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Re: [analogue-sequencer] display wearing out ?

2006-10-25 by henry stamerjohann

Am 25.10.2006 um 15:20 schrieb Colin Fraser:

> A few people have seen this behaviour on the PLED displays, so I've  
> been
> looking into it.
> The light emitting polymers used in the PLED display behave  
> differently to
> liquid crystal displays.
> It seems that their brightness reduces over time.
> The makers quote a brightness half-life of "more than 10,000  
> hours", which
> would mean leaving a pixel turned on 24/7 for over a year would  
> reduce its
> brightness by 50%.
> Do you leave your P3 switched on all the time ?
> It could be that a screen-saver is called for.
> Anyone else seeing noticeable degradation of the display ?

hm, I had my P3 on for about 6 weeks constantly over last time but,  
not a year or so...

cheers,
henry





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