Does Screen saver really matter?

[Alex Branham]

My brother and dad was talking today and my dad was telling him screen saver extends the life of your PC and my brother saying that it don't matter. I was just wanting to know if it really does help I have always just left mine on but never knew if it helped in any way.

[Vacsol]

for older computers, it prevented screen burn-in and worked as an alternative to hibernating, because recovering from hibernation took much longer than it does today.

It doesn't really extend the life of PCs nowadays

[Guest]

Screen savers used to have a purpose on CRT screens because still images could burn in. They are 100% irrelevant nowadays.

[MegaDave91]

They're both right...it depends on the monitor in use; CRT yes and LCD no.

[Swndlr]

ive heard screensavers/wallpapers with less white is the way to go for longer battery life, i could be 100% wrong though

[iruixos]

I remember when I used to use screensavers.... back in the XP days.

[DigitalHermit]

It used to... Not too much now, but I've seen "modern" displays with burned-in images, only in computerized kiosks and commercial displays though...

[Guest]

ive heard screensavers/wallpapers with less white is the way to go for longer battery life, i could be 100% wrong though

 

Your standard LCD screen will see no difference in power consumption whether you display a black or a white image. Maybe there are some backlight technologies that turn down the backlight when the image is very dark, but otherwise it makes no difference. Again, with CRT screens that was different. That's why Blackle was a thing (for a very short time), so people wouldn't waste energy with the white google startpage.

[DigitalHermit]

Your standard LCD screen will see no difference in power consumption whether you display a black or a white image. Maybe there are some backlight technologies that turn down the backlight when the image is very dark, but otherwise it makes no difference. Again, with CRT screens that was different. That's why Blackle was a thing (for a very short time), so people wouldn't waste energy with the white google startpage.

 

Unless it's an OLED which makes some difference...

[Guest]

Unless it's an OLED which makes some difference...

 

The same goes for plasma screens, but it still doesn't apply to LCDs.

[rcarlos243]

Screen savers used to have a purpose on CRT screens because still images could burn in. They are 100% irrelevant nowadays.

 

not true.

 

Most overclockable S-IPS 1440p panels (Temptest Overlord X270OC, Catleap 2B needs to warm up first to achieve 110Hz+(most can only cold boot at around ~105Hz)

 

It also prevent the overclockable PLS 1440p panels from suffering image retention.

[bob345]

yeah, screen savers are basically irrelevant now. Anyways, i just thought i would post an awesome xp screen saver

 

[MegaDave91]

yeah, screen savers are basically irrelevant now. Anyways, i just thought i would post an awesome xp screen saver

 

Oh the nostalgia...

[NeatSquidYT]

yeah, screen savers are basically irrelevant now. Anyways, i just thought i would post an awesome xp screen saver

 

One of my primary school teachers had that and we all thought it was hilarious

[pbenologa]

Still the best screensaver for me