Television Screen

[Bent_Bladi]

Salams All!

*I know this doesn't have anything to do with computers or the internet bas it's the best place to put it*

Does anyone know that if you keep a movie or something paused on a TV screen for a long time, the screen'll burn out??

If it's true then please explain ... *someone* is driving me crazy about it and I have to get them off my back -- somehow.....

~BB

[lazzhar]

Well it's true that keeping the same picture on a screen will have an effect like it's printed on that screen. It may hurt its components yeah because after all the screen is made of small parts emitting lights that form pictures. That's why we they made programs called screen savers for computer screens, you know their role is when you leave your computer for a while without any activities it starts up automaticly avoiding seeing the same picture over the screen and letting more dynamic changes to happen.
I tend to turn off the screen completly when I know that I wont use the computer for a while.
Hope this helps.

[Bent_Bladi]

thank you lazzhar!

Well, now that I know-- I just lost the argument... ... oh well, at least our television will be safe.

[Sweeter_Pea]

The image basically ends up faintly painted on the background... there are some of the new TVs that come with the whitewash feature that allows you the reset/erase the burn in.

[Bent_Bladi]

interesting... thanks you guys ...