LCD screen - burn in an issue or non issue?

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#205057 28-Oct-2016 09:08

Hi got a new IPS-AHVA monitor, W-LED lighting.

I never thought about burn in until when I powered it on and plugged in, it gave me a huge warning saying don't leave the screen static for too long or you risk burn in. THe manual says don't leave a static screen for 30 minutes.

Now I'm a bit worried. Just a bit.

Anyone can help me? Thanks

Note: only used laptops for the last 10 years or so

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#1659484 28-Oct-2016 09:30

the LCD part should be fine, but OLED do wear out over time. If that's some kind of hybrid, then i expect it will drop in brightness in frequently used parts of the screen, if you look at any mobile OLED that is a few years old you can clearly see the parts which are lit up most are dim

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#1659580 28-Oct-2016 11:16

So mine is fine? I don't think it's oled but w led

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#1659584 28-Oct-2016 11:21

I have had massive cases of retention, but nothing permanent.

My overpriced HP laptop is absurdly bad for it, can read text that was on screen for a short time. Minimize things and you can still see their menus over the desktop, but it goes away pretty quickly.

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#1659939 28-Oct-2016 17:18

just set your screen to sleep after 15 mins and change your background regularly

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#1659948 28-Oct-2016 17:43

I have a few screens that have image retention if you leave them on the same picture for a while. But when you turn it off for a while and back on it disappears. It was a problem with plasmas and CRTs, and it is a problem with OLED too, where the burn in can be permanent..

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#1659950 28-Oct-2016 17:49

had an older LCD screen, used it purely as a graph/statistics display.

After a good 4 years of using it for this (it was easily double that in age mind you) the lines of where i would have different windows aligned were very clear.

turning it off and on did nothing to improve it, i retired it eventually. went to use it a few months later for testing with and it had finally given up its ghost.

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#1659951 28-Oct-2016 17:51

The pixels need work to come right, just staticly displaying something else will not clear up. One of my screens had a thing on it to exercise all the pixels in the menu and it just seemed to do a checkerboard pattern that moved around somewhat.

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#1659960 28-Oct-2016 18:16

changing the background is a good idea. screen sleep is a good idea. both of which I do, so shouldn't need to worry eh