JoeMuc2009 wrote: > All right people, a new blog post is online, illustrating display issues > that the VFD models (SLIMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3, Boom, Transporter) may > have. > > 'https://joes-tech-blog.blogspot.com/2020/06/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-how-they.html > > ' > (https://joes-tech-blog.blogspot.com/2020/06/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-how-they.html)I > have created a Squeezebox Server plugin named DisplayTest (downloadable > from GitHub) that has the sole purpose of turning the entire VFD (all > pixels) on at the currently-set brightness level. This makes shadowing > caused by burnt-in pixels very apparent and also helps identify filament > starvation. A reference to the plugin can be found in the blog post. >
Thanks, Joe! FYI, on the subject of burnt-in pixels, my 'FuzzyTime plugin' (https://tuxreborn.netlify.app/slim/fuzzytime) can be used to replace the standard date and time screensaver and configured to move the displayed time slowly from side to side, to better distribute the pixel wear. At one point a few years back I had a locally-hacked copy of SuperDateTime that also used the FuzzyTime display shift settings, but I've long abandoned that. My weather condition icon positioning was always a little clunky and I eventually gave up maintaining my local patches. :-/ owner of the stuff at https://tuxreborn.netlify.app/ (which used to reside at www.tux.org/~peterw/) Note: The best way to reach me is email or PM, as I don't spend much time on the forums. *Free plugins:* AllQuiet Auto Dim/AutoDisplay BlankSaver ContextMenu DenonSerial FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100006 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
