Problems with New 23" Cinema Displays
I just got my 2 New 23" Cinema Displays today. They are looking beautiful.
Only one thing concerns me.
If you use a dark background, open a finder window (with a white background) and leave it open for 3-4 minutes, it seems that after closing the finder window again this is "burned in".
I see this faint silhouette of the finder window at least for 20-30 sec, fading out. After 1 minute this "ghost" picture is gone totally ...
Anyone noticed the same ???
Thanks
Only one thing concerns me.
If you use a dark background, open a finder window (with a white background) and leave it open for 3-4 minutes, it seems that after closing the finder window again this is "burned in".
I see this faint silhouette of the finder window at least for 20-30 sec, fading out. After 1 minute this "ghost" picture is gone totally ...
Anyone noticed the same ???
Thanks
Comments
Originally posted by Jasonl
Aluminum is used in some cases (no pun intended0 to allow heat built up to escape through conduction.
new 20 inch has never been hot.
Originally posted by Maccaroni
Didn't notice that when I tested one. But I noticed the heat. Those things get HOT. It hurts to touch them at certain poins, and the whole case is really hot. I don't know what they did to them, but that kinda sucks. My 20" oldschool cinema display isn't warm at all.
Flatpannels get warm, it is the nature of the beast, and in all of the pictures I have seen of the new displays, it looks like there is no vent openings on the back (as most other monitors would have) plus it is metal, on top of that, the besel is so small yet, all of the components (includeing a FW/USB hub) must fit, meaning that the heat generateing components are closer together than in any previous generation cinima display.
Originally posted by Maccaroni
Didn't notice that when I tested one. But I noticed the heat. Those things get HOT. It hurts to touch them at certain poins, and the whole case is really hot.
Nah, the upper bezel of my new 23" Cinema is just warm, after hours of use. Most of the back surface is cooler than the top and only slightly warm. Perhaps the display would get warmer after lots of gaming or something, but I doubt it; I don't know if rapid pixel firing would affect the heat. I think your statement is a huge exaggeration, or you tested a defective display.
Take it in, before it catches fire or sumptin'
Yes, no?
Originally posted by lovenrockets
I thought one of the benefits of LCD is they use less energy and so less heat??
Yes, no?
Correct. The heat given off by a Cinema Display is minor compared to what's given of by a similar size CRT.
see http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n88343
"With some Apple LCD displays, if you leave an unchanging image (like a login screen or the same desktop picture) on the screen for a long period of time, you may see a faint remnant of the image even after a new image has replaced it. This is called "persistence"."
The image quality is superb and with the "persistence" problem, ok, we can live with that ...
BTW: our dispays get warm only, not hot !