screen prob
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- toulouz
my samsung syncmaster 181T screen is showing marks where i had the same desktop up for ages. you can see a faint impression of the prog ikons. its like a ghosting.
curiously, when i capture a screenshot to illustrate this problem the resultant image is perfect.
when i run photoshop i can see it on the blank page but when a working image or page is up it is not there.
it's over 3 years old and has worked every day just about. is this the start of it packing up? there are no dead pixels or other problems, just this ghosting.
mmm, be nice to get that dell 20.1" as a replacement
- rabattski0
that's a burned screen, that happens when you don't turn of your monitor and don't use a screensaver. it literally burns in on your screen. normally. is that so in your case?
- toulouz0
i do have a blank screen screen saver Rab, but its on a 10 minute delay, which can add up to a hell of a lot of time over 3 years.
why cant I screen capture this fault? ive just taken a photo of it, i will put it up in a mo.
- rabattski0
why you can't is because it's not displayed by your video card, it's physically burned into your screen. odd though, if you use a screensaver it shouldn't happen. plus burned screens are a blast from the past, this is the first time i hear from it since a long long time. must be a faulty screen i guess.
- scarabin0
i haven't used a screensaver since win95
- elms0
this usually happens with the screens of ATM machines
- ribit0
make an inverted color image of your old screen, then let it sit for a couple of years...it'll even it out!
- toulouz0
hehe, Ribit, yeah spose that would work...two years tho !!! I'd much rather get a dell 20.1" flat screen. Can get them on ebay for under £300