"Burned" an image into my LCD Screen

[SuBw00FeR]

Well i've been using this wallpaper http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2154 ... perru8.jpg for while now, which i made in photoshop, that's besides the point, and just today (i've had the wallpaper for maybe 4-5days now?) i was browsing a forum and noticed that the black circle with rings and some of the car body has been "burned" into my LCD Screen, as in, when on a darkish background you are able to see the outline of it in a feint white, and it's pretty noticeable on anything that isn't white.

I was just wondering if it's possible to get another monitor under warranty or is there a way to fix it?

[Kingofkings_ash]

What happens when you degauss?

[William]

The burnt in screen problem is not a warranty claimable problem.. Did you actually run a screen saver while you're not using it or just leaving it on the wallpaper 24 hours? You might want to try and just turn off the screen for a while and test it again, see if it makes any difference. If the problem still persist, then most likely the damage is permanent. Although, from my experience, if it has not been on for too long, the screen burnt effect is normally just a temporary side effect that might go away over time.

[Spikeles]

Try displaying a completely white screen for a while..

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/lcds ... 146469.php

[leju]

There is no such thing as LCD burn in in respect to burn in on CRT or plasma technology.

Some LCD screens can suffer from residual image when you leave a static image on for 3 days to a week or so. I remember reading that this was due to residual voltage or something in the capacitors that control the LCD matrix gates.

Good news is, that this is completely reversible unlike CRT, Plasma. Just unplug your LCD from the mains power for a day and It should be back to normal.

If you want to find out more about this issue, or find the real reason why, I'm sure you will find it by searching through the web.

[Alpha_Climatise]

Like the guys here have said, LCD burn in is not actually burn in, but simply a little image memory. Very much like how your skin retains a memory of something that has been pressed against it for a while.

I too had this issue a while ago. I had created a space scene in photoshop, the image had high contrasts of light and dark. On a fairly uniform light or dark web page you could see an after image of my background. I found this was due to some problem with my mouse polling, so my computer never thought it was idle and wouldn’t turn off the display after twenty minutes.

The solution is fairly simple. Turn off the screen for a while, let a movie run full screen for a while, and get it to display a pure white image. Those things will disperse the after image, the greater the image memory the more time it will take, but rest assured that it isn’t permanent.

To make sure it doesn’t happen again you might like to setup a screensaver. Even if its one of the simple MS ones, or even a blank screen. This will ensure that the image being displayed isn’t on the screen twenty four hours a day with limited change. I’ve made a habit now of turning off my screen by hand when I’m not using my PC. And I’ve not had any after image problems since the first time.