Perfect..

oldbag · 2 Dec 2006 at 20:49

.. I've had this Samsung 913B lcd monitor for just over a year, and just came up to use my PC to find an image has been burned into the screen.

I assume it's out of warranty, so therefore it's a chuck it in the bin and get a new one, right?

stigggeh · 2 Dec 2006 at 21:20

no you contact samsung because its covered by a 3 year warranty

oldbag · 2 Dec 2006 at 21:33

Ok.

But do you reckon a burnt in image would qualify for a replacement?

If they ask for proof of purchase I'd have to dig out my credit card bills

oldbag · 2 Dec 2006 at 21:41

Hrm, I found the guarantee form anyway. I guess they know if it's under warranty or not by the serial number?

jezzag · 2 Dec 2006 at 22:42

You should be able to get rid of the screen burn by playing a movie or game with fast changing scenes. It's CRT screens that suffer from perminent burn caused by the electron gun firing at the same points on the screen all the time.

CHUDS · 2 Dec 2006 at 22:45

i'm sorry don't know much about monitors but what is burnt image mean like?

oldbag · 2 Dec 2006 at 22:58

Thanks all.

I found this:

http://compreviews.about.com/od/monitors/a/LCDBurnIn.htm

I'll try some of these suggestions.

oldbag · 3 Dec 2006 at 12:59

Strange - it seems a bit better today - the outline of the "burned" image seems to be less strong.

stomly · 3 Dec 2006 at 13:36

As far as I know, TFT`s don`t burn in the same way crts do, I was worried about burn on my Iiyama screen after using one of the ATI screen servers (the lava one) and my screen took on an orange tinge. Resetting to factory defaults in the menu sorted it completely.....try just resetting all your colours by doing a complete reset and work from there.....it might help.

oldbag · 3 Dec 2006 at 18:42

I think i'm going to do a whiteout for a night to see if that fixes it.

oldbag · 4 Dec 2006 at 19:37

Freaky, the "burned in" type image has almost gone pretty much after long hours of "white out". leet.