Blank screen screensaver VS turning disply off

kona0197 · #1 9th December 2011, 12:55 AM

I currently have my computer set to turn the display off after 2 minutes. I notice when I come back to use the computer the display is comes on but is not as bright as it should be for a few seconds. Am I hurting the display or should I use the blank screen screensaver?

The screen is an LCD display with LED providing the backlight.

DukeNukem · #2 12th December 2011, 12:02 PM

Are you sure you have an LED backlight and not a CCFL backlight?

kona0197 · #3 12th December 2011, 07:40 PM

Quite sure. This notebook is only 6 months old and one of the selling points was a LED backlighted LCD screen. Listed here on the product specs as a LCD backlight.

resistor200 · #4 12th December 2011, 08:05 PM

Did you try taking off the shades when you walk back into the room?

LinuxNerd · #5 11th January 2012, 02:23 AM

Have you tried setting one of the non-blank screen screensavers and setting the display to automatically shut off in a couple minutes to a few seconds?