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by nodo

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Do modern monitors burnout if the screen is left on the same image for too long. In other words, are screen savers decorative or are they necessary to protect the screen?

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by thechas

For at least the last 5 years, screen savers have been just a decorative user option.

One valid use for a screen saver, is to set a password, and a short activation time to increase security on the system.

If anyone is concerned about screen burn, the best solution is to have the screen blank after 5 minutes. This will "save" the screen and electricity, along with not adding any "burden" to the system.

Chas

by r. a. caluste

Screen Savers now are simply decorative. Most hardwares have energy setting feature where you can set the monitor to turn off after several minutes of inactivity.

by maelgwyn

If your monitor supports DPMS or V-SYNC OFF, the screen saver is decorative, as these utilities can shut the monitor into low power (enery efficient monitors) also, in the power management features in the BIOS, most newer ones support blank screen, which shuts off the signals anyway. so therefore the screensave is decorative (also another point: since the intorduction of colour monitors, burn in is less of a problem (only with full colour screens), because the white (or green, or red) of monocrome monitors had only one option, on or off. These days, the 3 colours are split so that they are all not on full power. Think of it as the old ABC Australia test signal after 10pm. If you left the TV on all night, the signal never burnt in)

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