Do screensavers actually save the screen?

Question

If so; how exactly, and from what?
If not; why are they called screensavers?

Answer 1

Anything that keeps an LCD on wears it out.


For CRTs, anything that has a static image, or only uses part of the screen can burn an image into the phosphors. So the fish tank can burn in an image of the rocks. The Windows Marquee can burn the screen in a line where the text scrolls. The best screen saver is one that puts a black screen up. Windows Starfield is reasonable.


For any display the best thing to do is to use power management rather than a screen saver.

Answer 2

a game on the tv called ping pong was one of the first choices you had of computer games. This proved over and over that the lines could be burnt into the old fashion tubes. Screen Savers were necessary, but now with the new forms of CRTs the actual screensaver option has become old fashion and is now more of a decortive item,,, however nothing is ever lost any more,, what is permantly lost by lets say decay we can elaborate the process in the long term memory and retrieve it through going back to the short term memory , although it may be a litte foggy ,, but now never lost ,
its all a matter of left and right lines,, stimuli from the outside to visual aural tactile bustatory olfactory ( BUFFERS) Short term memory ELABORATIVE PROCESS LONG TERM MEMORY BACK TO LEFT OF RETRIEVAL . Everything in memory begins as a sensory input from the environment, but most of the differences are stylistict rather than substantive.

Answer 3

On the balance of things, if you look at the history of war and bloodshed, and then compare it to the acts of compassion and kindness done by Christians, it's a no-brainer - Christianity has done FAR FAR FAR more good than bad. In saying that, I do lament the evils that have been done in Christ's name, but it would be incorrect to label these actions the "norm" of Christian experience. Even a casual observer can see that the regimes of Vladamir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Pol Pot have done far more evil than anything Christianity has ever done - add up the numbers of the Crusades and the Inquisition combined and you won't get anywhere near these communist regimes). Compare this to the humanitarian work of many Christian organisations who go out in the world to provide humanitarian aid to people all over the world, especially in countries where such aid is not often forthcoming from anyone else. As I said, I think the violence in Jesus' name is an unforgivable stain on the name of Christians everywhere. But it does not represent who we are or who we have been. It represents what we need to avoid. The good Christianity has done far outweighs anything done in hatred and violence in the same name.

Answer 4

Not really these days, they're just something to look at. It's better to just set your screensaver as none and set it to turn off your monitor after it's been idle for 10 minutes or so

Answer 5

It did with old CRTs. But now it gives u an ornamental value. that's all about screen savers in these days. Now 'Screen Saver' is only a name u use to it.

Answer 6

If its an LCD monitor they do, if electrons are not moving much, they can "burn in" to the screen. Same goes with some TVs.

Answer 7

No. They used to on older CRT monitors but now they are basically eye candy.

Answer 8

on old CRTs. by changing colors. the old monitors would get gousts if the screen sat on one image.