Re: TFT left on for a long time, is it a problem?

[whittle@usc.edu (Randy Whittle)]

At 2:07 PM 2/4/96, Robert Dewar wrote:
>Here is a question: Do you have to worry about leaving a TFT on for
>long periods of time, can it get "burned" like a CRT?

        No.

        Its an LCD--not a CRT with "glowing" phosphors that can be
burned-in.  You therefore have no need for a screensaver or anything of
that nature.

        Although there is a remote possibility that your backlight could
burn out, but that's another issue (and a very unlikely one--your machine
will be long obsolete before that's a concern--especially the way you cycle
through them, Robert!).


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