If it hurts, don't do it?

pwnguin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:01:17 -0800

Why does my background torture LCD screens? I made a (IMO) awesome fractal background in GIMP. I'm discovering though that it's rather killer on LCD screens. Supposedly LCD doesn't suffer burn-in, but that's basically what I'm facing.

Only some parts of the image seem to provoke "image persistence" or whatever people want to call this. Interestingly, only the dark regions seem to trigger memory, but not all dark regions. The dark areas on the screen border left or right don't trigger it.

For a long time I thought it was some weird magnetic field line effect, before I realized my background does have similar form. Are there ways to tweak the image to reduce this?

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antifuse — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:58:51 -0800

Will leaving my 5.5g iPod connected to the computer cause burn-in on the screen? I'm a bit concerned with the behaviour of my 5.5g iPod. I've only noticed this recently because I've left it connected to my computer all day at work. When it's connected to the computer, the screen stays backlit, with the "Do not disconnect" message and flashing symbol on it. Will this cause burn-in issues on the screen, or am I being overly paranoid?

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