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Flat Panel Paranoia

Flat Panel Paranoia Hardware 4 posts Feb 13, 2003 — Feb 13, 2003

#1 Thu, 13 Feb 2003 - 08:01

Do bright-coloured desktop wallpapers shorten the lifespan of LCD monitors or am I just being paranoid?

I'm using a white, glossified desktop that perfectly compliments BoOzo's excellent, newest version of Smoothstripes. My whole screen is pretty white. Planes could probably land by it!

That being said, I even keep my screen's brightness settings a little on the dark side, thinking it's going to help in the longterm.

Thoughts!?

#2 Thu, 13 Feb 2003 - 08:33

i also wonder about this, im on a powerbook, would having such a light white background shorten the life of your screen or no?

#3 Thu, 13 Feb 2003 - 09:04

I don't think so. It's the backlight that wares out, and as that's always on even if you the screen is 'dark'.

#4 Thu, 13 Feb 2003 - 09:53

Thanks, Mediaman_12!

Anybody else want to weigh in? Certainly some of you out there are very knowledgeable on the hardware side. Please, put our fears to rest.