Which would result in a longer backlight life: leave it on all day, or to turn the power saver mode to sleep the screen frequently... say on/off cycles 20 times in an 8 hour work day (with maybe only 1-2 hours of total on time). Basically, does cycling the backlight on and off reduce its life, and if I turn it on, is it bad to turn it off again quickly?
2006-08-11 15:42:43 · 8 answers · asked by fshnthkdmn 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
It never hurts to let Windows power management to turn any monitor off after 15-20 minutes on inactivity. I leave my laptop on 24/7 and had no problems for almost 2 years now.
2006-08-11 17:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by biller19 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the others have said, go with the sleep option. Sleep mode is not as rough on a display device as a hard power off, regardless if you're talking about LCD or CRT monitors.
I've never seen an LCD fail due to being powered on/off too often, at least I don't think I have. Just think of a regular light bulb. It is better to turn it off/on many times throughout the day so that it is only on for a total of 1-2 hours, than it is to leave it on the entire time. The bulb will surely fail from the hours of use before it will from being turned on/off frequently...
2006-08-11 18:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's better to have it turn on and off. LCD screens have issues with power-on hours but not cycling. To maximize the number of useful power-on hours, turn it off when you're not using it or set the power management settings to shut the monitor down when the system is inactive.
2006-08-11 15:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With the use of screen savers it can be left on. Power saver will turn it off for you after a time you set. Most commercial users leave them on with a screen saver running. There is a power surge when one is turned on.
2006-08-12 00:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-29 23:11:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn it off; LCD screens don't suffer nearly as badly as CRT monitors do, and it will save power. They also "warm up" much faster, so it's not as inconvenient to do.
2006-08-11 15:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by drumrb0y 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
choose the default of Windows in power mode...
dont worry because backlight lifetime depends on your LCD quality like brands and... it doesnt have anything that how you use it !
2006-08-11 16:43:27 · answer #7 · answered by soren 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, this is the same case with me, what i do is i turn it on and off frequently because my friend suggested me that i do not leave my PC on for the whole day..........................i don't think this helps but ohh well................................
2006-08-11 15:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by greenday_idiot_rocks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋