Where did the term "screensaver" come from?

[TheCorm]

What does it actually save???

I have just read that it can help TFT monitors by having a screensaver but was wondering where the term came from originally.

Jamie

p.s: If you don't know the answer, how bout you post your current screensaver

 

[Modeps]

Old monitors that sat with the same stuff on the screen all the time, would have a ghost of that image burned in the screen, so to fix this, they made screensavers which just bascially made stuff move around so it wouldnt burn the crt.

 

[JoPh]

keeps your moniter from getting ded pixels.

 

[guyver01]

FLYING TOASTERS!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


i loved those things

 

[Spooner]

is it possible to burn images with newer monitors? i heard that screensavers are utterly useless these days

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Intake77
Old monitors that sat with the same stuff on the screen all the time, would have a ghost of that image burned in the screen, so to fix this, they made screensavers which just bascially made stuff move around so it wouldnt burn the crt.

yup.
Just look at an arcade monitor that's turned off.

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: Spooner
is it possible to burn images with newer monitors? i heard that screensavers are utterly useless these days

They still burn in. We have some newer Trinitrons at work that prove it. :disgust:

 

[TheCorm]

Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Spooner
is it possible to burn images with newer monitors? i heard that screensavers are utterly useless these days

It's not as much of a problem as it used to be, I havnt seen any in a loooong time.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

It came with Win95 iirc.

 

[xirtam]

The biggest danger was in those monochrome monitors... the green phosphor-based teletypish things. After some letters got burned into the filament, the concept of a screensaver was designed to prevent or at least mitigate the problem. Since then, screensavers are largely for entertainment and and the "bling bling" effect.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

It came with Win95 iirc.

No, it came with a SS program that was very popular, but I can't think of the name right now.

Edit: "After Dark"

 

[Modeps]

I doubt you guys actually use flying toasters anymore

I loved After Dark collections.... too bad I havnt seen them around anymore.... did they go under?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

It came with Win95 iirc.

No, it came with a SS program that was very popular, but I can't think of the name right now.

After Dark!

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

It came with Win95 iirc.

Flying Toasters came from the After Dark screen saver suite.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Intake77

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

It came with Win95 iirc.

No, it came with a SS program that was very popular, but I can't think of the name right now.

After Dark!

Yeah, I just remembered before I saw this, and edited my post.

 

[Amused]

After Dark was produced by Berkeley Systems, IIRC.

 

Originally posted by: Spooner
is it possible to burn images with newer monitors? i heard that screensavers are utterly useless these days

My friend has a ghost image of Seti @ Home on his Mac. D0H! Great screen saver!

 

[kranky]

Back in the day (pre-Windows), I saw many a monitor with a ghostly C:\> in the upper left corner.

 

[Wolverine27]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
What does it actually save???

I have just read that it can help TFT monitors by having a screensaver but was wondering where the term came from originally.

Jamie

p.s: If you don't know the answer, how bout you post your current screensaver

As others have mentioned...it literally saves your screen. BTW, I use the Matrix code screen saver.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Interesting....so the name is pretty accurate then!

Flying Toasters?....link please!

Search for berkley software, the afterdark series.

 

[Kenazo]

at work I think every one of the monitors has something burnt into it.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Wolverine27

Originally posted by: TheCorm
What does it actually save???

I have just read that it can help TFT monitors by having a screensaver but was wondering where the term came from originally.

Jamie

p.s: If you don't know the answer, how bout you post your current screensaver

As others have mentioned...it literally saves your screen. BTW, I use the Matrix code screen saver.

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/dld/matrix.zip

enjoy

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Originally posted by: Spooner
is it possible to burn images with newer monitors? i heard that screensavers are utterly useless these days

They still burn in. We have some newer Trinitrons at work that prove it. :disgust:

You guys never heard of power saving mode? All newer monitors goes into power saving mode if left idle for 15 or so minutes. Which render burn in almost impossible.