Any way to prevent burn-in on my plasma monitor?
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Any way to prevent burn-in on my plasma monitor?
I have a new 42" Panasonic Plasma tv that I am using in my studio to display video (for film scoring work). It's connected by an HDMI cable, and works very well. I'm noticing though, that the timecode window (a static rectangle with film frames in it) is causing image retention after i shut my programs down.
Does anyone know of a program that can make something periodically wipe over the screen of one monitor (my plasma display) infront of any running programs to prevent burn in? I figure that it would be something simple like running your screensaver as your desktop image... but it would need to do it infront of any other open windows.
thanks for the help!
Tripi
Does anyone know of a program that can make something periodically wipe over the screen of one monitor (my plasma display) infront of any running programs to prevent burn in? I figure that it would be something simple like running your screensaver as your desktop image... but it would need to do it infront of any other open windows.
thanks for the help!
Tripi
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I have a couple of good screensavers that help 'wipe' away the image retention. I usually run them for a few minutes on the plasma monitor after i finish working in DP.
I've read that some new plasma tvs use a technique that gradually shifts the image by a few pixels while it is on. It's not noticeable to anyone watching it, but it moves the image enough to prevent burnin. I would love to find a program for OS X that can do this to just my one monitor while it is on.
Wish I knew how to write the program myself.
tripi
I've read that some new plasma tvs use a technique that gradually shifts the image by a few pixels while it is on. It's not noticeable to anyone watching it, but it moves the image enough to prevent burnin. I would love to find a program for OS X that can do this to just my one monitor while it is on.
Wish I knew how to write the program myself.
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I like the inverted screen idea. Maybe I could write an apple script that changed it every 5 minutes. I'm sure that would induce some sort of good nonherbal halucinations.
Plasma screens have definitely gotten better at avoiding burnin (or image retention), but the problem is when something is on there all day. My screen is just for video, so I have the movie I'm scoring up there all day long. While most of the movie is always changing, the timecode burn window is stationary, as is the movie bars from DP at the bottom. These are the two main things that are staying on the screen after I finish working.
Plasma screens have definitely gotten better at avoiding burnin (or image retention), but the problem is when something is on there all day. My screen is just for video, so I have the movie I'm scoring up there all day long. While most of the movie is always changing, the timecode burn window is stationary, as is the movie bars from DP at the bottom. These are the two main things that are staying on the screen after I finish working.
12-Core Mac Pro, OS: Sierra w/ DP9 - always the latest version. Love of film music.