Keep Switching On-Off LCD Screen Will Burn It Out?
Did you ever wonder does turning off a TV, Monitor or LCD computer screen to save energy will damage the screen itself? We’re worried about frequently powering our monitor/screen on and off numerous times in a day. Will it shorten and effect the lifespan of the screen?
This problem likely stems from many readers’ childhood days, when our parents said that frequently turning the lights on and off would make the bulbs burn out. Dad was probably just annoyed at our behavior… but was he right?
Taken from Yahoo Tech News, an author posed the question of the problem whether monitors and LCDs can be damaged by frequent power cycling to a number of manufacturers of these screens and got quite much the same response from everyone he asked: There’s no risk. Don’t worry about it. The power we’re savings from having an unused monitor screen turn off far outweigh any cost associated with the risk of damage to the monitor, which is pretty much dollars.
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A top performer among 42-inch sets but on the pricey side. This set had excellent HD and DVD picture quality and very good standard-definition picture quality. But black areas of the image consistently looked a little too bright. The remote control is excellent and is easy to use in low lighting. The rear jacks’ labels are very easy to read. The set can receive images via wired home network (Ethernet). It has a long (24-month) warranty on parts and labor. Remote has two buttons – “Home Menu” and “Menu” – which can be confusing; only the first activates the TV menu. There’s no menu button on the console so if you lose the remote you can’t adjust the TV’s settings.