Program for Monitor burn in??

[Chadder007]

Does anyone know of a program that will display a total static grey image to the screen so that it can possibly resolve a burn in problem on a CRT or Plasma screen? We had some lady leave her computer after it had locked up for a week while she was on vacation! Now the log off screen is burned into the monitor. LOL.

 

[techfuzz]

If it is a new monitor manufactured in the last couple of years you should return it if it is still under warranty. Phosphor burn-in on monitors isn't normal these days and should be covered under a general monitor warranty. CRT monitors these days are designed to last months with the same image on the screen and it not get burnt. That was a common problem with monochrome monitors from back in the day.

techfuzz

 

[buleyb]

I thought the fix wasn't in the phosphor technology, but adding power management to them, so they turn off before it becomes a problem. I know many new CRT owners that disabled it so they could keep an eye on things, and burned the start menu into their screen (after a few months of this )

 

[rbV5]

CRT monitors these days are designed to last months with the same image on the screen and it not get burnt.

Thats untrue, our workstation monitors get burned in, takes less than a few months.

 

[techfuzz]

Each CRT manufacturer has come up with ways to lessen the possibility of phosphor burn-in over the years. Back when Windows 3.1 and 95 were in their prime most monitor manufacturers touted the use of screen savers as a method to prevent burn-in. As time moved on, power management with the ability to dim or turn-off the monitor after periods of inactivity became popular. A combination of these is most often recommended.

buleyb, it is true that it really has little to do with phosphor technology, but additional electronic technology does help combat the phosphor burn-in problem. NEC has incorporated into many of their products AccuShield Phosphor Protection System. Other manufacturers use similar methods to reduce or prevent burn-in on their products.

I never said that it couldn't happen, but the chances of it happening within a week or two is highly unlikely unless the product was defective to begin with. I've come across 1 in over 1000 in the last 3 years that had problems. The monitor was less than 2 years old and had the Windows 2000 logon screen burned into it. Dell technical support confirmed the monitor was defective and replaced it free-of-charge.

techfuzz

 

[Chadder007]

The monitor the lady has is a Princeton E70 17 inch CRT. I guess Ill see if we still have warranty on it, which we should....

Edit: Crap...Princeton graphics said warranty doesn't cover "burn in" because its handled as mis-use.

 

[Gosharkss]

Sorry to hear about the problem.

Lets put one thing to rest, to my knowledge color monitors today are using the same (p22) medium short persistence phosphor that was used many years ago. Thus monitors todays monitors are just as susceptible to phosphor burn as they ever where.
Manufactures will NOT warranty against screen burn.

Yes it is possible to burn in a screen in one week, and it has nothing to do with any defect in the unit. The level of contrast and brightness is key to how long it will take.

A static gray image will not help, the only this that will help is an mirror of the burned in image. However this will only decrease the useful like of the CRT itself.

Any technique short of using screen savers or energy save modes simple add to the time it takes to burn in.

Plasma monitors are extremely prone to burn in.

 

[rbV5]

NEC has incorporated into many of their products

Our workstations "were" professional NEC CRT's, they burn in like all the rest have, and it only takes a matter of weeks. Trust me, these baby's are on 24/7 mainly on a single monitoring screen. They burn in just as fast and just as bad as the other models we've had over the years. We recently replaced them with Samsung LCD's