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My absolute favorite, though, is my monitor. Alienware OLED. But their stupid app, which installs itself automatically thanks to that well-thought-through Win

My absolute favorite, though, is my monitor. Alienware OLED. But their stupid app, which installs itself automatically thanks to that well-thought-through Windows feature nowadays despite my removing it -- if that's installed, the monitor won't go to sleep. Which is really great for an OLED monitor. That one, it seems if I disable the "software device" in device manager, it stops installing itself. But how do you release and force install a companion app for a monitor that will burn it out? It comes with a 3-year warranty that covers OLED burn-in...

cornholio 2y ago
Is it displaying some low luminosity logo or the time of day? I think this is common on OLED mobile devices and does not actually deplete the screen. Unlike led backlight, where the pixels need to actively fight the illumination source that slowly ages just to display a black screen, in OLED as long as the pixel is not lit to a significant level it will not deplete that pixel. Displaying full black is "free" even if the monitor is turned on, and keeping power on in solid state electronics is generally better than thermal cycling a dozen times per day. Still, it's a feature I will definitely turn off first thing; off means off, if I want "full black on" I will set a black screensaver.
- anonymars 2y ago
  Nope, just the monitor not going to sleep, cheerfully beaming the lock screen at full bore to an empty room. Sheer madness. Some threads: https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/aw3420dw-will-not-stay-asleep/647f8672f4ccf8a8de57b9e8 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/awccservice-preventing-my-monitor-from-sleeping/647f9e9bf4ccf8a8de338041 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/aw3423dwf-awcc-preventing-sleep/659d86211a28930dacc18357 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/s8m4yx/alienware_command_center_automatically_installs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/s8m4yx/alienware... https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/uon0kq/alienware_command_center_causes_that_your_monitor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/uon0kq/alienware... Also worth noting that the helpless suggestions to "why, just turn the monitor off" would prevent the OLED maintenance from running (since that runs automatically when the monitor goes to sleep)

cornholio 2y ago

Is it displaying some low luminosity logo or the time of day? I think this is common on OLED mobile devices and does not actually deplete the screen. Unlike led backlight, where the pixels need to actively fight the illumination source that slowly ages just to display a black screen, in OLED as long as the pixel is not lit to a significant level it will not deplete that pixel. Displaying full black is "free" even if the monitor is turned on, and keeping power on in solid state electronics is generally better than thermal cycling a dozen times per day. Still, it's a feature I will definitely turn off first thing; off means off, if I want "full black on" I will set a black screensaver.

anonymars 2y ago
Nope, just the monitor not going to sleep, cheerfully beaming the lock screen at full bore to an empty room. Sheer madness. Some threads: https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/aw3420dw-will-not-stay-asleep/647f8672f4ccf8a8de57b9e8 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/awccservice-preventing-my-monitor-from-sleeping/647f9e9bf4ccf8a8de338041 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/aw3423dwf-awcc-preventing-sleep/659d86211a28930dacc18357 https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-de... https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/s8m4yx/alienware_command_center_automatically_installs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/s8m4yx/alienware... https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/uon0kq/alienware_command_center_causes_that_your_monitor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Alienware/comments/uon0kq/alienware... Also worth noting that the helpless suggestions to "why, just turn the monitor off" would prevent the OLED maintenance from running (since that runs automatically when the monitor goes to sleep)