Re: BattleZone monitor centering

Hmmmm... Interesting. I don't have any hard data on burn-in. I just checked around on the 'net for info from some CRT manufacturers but didn't find what I was looking for.

My Tempest (and Star Wars) both have the "dot" in the center. I have no idea what exactly caused it (long term or very high intensity malfunction).

My knowledge comes from both schooling and some practical experience, but my emphasis in electronics has been more towards the digial and communication aspects rather than the display aspects. I'd love to hear
more from experience and maybe some techical details on the subject.

This is a rather good subject - something to get the brain juices flowing....

    - Matt

Zonn wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:59:26 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >
> >Keep in mind that it takes a long time for burn-in to become noticable. I would doubt that even if the beam was centered in the middle of the screen at high intensity for even a day or so would be noticable.
> >
> >Any statistical details would be interesting to see relating to burn-in.
>
> Burn in can happen in a matter of seconds! When I was new to vector
> monitors I was playing with the brightness on a Tempest and wasn't
> really watching the screen carefully. Trust me, you can take out the
> center pixels on a Tempest in less than a second if your not careful
> -- oh well, those center dots aren't used all that much in Tempest
> anyways!
>
> -Zonn

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