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| Thread ID: 98921 | 2009-04-13 01:51:00 | LCD screen | KiwiTek (12922) | Press F1 |
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| 764457 | 2009-04-14 08:43:00 | Well... it's quite true pctek... Also, I heard that LCD screen use translucent "crystals" to block out the light from backlight, so it would appear as some colour. So if you, say, want a black background, all of the crystals would have to work together to block out as much light as possible. The evidence to this is that you can still see that the screen was bright (and yes, the backlight is still on!). I doubt if Blackle was just some work done by non professionals. I don't use it, and I almost forget about it before seeing it here. Back to the original question: turn it off if you know you are not using it for some time (e.g. 15 minutes), but don't turn it on/off/on/off too often, as you are just torturing the switch by doing that. |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 764458 | 2009-04-14 08:53:00 | I usually turn this off at night, (shut the PC down, the monitor is still on), turn the pc on it comes on. So, I dont touch the on/off button on the monitor at all. Only time I press one of the monitor buttons, is if I switch between DVI (the PC), or HDMI (to switch it to the Xbox). And with this EPU 4 thing / NAP mode whatever it is, it goes into standby / sleep mode anyway, if there's no activity for 10-15 mins. Until you press a button |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 764459 | 2009-04-14 12:34:00 | Would using a blank screen saver make the LCDs last longer? By which I mean would a blank (black) screen saver switch off the LCDs? or do they remain on to create the black effect? Like pctek said, it would save some small amount of power with a CRT but may actually use more on an LCD. A screensaver which displays a black screen is still outputting a video signal (just all black) which any sensible monitor will still display. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 764460 | 2009-04-14 12:57:00 | I think you will find the screen life relates more to the life of the backlight than the transistors? | linw (53) | ||
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