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Weezer · Dec 17, 2002, 01:02 AM

Hey, I have a new 17 inch apple LCD display that was purchased about 3 months ago. Recently, I've been noticing what appears to be burn in on my monitor. there is a line that runs parallel to the bottom of the screen near the top, that sort of looks like the line when the top panel disappears (if you know what Im talking about...) Also, when I boot into OS 9, and there is no dock, there are burn in lines where the dock should be. The interesting thing is the problem comes and goes, but is becoming more frequent. Also, now when I switch colors and such, I get a much longer period of refresh flashing that makes me nervous. The monitor also has been midly crackling when the screen goes dark, only for a bit though. Any ideas what's going on? Should I send it back to apple? I'm kind of scared/upset that my beautiful expensive monitor is having problems already...

danielb0101 · Dec 17, 2002, 04:25 AM

I've had my 17" Studio Display for 15 months now. Several months ago I noticed a definate "burn-in" in my display. When my screen saver kicks in, or when I log out, etc, I can clearly "see" the menubar burnt into my display. This is a know occurance with LCD's and has been documented by Apple (I don't have a link to the page).

I don't know what else to say.

schalliol · Dec 18, 2002, 04:19 PM

This should not be happening on current displays. Try this though, turn the display off (perhaps even unplug it) for 24 hours. I had noticed something like this on my PowerBook 165c (yup, 1st color PowerBook) and after turning it off for awhile this vanished. I was told that burn-in on LCDs was no longer an issue. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Emotionally Fragile Luke · Dec 18, 2002, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by schalliol:
This should not be happening on current displays. Try this though, turn the display off (perhaps even unplug it) for 24 hours. I had noticed something like this on my PowerBook 165c (yup, 1st color PowerBook) and after turning it off for awhile this vanished. I was told that burn-in on LCDs was no longer an issue. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Nope you are wrong. Apple even put out a TIL about it. YES LCD's do get image burn in but it is not permanent. It will fade when you turn off the display. Apple said it will take twice as long to fade as it took to burn in the first place.

schalliol · Dec 18, 2002, 05:13 PM

Wow, well it's MUCH better than it used to be. My PowerBook G3 original never has had anything like that that I notice.

A note to all though. Set your displays to be powered off after a bit of inactivity, that may help.

Weezer · Dec 18, 2002, 08:12 PM

Thank God it's not permanent, I was really depressed for awhile that my beautiful monitor was burned in. I'm going home for Christmas break for about a month, and I will unplug the monitor for that time, hopefully all will be well when I return.

Landos Mustache · Dec 18, 2002, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by Weezer:
Thank God it's not permanent, I was really depressed for awhile that my beautiful monitor was burned in. I'm going home for Christmas break for about a month, and I will unplug the monitor for that time, hopefully all will be well when I return.

You don't have to unplug it, just turn it off. Set your Energy saver to turn the screen off after 20 min or so.

rworne · Dec 20, 2002, 03:57 PM

In many LCD devices, powersave just means "turn off the backlight". Careful viewing of the screen under strong light shows an image is still there.

AFAIK, the burn in on LCD's are not like the burn in on CRT's. Some time powered off should allow the molecules in the panel do their dance with entropy and reverse the effect.