Analogue-sequencer

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" <colin@...>
wrote:
>
>  
> > is it possible that the display wears out on the P3 ? I have the P3  
> > bit more than 9months now I guess.
> > I recently noticed that the dots have different brightness on teh  
> > display, the ones that are active in normal usage are slightly darker.
> > Is this something to expect ? I have some synth displays that don't  
> > show such behaviour after +10 years but the might use allover less  
> > characters that P3 shows in different operation states.
> > the pict attached shows this only in a worse way unfortunately
> 
> 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 ?
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
>



Hi,

yes,my pled has this halflight pixeldots too.i run the p3 all the time
and the display shows this behaviour after aprox.7 weeks on.


Tom


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