lcd monitors and screensavers

[Francois Ouellette]

True!

With LCD monitors you want to save the backlight if it is so equipped.
Showing a 3D maze or any other nonsense will not help!
Use the "blank screen" and this should turn off the backlighting system.

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Spencer" <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 04 January, 2005 17:54
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: lcd monitors and screensavers


> On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, dave morton wrote:
> > Are screensavers necessary to protect my lcd monitor? I understand that
> > these screens do not suffer from pshospor over-burn so why bother.
>
> Screen savers have been useless and pointless since the mid-1990s.  All
> modern monitors, CRTs and LCDs alike, are better put into one of the
> deeper DPMS ("Energy Star") power-down states.  This not only eliminates
> wear on vulnerable components -- much better than just spreading the wear
> around evenly -- but also saves energy.
>
> (By the way, your computer seems to think it's January 2004...)
>
>                                                           Henry Spencer
>                                                        henry at spsystems.net
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