patseguin Global Moderator Posted November 21, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2013 The red is just a crosshair in the program. You can see streaks in the display and if you can zoom in closer, you can see words and stuff from other programs. I thought LCD's didn't have burn in. Is this one on its last legs? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted November 21, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted November 21, 2013 What kind of screen is it? I have a Samsung SyncMaster 204T and have similar issues, however, they haven't gotten any worse over the course of a year and a half. Nevermind, see that it's a Dell at the bottom, but they source panels from at least a few different manufacturers - including Samsung. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 It happens. My old Dell laptop from 2002 had the Windows XP Minimize, Restore, Close buttons burned into the upper right corner of the screen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted November 21, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted November 21, 2013 LCD's can suffer from burn-in in extreme cases. My old Galaxy Nexus had the problem. I actually made a thread about it on here, a few people said it was the OLED cells in the panel dying which caused it. Either way, you can't really repair the problem - just change the panel for a new one, Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted November 21, 2013 Author Global Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2013 It's a Dell 30" monitor. The first one they came out with. It's still usable but somewhat distracting. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted November 21, 2013 MVC Share Posted November 21, 2013 I had a similar problem on the screen on my old iMac G5. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted November 21, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 21, 2013 I use to have this issue on my Dell Ultrasharp 20" screen... seems I notice it most on IPS panels usually seems to happen with large contrast changes... like you have a dark color background then open a bright image on it then close it after a while... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Yeah, LCDs can absolutely get burn in, especially if the monitor is that old. My old TV (well, my bedroom TV now) used to get REALLY bad ghosting issues. Does it go away over time, or is the same image burnt in permanently? The best solution would be to set your screensaver to activate quickly, or even just turn off the display after a very short timeout. Even a minute or two on the same screen would cause my TV to have a ghost for a little while, but they always went away after some period of time. Unfortunately when you use it as a monitor, there are lots of parts of the screen that don't get refreshed frequently when you're working on one thing. Title bars and such may rarely move while the content does. I think LCDs are less affected by permanent burn in though, not to say it can't happen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted November 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 22, 2013 they absolutely have an issue with image retention. My ipad 2 has it with the browser address bar in all corners of the screen regardless which way you turn it. It does go away after you leave it off for a while but it comes back very quickly. Tech isn't made to last unfortunately. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1189359-image-retention-on-lcd/#findComment-596119963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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