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LCD resolution changes lead to burnout?

by Sep 8, 2011 7:15PM PDT

I read in an article that turning the lamp on/off many times in an LCD leads to faster wear, e.g. if a screen goes in and out of standby many times in a day.
My TV - Samsung LE40B550 - always shows a message showing the current screen res whenever I switch from one input to another, or the same device is outputting a different resolution, accompanied by a dimming and brightening of the screen. Is it power cycling the lamp at this point?
This happens many times when using my PS3 Slim - even though the PS3 is set to output at 1080p at all times, the TV seems to react to a change in resolution at nearly every loading screen.
So the question is, should I worry that this combined behaviour from the PS3 and the TV will wear it out faster?

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While this used to be a problem over a decade ago.
by Forum moderator Sep 9, 2011 12:30PM PDT

No display I know today would fail due to what you wrote unless it had other issues.

But worse still is it is unlikely for the makers to assuage fears like this. The answer is no and it's not a problem but how would you cover this for the folk that fear the worst?
Bob

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PS. Time to watch DUNE again.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 10, 2011 2:18AM PDT

"Fear is the mind killer"

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I'll continue to play in peace
by joshimitsu81 Sep 11, 2011 6:45PM PDT

and hope my set doesn't go the way of one belonging to somebody else I know, it was a Philips model from 3 years ago and the backlight recently gave it up.

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There is only one solution
by Sep 9, 2011 1:39PM PDT

If you are worried about shortening the lifespan of you TV because of turning it Off and On, then there is only one solution: Leave it on all the time. Just turn it to an input with not signal so the screen is black. Oh wait, if you leave the TV on all the time, wouldn't that shorten the lifespan too? I guess there just isn't a solution.

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