MFD screen burn-in?

My prius only has 1200 miles so I can't tellyou if it is a problem but my first thought is the energy screens and the consumption screens are in motion so there shouldn't be an issue with burn in.

The only time I have seen burn in is when teachers did not turn off their computers for the entire school year. Very seldom rebooted. The novell log in screen was burned into the monitor.

 

Also don't have many miles on my car, however i'd agree with the previous poster. The only times i've seen burn in is when a monitor is abused and left displaying the same, unmoving screen for extremely extended periods of time. keep in mind that a vast majority of the time the screen is off; it's only on when you're driving it. Even if you only go 25 in the car for 100,000 miles, thats only 4000 hours (or 167 days), which is less than 1/2 a year, spread over (most likely) 7-10 years. This type of usage should be fine for just about any screen out there.

 

LCDs aren't susceptible to burn-in the way old fashioned CRT screens were. No worries.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CMonster @ Sep 22 2006, 09:39 AM) [snapback]323326[/snapback]</div>

I agree. CRT's had a coating on the inside of the screen that would retain the image if it was constantly on the same screen (burned in). LCDs are designed differently and there is no coating to burn in.

I have seen some postings on here that constant sun exposure will cause the display to weaken (possibly crack??) I put on the MFD hood within a week of getting the car. Works very well in keeping the sun off of it and improves it's visibility on sunny days.

 

i had my '04 for 25 months, never noticed anything weird about it. mine was the original

 

It's an LCD! How could it burn in??!?? :huh:

Tom

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Sep 22 2006, 01:03 PM) [snapback]323444[/snapback]</div>

LCDs can burn in. At least the older ones can. Newer ones like whats in the Prius should last the life of the car without burn in unless you leave your MFD on 24/7/365. I have seen burn in on LCDs but you can really only tell its burned in on a pure white background or when the LCD is turned off.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nyconrad @ Sep 22 2006, 07:07 AM) [snapback]323337[/snapback]</div>

Where did you find the MFD hood ? I have looked all around the prius chat site and haven't found i one.

 

I got mine from ebay. Seller is Prius Hoods Great service and a great price.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Sep 22 2006, 01:10 PM) [snapback]323447[/snapback]</div>

You are mistaken, LCD screens to NOT get burn in. What you saw were most likely hot pixels.

 

Actually, apparently LCDs *do* get a form of "burn in", but it's not permanent.. I was reading a review of LCD vs. Plasma monitors recently and they specifically tested for this.. What they found was that extended viewing (over 100 hours) of the same scene (eg a DVD main menu screen) would cause the LCD to retain the image, very much like the CRT effect, but on LCDs, it was completely reversible- a few hours of regular use (ie without a fixed image) and the "burn-in" would be gone.

On the Prius, under normal use conditions, the screen is never on for more than a few hours at a time, and most people use the climate control and sound system on a regular enough basis that there's sufficient screen changes that you should never experience any "burn in" symptoms for the life of the car, and any that you do see should be minor and easily reversed by simply changing to a different screen for a couple of drives..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rest @ Oct 30 2006, 02:13 AM) [snapback]340545[/snapback]</div>

Sorry 'rest' but you are mistaken. I have 2 LCD's in my office right now that have burn in. I can see the audio tool that our audio mixer used in the upper right corner even though I haven't used that program in months. (would really like to get rid of it) Not sure how long it took to burn in.. but it's there. It's a low quality LCD so that might have somehting to do with it.

-Peter B

 

There's nothing in an LCD that can "burn" in like exists in phosphor-based CRTs. Under certain circumstances, they can experience image persistence, but that is usually temporary.

More info than you ever wanted to know about the topic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor_burn-in

 

LCD displays do not use phosphor, so are not subject to image burn-in as on a CRT. LCDs can exhibit what is called image persistence, which looks a lot like burn-in. Image persistence occurs when the LCD crystals take a set from displaying one color for extended periods. Image persistence is usually reset when the monitor is turned of for an extended period of time, as is done with the MFD when the Prius is turned off. If you do get image persistence on an LCD display, it can usually be reversed by turning of the display for an extended period. Another technique that can work is to display a solid color, usually white, for several hours.

Tom

 

we have a few samsung LCD's at work that the IE explorer task bar that shows under the right lighting conditions on a light background so ya, it can happen. not as noticeable as a CRT but its there and we have powersaver set to 5 mins to boot.

 

Again.....LCD's don't get burn in. Those that think they do need to understand what the term "burn in" means.

 

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I just noticed today, on my commute to work, as i was flipping through the screens i could read "CHG" and could also see the battery guage.

 

I noticed the battery picture and the CHG on mine comming to work today

 

You realise you are posting about a Gen 3 problem in a Gen 2 forum in a thread that was last added to in 2006, 13 years ago.

Gen 2 does not have those displays, so I doubt we can be of any help to you.