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How important are screensavers ?

In the light of modern monitors are quite good. Will we need screensavers in the future or are they only for decoration purposes?

Public Comments

1. decoration
2. VERY IMPORTANT.. You can still get a burn into your monitor... such as being able to see your desktop image burned into the background of your monitor if left on for to long.
3. Screensavers are where you went to this screen and you go back there if you didn't shut it down and just closed it. You can download them and theres a screensaver to download at Famlyguy.com. So, they're not that important to get.
4. Screensavers or the moving images when your computer isn't being used are there to prevent phosphur burn-in...which is when your computer is turned off you see a darkened shadow or ghost image. So, it's always best to have one,but, purely up to you.
5. yeah unless you have a CRT screen, or your computer is connected to a plasma, you don't need a screensaver. just turn the monitor off for power saving and to increase LCD life because for an LCD screen a screensaver or a desktop is just the same
6. Not needed for modern monitors. Correct. No risk of burning in an image onto the crt/ lcd monitor.
7. Before screensavers were needed to stop a LCD/Plasma monitor from burning in the static image. But Burn in is obsolete, doesn't happen anymore, so the only need for a screensaver is to look cool.
8. For TFT (flat panel) monitors, pointless - unless you are using a plasma screen! Turn off the screen saver and use the monitor shutdown feature instead. Saves power and bills.