LCD Question

e v o · Mar 24, 2006, 03:44 AM

Hi guys,

I own a Dell 2001fp, and really have enjoyed it. I have found little to complain about until now. I noticed when watching a video that there is a "burn in" of the taskbar on the bottom of the screen. It is more vivid when the video shows lighter colors, and less visible with darker ones. I tried to take a screenshot to check if it maybe was a setting or a driver problem, but it did not get reproduced when i looked at the screenshot. Has anyone else had this problem? The monitor itself isn't even a year old.

Other things i tried. I hid the taskbar to see if there was some transparency stuff going on, but the line was still there. I hid the taskbar again and windowed the video and brought it down to where the taskbar/burned line is, and it was still there. It doesn't show up with pictures, or at least i cant see it.

Has anyone ever experienced this? It is very annoying.

thanks guys for any input

edit: looked it up in google, am trying the all white jpeg as a slideshow screensaver

Customgamer1 · Mar 24, 2006, 04:06 AM

You know this has happened to other people also. My friend knew someone who played wow for a long time and got a burn in at the bottom of the screen also. I have a LCD from videsonic but never noticed a problem... It could be because i have a hour shut off on my monitor but sorry to say theres no way to fix it

swimtech · Mar 26, 2006, 03:08 AM

Sounds like you need to call Dell for possible warranty service.

Mar 24, 2006, 03:44 AM	#1
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	LCD Question Hi guys, I own a Dell 2001fp, and really have enjoyed it. I have found little to complain about until now. I noticed when watching a video that there is a "burn in" of the taskbar on the bottom of the screen. It is more vivid when the video shows lighter colors, and less visible with darker ones. I tried to take a screenshot to check if it maybe was a setting or a driver problem, but it did not get reproduced when i looked at the screenshot. Has anyone else had this problem? The monitor itself isn't even a year old. Other things i tried. I hid the taskbar to see if there was some transparency stuff going on, but the line was still there. I hid the taskbar again and windowed the video and brought it down to where the taskbar/burned line is, and it was still there. It doesn't show up with pictures, or at least i cant see it. Has anyone ever experienced this? It is very annoying. thanks guys for any input edit: looked it up in google, am trying the all white jpeg as a slideshow screensaver __________________ Last edited by e v o; Mar 24, 2006 at 03:51 AM.

Mar 24, 2006, 04:06 AM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 73 System Specs	You know this has happened to other people also. My friend knew someone who played wow for a long time and got a burn in at the bottom of the screen also. I have a LCD from videsonic but never noticed a problem... It could be because i have a hour shut off on my monitor but sorry to say theres no way to fix it __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Mar 26, 2006, 03:08 AM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Sounds like you need to call Dell for possible warranty service. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.