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DashRendar:
Had a couple of questions I wanted to toss out there regarding monitor burn-in.

The cab I picked up has a little burn-in (around the edges, where the static text is for most of the time).

What exactly is burn-in?  Let me rephrase that- I know in general what it is, but not why it is.  What causes the images to stay on the screen- and most importantly, is there any way to clear burn-in off a screen?

Finally, is this a CRT thing only, or do LCDs and Plasma screens also suffer from burn-in?

 :dunno

HaRuMaN:
I think burn-in is permanent... the phosphors inside the screen are altered forever, no way to undo.

I seem to to remember early plasmas being susceptible to burn-in.

bkenobi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in

DashRendar:
Hmm, it seems like this is a problem that MUST have a solution...

...Beyond just tossing out the whole monitor and buying a new one.

 :banghead:

Do we have any engineers in the BYOAC community that know if this has been looked into?

Franco B:
You can't get rid of burn.

You could keep the chassis if you get rid of the tube though.

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