20 Display...SCREEN IMPRINTMENT ALREADY??

[iProd]

I got a nice G5 2.3 DC and a 20" cinema display not too long ago. Now, just recently I hooked up my gaming rig to it to see how it went. Well, I hadn't really noticed it until now: there is a ghost of a menu bar on the top of the screen and of my G5's backround. Is this common in the cinema displays?? It's such a tragic thing to happen to my beautiful Apple display

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

I got a nice G5 2.3 DC and a 20" cinema display not too long ago. Now, just recently I hooked up my gaming rig to it to see how it went. Well, I hadn't really noticed it until now: there is a ghost of a menu bar on the top of the screen and of my G5's backround. Is this common in the cinema displays?? It's such a tragic thing to happen to my beautiful Apple display

It's a common problem for some LCD's. Turn it off and let it cool down, it should go away that way.

 

[risc]

Are you joking? Picture burn in isn't common at all on LCD displays!

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

Are you joking? Picture burn in isn't common at all on LCD displays!

http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/lcd-screen-burn-3.html

Or you can just google image persistence. Quite a lot of articles about it.

Also I fail to see the point of your post, the guy needs help, I gave him some advice, now it's your turn

 

[risc]

I gave him some advice, now it's your turn

Since you are demanding I give him a link here goes: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88343

/me looks around his house and notices 5 LCD displays none of which have ever had this issue...

 

[Rovman]

I was also led to beleive TFT's do not suffer from Image burn-in/persistance. Thanks for enlightening me..

 

[risc]

I was also led to beleive TFT's do not suffer from Image burn-in/persistance. Thanks for enlightening me..

I just assumed the OP was talking about burn-in, persistance I had never heard of until today. If I had an LCD that suffered from it I'd be pretty angry.

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

Then consider ourselves enlightened

 

[adk]

/me looks around his house and notices 5 LCD displays none of which have ever had this issue...

It has a lot to do with how the display is used. Where I work we have LCDs that always display the same thing, similar to an airport monitor. By the end of the week it's burned in pretty badly, but with a little rest over the weekend it's as good as new by monday.

 

[Obsidian6]

this happens on occasion on my 23" cinema display which i bought new in january.

i thought it was just my eyes tricking me because i was staring at it for too long! lol. mine isnt bad though, it just is a very very faint image of wahtever was last on the screen.

it goes away after about 5-10 mins of being shut off. and i was none the wiser.