Acer 1714 LCD screens which are all 9 months old and they ALL have screen burn - the imprint of the internet explorer bar at the top can be seen on the a blank desk top. I didn't realise it could happen to LCD's.

[fo3nix]

it doesn't happen for the same technical reason, but it can still happen (as you have experienced); however, it takes longer for it to happen than a crt.

whatever monitor you're using, you're still best off setting the monitor to turn off after 5minutes of idle time.