Computer Question for TV Guys

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Scorpion8

Question: does a modern LCD computer monitor (laptop or desktop) need a screen saver any more these days besides watching pretty fish swim around?

No, but you might want to turn it off. The CCFL's that backlight the LCD do have a limited life. I've fixed dozens of LCD monitors whose owners were unaware of this, and they left them on indefinitely, only to have them die in the first 6 months or so - and each (give or take one or two that had bad inverters) had bad lamps.

Depending on the configuration, your computer may be able to power down the monitor for you while it's idle. This depends on your operating system.

Cheers,

Brian (also retired Navy...)