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I wonder why screensavers are not used by default for mobile devices? There are so many used phones on ebay that have burn in. I thought LCDs were not suscepti
by Physkal 3y ago
I wonder why screensavers are not used by default for mobile devices? There are so many used phones on ebay that have burn in. I thought LCDs were not susceptible to burn in?
- nicoburns 3y ago> I thought LCDs were not susceptible to burn in? LCDs aren't, but a lot of phones use OLED displays which are.
- jwells89 3y agoSome LCD panels can develop image retention however, which while not being the same as burn-in is a similar effect. The revisions of the IPS panels used in 27” iMacs from 2009 through 2016 or 2017 for example had a tendency to start exhibiting retention after a few years, I think probably due to the extra heat coming from the computer components behind the panel. I’ve read some reports of VA panels developing retention too.
- dylan604 3y agoBecause who wants to waste battery to render a screen saver on a device while it's shoved in someone's pocket or buried at the bottom of a purse? Even if it was sitting on my desktop next to my keyboard would I want the screen doing anything. Also, that for a lot of people, if the phone is not in their hands, it's probably in the hands of a kid playing games.