On Sun, April 15, 2007 3:12 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 4/15/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sun, April 15, 2007 2:00 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: >> > On 4/15/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Hmm ... my Myth box is in KDE, but when I return to it after some >> time, >> >> it's blanked the screen -- very annoying. On a TV, the best practice >> is >> >> to >> >> turn the TV off[0]. I may try to reset that. >> >> >> >> [0] As I think of it, the argument against that is (1) the myth menus >> >> are >> >> static and can burn a screen, and (2) Campbell is 4. Maybe not. >> > >> > I thought that LCD screens did not suffer from burn-in the way CRTs >> > do. Also maybe Plasma screens have burn-in problems. But you don't >> > have a plasma screen on your computer. >> > >> >> Some of them, but we're taliking about the TV in the family room. Still >> a >> long way from plasma there. > > I guess I am missing something here. (mything?). The MythTV control > menus are on the same screen that shows the TV content? Maybe the > best thing is to turn the TV set off when you are not using it. Saves > energy too. Then you could also disable the screen saver. >
You're not missing anything ... except maybe that this is more or less what I was saying. No biggie. But as annoying as the need to wake Myth is, I do have a small child who _might_ leave the TV on to a static menu. But she's pretty good about turning things off, too. > (my spellchecker insists that screensaver and spellchecker are each > composed of two separate words) > Spell chackers give the results you'd expect when you let M$ developers decide copy editing issues. > As far as screen burn-in is concerned, how about TV stations that keep > their logo in a fixed position on the visible picture, overlying > anything else that might be showing. > Burning in a test pattern is an argument for drinking less and going to bed sooner. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
