If you still have an older type of monitor, then you need screensavers to avoid the image burning into the screen.If you have a newer LCD monitor, then no image burning is possible, so screensavers are not required. Am I correct on these points, or do I have faulty info?Thanks!
LCD monitors are not subject to burn-in. However, they are subject to burn-OUT, even though this can take a very long time. So, to answer your question - In most cases a screen saver is not needed on LCD. Now, on panels with plasma or fluorescent lighting, a screen saver that turns the lamp OFF is very much needed. This is more like the power saver on a Windows box, that turns off the signal to the CRT. The real reasons your users need screensavers? Desktop security. Use 'em with passwords.
Screensaver is supposed to save power and burning. Modern LCDs do not require to have screensavers. To me, the best screen saver is Blank, or turn off the monitor manually while the CPU is still running.
You are correct. LCD does not suffer screen burn in, only CRT and plasma have that problem. Though I would suggest that you might as well turn the screen off when you are not using it anyway.
That is correct. I have a spankin' brand new monitor, and I don't have a screensaver.
It's not burn in, it is image persistence. The link below describes it, and I can testify to the fact that it does occur. We have a number of 'marquee' LCD screens that we use, and after 3 months or so of an almost constant image, it is clearly visible when turned off or on a different image.
