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Re:Switch off bad TV settings by jasonfarnon on Monday December 04, 2023 @07:04PM (#38525151)
Screensavers became necessary again?
Re:Switch off bad TV settings by girvo on Monday December 04, 2023 @07:23PM (#38525349)
For OLED computer monitors: yep!
Re:Switch off bad TV settings by eru on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:42PM (#38526424)
They were never necessary to begin with: automatically turning the screens off (or at least to 'black') is never worse.
Re:Switch off bad TV settings by imp0cat on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:11AM (#38527938)
Not just that. OLED TVs nowadays have a screensaver that kicks in when it detects stationary image for more than a few minutes.

They also shift the image around by a few pixels to prevent logos and tickers from permanently marking the screen.

And when turned off, they also try to level the brightness of individual pixels by displaying different patterns - again to combat "burn-in".