LCD Scrub cleans those stubborn stains from your screen
Back in the day, we ran screen savers for more than just meditative entertainment, eye candy or news updates. We ran them for one good reason -- to save our freakin' screens! Burn-in was a serious problem on CRT monitors, and many displays ended up with a permanent menu bar shadow or outline of a high-contrast desktop pattern stuck there for posterity.While LCD screens aren't nearly as likely to run into image persistence issues as older CRTs, they aren't immune to damage, as developer Daniel Sandler (author of screensaver Pyrothèque) learned to his dismay a year ago. After his flat-panel got munged by green static overnight, he whipped up a pattern-shifting screensaver to repair the burned-in pixels (based on Apple's recommendation of leaving an all-white image over the affected areas). Whaddaya know, it worked -- hence the $18 LCD Scrub screensaver/display repair tool.
Just updated to version 1.02 with registration and other bug fixes, LCD Scrub might just save you the cost of a new display. It's the fluoridated water of screensavers: secretly doing good behind the scenes.
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Back in the day, we ran screen savers for more than just meditative entertainment, eye candy or news updates. We ran them for one good...
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i used to enjoy mike rose posts on tuaw the most, but man, what happened?
was it greed or sloth?
LCD don't have burn-in...period. The technology just doesn't allow it. I had an iMac lock up and for three weeks it displayed the same desktop image (I was on vacation). No burn in.
April 18 2008 at 10:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt costs money to run screensavers - when are people going to realise that shutting a display off is almost always the answer?
April 18 2008 at 6:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAdd another developer to the greedy list. $18 to do what several freebies do? f that.
April 17 2008 at 8:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYet another pointless application that costs money.. Again an app that could be written in a day, an application that should be free, but no its $18.
What happened to the Mac developers? They used to be cool! Like China!
A day? Half an hour with Quartz Composer and Automator.
April 17 2008 at 7:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBeing that fluoride is really, really bad for you, maybe that wasn't the best analogy. Just sayin....
April 17 2008 at 4:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyou're right, but most people don't know that.
April 17 2008 at 8:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHello All,
I just saw and read the article above. I downloaded to test it out to see if it would fix my problem but I do not think the 20min is enough for me to see a result.
My problem is dark spots or what looks like dust behind the screen has anyone here ever experienced this problem? This would be the second time apple has replaced my screen. There is a topic on apples website to show others who have the same problem http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1092319&tstart=45
Just desperately looking for a solution and help thanks.
Any chance of this "leaving an all-white image over the affected areas" fixing the stuck pixel on my iPod touch?
April 17 2008 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs I understand it, "stuck" pixels have an entirely different etiology from image persistence. It's harmless to try the all-white image, but I haven't read anyone recommending it for stuck pixels.
April 17 2008 at 5:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply18 dollars?!?!?!?!
Whats wrong with people! Freeware FTW!
We've got that too. :)
http://toastycode.com/besavers/
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