The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: LeedsFan on April 24, 2019, 04:59:53 am
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Maybe I'm just being paranoid? But I'm not monitor expert. So the question is can playing one particular vertical game for a length of time (say 3-4 hours or so) with vertical bezel art permanently displayed down the sides cause any burn in on a relatively modern(ish) vga PC CRT monitor?
NOT an arcade monitor.
I just feel like it's not the thing to do... but it might be fine?
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anything being displayed on a CRT has the possibility of buring into the screen given enough time.
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But how much time? Would it need quite a few hours? Or just a couple? Or is this too subjective and depends on type/manufacturer of monitor etc?
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You need to turn the monitor off and on every 108 minutes
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But how much time? Would it need quite a few hours?
Many hours, dependent on the tube and the brightness of the static image. But collapse a bright picture to a line or dot, and you'll increase the potential for burn-in significantly.
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Yeah, many hours. Don't worry about it. Remember arcade monitor have lived most of their lives switched on for 8+ hours a day, every day. Static stuff like score lines and 'insert coin' is what usually gets burnt in over a long time. More modern PC CRTs are probably less prone to burn in too, although I'm not sure why. Just never seen one with burn.