Just wondering which will hurt the life of my screen.
If at all matters.
Cheers.
2007-02-23 11:46:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Off is NOT better if its turning off after 5 minutes! It eats more current constantly turning it on and off! If you have a CRT display, use a screensaver. It also puts a strain on the Hi voltage circuit in your monitor if its a CRT!
2007-02-23 11:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I prefer using the screen saver i only turned off the monitor in case that i will not back at the office or i'll leave it for long...e.g. 3 hours or 5 hours.
2007-02-23 11:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by John de la Cruz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I leave my computer on, but turn the monitor off if I'm going to be away for a couple of hours. The monitor pulls more than twice the power of the CPU, and eventually it will burn out your screen. I tried to tell a friend that, but her husband insisted it wouldn't happen. So what happened? One day her monitor literally blew up. Then he had to buy her a new (bigger & better) one.
2007-02-23 11:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends how long after the monitor turns off you turn it back on. If it is on screensaver and you come back after a minute- no harm. But if it turns off and you come back straight away, the monitor has to reboot straight away and that causes a lot of light usage. The more light a monitor shines, the quicker it will burn out.
2007-02-23 11:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My recomendation is to have the screensaver come on after 5 and then set the monitor to go off after 10 and if you want, set the compute to go into standby or hibernation, or sleep if you hav a mac.
2007-02-23 11:49:32 · answer #5 · answered by robotca2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turn it off. Screen savers are pretty useless these days.
2007-02-23 11:48:34 · answer #6 · answered by peersignal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont use a screen saver, monitor just gos to sleep, but its up to you. you can set it for as short or long as you want.
2007-02-23 11:49:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your not going to use your computer for a while then turn of your computer not just the monitor.. that way you also save on electric too
2007-02-23 11:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just turn the monitor off
2007-02-23 11:48:36 · answer #9 · answered by â?¥ Pawya! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only turn off the computer if you are not going to use it for more than a day or two, other wise if you use it daily then keep it on and just use sleep
2007-02-23 11:48:45 · answer #10 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋