Image Burn-in on Computer Monitor!!

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jaykeMURD

I sit on you.
This really, really sucks! So I was recording some tracks in Sonar 4 and everything was going smooth. I went to apply an audio effect to a rather large track, and my computer froze. I hadn't saved it yet either! I had to run my sis up to school, so I left the computer in its frozen state, with the monitor on. Now, we commmonly leave the montor on for hours at a time, and nothing ever happens. I also know that today's modern monitors are, from what I'm told, are basically free from image burn-in. But now I get home and find a small, but annoying image from the Sonar program BURNED into my monitor!!! This monitor is an eMachines (yuck!) 17" Flat Screen, but is less than 3 years old! The image is small, like 1 3/4" x 1/4", yet it is horrible! This isn't supposed to happen! The monitor was only on (with computer frozen) for no more than 2 hours!!!

WTF is all I can say. This seriously blows. Not to mention I lost the track that took like 12 tries to get right!
Anyone else have anything like this happen! :mad:

Maybe now I have a reason to get dual 19" flat panels!? ;)
 
UPDATE:

LOL
The "burn" has dissapeared. All is not lost! :D
 
then it really was not burned in. but even today burn in can still happen. sometime you may need to degauss. anything magnetic, even if its magneticly sheilded can cause discoloration on your monitor.
 
jaykeMURD said:
I also know that today's modern monitors are, from what I'm told, are basically free from image burn-in. But now I get home and find a small, but annoying image from the Sonar program BURNED into my monitor!!! This monitor is an eMachines (yuck!) 17" Flat Screen, but is less than 3 years old!
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When you say flat screen, do you mean tube or panel? If you mean a panel, the effect should be temporary. It is quite common for people to see temporary "burn-in", but it doesn't last long. I'm not quite sure why it happens, but.... Another common cause of something that looks like burn-in is build-up of dust on the screen due to static charge.

If you mean a tube, excessive brightness/contrast settings will cause burn-in even on modern displays. They aren't anywhere near as sensitive as they used to be, but it does still happen. That said, if it was only on for a couple of hours, I would -hope- the effect would be temporary. Otherwise your display settings are WAY too intense.... :D
 
dgatwood said:
If you mean a tube, excessive brightness/contrast settings will cause burn-in even on modern displays. They aren't anywhere near as sensitive as they used to be, but it does still happen. That said, if it was only on for a couple of hours, I would -hope- the effect would be temporary. Otherwise your display settings are WAY too intense.... :D
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Yeah, it's a Tube flat-screen monitor. My settings are fairly normal.....i suppose. People don't sit at my computer and explode or anything........of course, there was this one time.... :D
 
just dont leave the same image on for long perriods, hence screen savers....
 
...or turn the monitor off if you need to leave it sitting for awhile....
 
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