on 11/15/04 11:11 AM, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > any and all crt displays can suffer a burned in image. running it bright > white for a while may fade > it, along with the rest of the screen (i.e. you'll be burning the whole thing > a bit, shortening it's > life somewhat, or at least reducing it's brightness). newer monitors have > less burn in problems > than really old ones due to design/manufacturing improvements. > > is it obvious when the monitor is on? sometimes what is obvious burn in with > the monitor off > doesn't show up much when it's on, particularly with the right desktop > background/picture. > > it's probably so badly burned in because someone ran the monitor with the > brightness cranked up high > (which blurs the display any way), some people seem to like monitors to be as > bright as the sun, > even indoors and away from windows. avoiding running at full brightness > greatly reduces burn in on > any monitor you may already have or buy in the future, but many don't realize > that these problems > are a symptom of running a monitor way, way too bright for a good image in the > first place (too much > brightness or contrast will blur any crt display). > > the bake in with a solid white screen is a good idea to try, it often reduces > the apparent burn in > considerably though it will reduce brightness permanently it's not too bad > unless it takes a long > time to burn off enough of the burned in image. > > it's actually caused by some of the phosphors on the screen being evaporated > off, so if you > deliberately bake it at high brightness on a white screen you can age the rest > of the screen so it's > a better match with the more burnt areas. it can work, and don't be too > afraid of it, after all it > beats the dumpster solution. > > where did you buy the monitor? any reasonable seller, individual or company, > should be willing to > compensate you with a partial or total refund. monitors are one of those > things you really want to > see before buying used or have a guarantee as they can develop all kinds of > problems, and not all > people notice those problems or bother to mention them in adds. > > Len Gerstel wrote: >> >> I have been under the impression that color CRTs do not suffer screen >> burn in. Well that is not true. I just picked up a Radius 21" monitor >> that has a very definite windows 2000 login burned into the middle of >> the screen. > -------- talking about good mointers with my g3 I got a moniter that says on the back apple muti scan 15 display how is that for moniters
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