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Burn-in on a monitor, when severe as in this "please wait" message, is visible even when the monitor is switched off. Screen burn-in, image burn-in, ghost image, or shadow image, is a permanent discoloration of areas on an electronic visual display such as a cathode-ray tube (CRT) in an older computer monitor or television set. It is caused by ...
Image persistence, or image retention, is a phenomenon in LCD and plasma displays where unwanted visual information is shown which corresponds to a previous state of the display. It is the flat-panel equivalent of screen burn-in. Unlike screen burn-in, the effects are usually temporary and often not visible without close inspection.
Image burn-in occurs on CRTs and plasma panels when the same picture is displayed for long periods. This causes the phosphors to overheat, losing some of their luminosity and producing a "shadow" image that is visible with the power off. Burn-in is especially a problem on plasma panels because they run hotter than CRTs.
A street lamp mounted on a bracket and column A high pressure sodium street light fixture. Street light interference, sometimes called high voltage syndrome, is the claimed ability of individuals to turn street lights or outside building security lights on or off when passing near them. [1]
Image credits: lostinthesnakepit The author of the post told us the whole ordeal has impacted the way he shares and protects his work online “My love of Star Wars got me into [recreating movie ...
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Milo tried to tell the humans he wasn't happy and wanted them to put his show on - 15 minutes of staring should've been enough warning for the spare human! But what makes it even funnier is that ...
On-screen displays are also used in camcorders, and can display various information both on the viewfinder and on the TV set the camcorder is connected to. The complexity of graphics offered by such displays has greatly increased over the years, from simple monochrome images to intricate graphical user interfaces .