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I have always wondered - do Screen Savers actually save anything? Do they save significant amount of electricity? Do they make the screen "last longer"? What w
by runn1ng 9y ago
I have always wondered - do Screen Savers actually save anything?
Do they save significant amount of electricity? Do they make the screen "last longer"? What was their purpose?
- discreditable 9y agoOld CRT monitors were susceptible to burn-in. Having a screensaver or turning your monitor off when not using it was how you prevented burn-in.
- pmarreck 9y agoThe fact that there are people who don't realize that they prevented CRT burn-in just dates me I guess. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in#CRT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in#CRT Hence the name, "screen saver" ;)