LCD Monitor Burn In

[Eat Soup]

I have this ~15 year old LCD monitor that I use as a secondary display and I've noticed that it is perceptive to temporary burn ins (lasting 2 hours after turning the display off). This seems to only occur in a specific area of the monitor at the top left. Is there something wrong with the hardware or is there something in the monitor settings such as brightness or contrast that I can change to reduce the effects?

[dilpickle]

Use a screensaver, turn down the backlight and brightness.

[Eat Soup]

20 minutes ago, dilpickle said:

Use a screensaver, turn down the backlight and brightness.

I cannot use a screensaver since I am constantly using chrome and the burn in still appears if I turn the display brightness down all the way.

[dilpickle]

Well this is not unexpected on a 15 year old display. Try moving windows around every few minutes. I think there is software that will do this too.

[xyro27]

If it's only in a specific area, and the rest of the display also has static elements, I would assume that it's a hardware issue. The brightness will not help the physical burn in since LCDs use a backlight, and the image-producing panel itself is always running at full power. I would assume this is due to the age revealing minor discrepancies when it was manufactured.

I wouldn't try any tricks like massaging the panel or running "pixel unstickers." Just know that LCD burn in should only be temporary unless the pixels permanently stick.