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Froghouse
Dec 4, 2009, 05:53 PM
How many others on here have an imac with burn in problems?
I have a tone!
I am so unhappy with this product.
Im happy I have the extended warranty, Im now getting a new monitor for my imac.

Any others on here with the same problem?


knewsom
Dec 4, 2009, 06:10 PM
please describe the burn-in. A "tone"? What did you have on your display for ages that did this?
ryan.hayes79
Dec 4, 2009, 06:29 PM
I have previously experienced an iMac that would retain an image burn in for some time. Something that I was sure LCD should not do! I did use a screen saver etc but still had issues.

The screen was replaced due to other problems and was fine after that.
sanjuvarma
Dec 4, 2009, 07:49 PM
How many others on here have an imac with burn in problems?
I have a tone!
I am so unhappy with this product.
Im happy I have the extended warranty, Im now getting a new monitor for my imac.

Any others on here with the same problem?

Dude I had a massive Burn In issue with my iMac Early 2008 (24" 3.06Ghz C2D). There were dark patches all over my screen like dark clouds on that gorgeous screen. I had APP on that, and I turned it in to Apple Genius in July 2009, almost a year after I bought it and they replaced the entire LCD panel and handed me a bill which had a service detail of around $950.00 but my charge was $0.00 because of the APP. Thank God for that!!

You have APP so chill
DewGuy1999
Dec 4, 2009, 08:19 PM
LCDs and plasma screens can suffer from "image persistence", similar to burn in on a CRT. Here's the explanation/fix from Wikipedia: Image persistence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence).
Trek2100
Dec 4, 2009, 08:30 PM
This was already talked about on another thread. A recommendation was made to start your screen saver after 3 minutes of non-activity and put the display to sleep after 8 minutes. Additionally, there was an article on Apple's website, the link was on the other thread, where you should switch to a different wallpaper and something about changing the brightness and after a certain period of time the burned in image will disappear. Sorry I do not remember the thread this information was on. Try searching the forum for a similar topic.

Update: Check this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2807?viewlocale=en_US