Can you get burn in, On a flat panel computer monitor? (1 Viewer)

[Brian Gendron]

My brother says i do not need a screensaver, Because you can't get burn in on flat panel monitors.

Thank you to all responses.

 

[Camp]

No, you cannot.

 

[Drew Wimmer]

Brian - flatpanel as in LCD or flatpanel as in flatCRT?
any CRT can have an image burned on it, though it takes a ridiculous amount of time for that to happen with newer CRT's
if it's an LCD, no burn

 

[Ken Chan]

You don't get burn-in on the LCD, but supposedly you can extend the life of the screen (which is probably fairly long to begin with) by blanking it -- having the computer turn it off, not just all-black -- when you're not using it for extended periods. And you save electricity too.

//Ken

 

[Brian Gendron]

Flat panel, as in LCD.

Thanks again.

BRIAN

 

[Glenn L]

You won't get burn in, but you can get what's called ghosting, where an image will stay on the screen for several seconds/minutes after what was being displayed is gone -- depending on the quality of the screen. It's not permanent, though.