Turn your LCD monitor off?

JDtech · 06-29-2010, 06:38 PM

Should you leave your LCD monitor on all the time? Definitely not, experts say. Although not as susceptible to image "burn-in" as traditional cathode ray tube-based (CRT) monitors, LCDs can suffer from a permanent ghost image of a screen that has been displayed for long periods of time. So turn the monitor off when it's not in use. Doing so will also save electricity, of course. LCDs need less electricity than CRT monitors, but they still consume as much or more than a couple of standard light bulbs.

STBear · 07-02-2010, 11:05 AM

I usually power everything down when I am not using the laptop.

Ken-L · 07-02-2010, 12:05 PM

My screensaver is set for ten minutes, but I don't turn off my screen or system because there are routines that run late at night.

Jon Foster · 07-03-2010, 10:22 PM

We turn our monitors off when they are not in use. I'm kind of a penny pincher these days so anything helps. Plus, LCD's don't have a crazy long life span. We get a lot of them in for service and it's always cheaper to sell the customer a new one with a better warranty than servicing the old one.

Jon.

06-29-2010, 06:38 PM	#1
JDtech Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 308 Blog Entries: 1	Turn your LCD monitor off? Should you leave your LCD monitor on all the time? Definitely not, experts say. Although not as susceptible to image "burn-in" as traditional cathode ray tube-based (CRT) monitors, LCDs can suffer from a permanent ghost image of a screen that has been displayed for long periods of time. So turn the monitor off when it's not in use. Doing so will also save electricity, of course. LCDs need less electricity than CRT monitors, but they still consume as much or more than a couple of standard light bulbs. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on Tech Today Online, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.

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Ken-L Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 150	My screensaver is set for ten minutes, but I don't turn off my screen or system because there are routines that run late at night. __________________ "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Bukowski

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07-02-2010, 11:05 AM	#2
STBear Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 26	I usually power everything down when I am not using the laptop.

07-03-2010, 10:22 PM	#4
Jon Foster Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: White Lake, MI Posts: 149	We turn our monitors off when they are not in use. I'm kind of a penny pincher these days so anything helps. Plus, LCD's don't have a crazy long life span. We get a lot of them in for service and it's always cheaper to sell the customer a new one with a better warranty than servicing the old one. Jon.