Weird experience with my Monitor

JustAMinute · 09-17-2012, 12:42 PM

When we use our monitor it usually generates heat, because it uses energy.

Last night I watched a movie and after the movie I fell asleep. I forgot to turn off my monitor, but I set my monitor to turn off after 30 minutes when no one is using it. When I woke up it didn't turn off! So I was worried and touched the back of my monitor and surprisingly it was cold, even the screen was cold. It was like it was turned off.

What's going on? Shouldn't it be blazing hot since it's been on for 8 hours straight?

marioman63 · 09-17-2012, 07:50 PM

hmmmm, im not sure, but im almost wondering if there was picture retention, i.e the picture stayed even though the actual pixels are not on. for example, i have an original game boy advance and it does the same thing these days. when i turn it off, the game picture sticks around for almost 10 seconds after switching it off, and you can watch the screen "melt away". i dunno if computer monitors can do the same thing, but that is the first thing that comes to mind according to ur explanation.

Drann · 09-17-2012, 07:52 PM

Considering you were asleep during the period you though the Monitor was off, it's a pretty difficult situation to claim issue on. Maybe it did turn off? Something turned it on not long before you woke up, a pet maybe? Something else? I'd not worry too much about it.

shado028 · 09-17-2012, 08:30 PM

Perhaps the monitor cooled down because it was no longer doing anything active -- just displaying the same pixels over and over instead of running your movie at 24fps.

JustAMinute · 09-18-2012, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Drann

Considering you were asleep during the period you though the Monitor was off, it's a pretty difficult situation to claim issue on. Maybe it did turn off? Something turned it on not long before you woke up, a pet maybe? Something else? I'd not worry too much about it.

a ghost perhaps? :O lol I doubt it went off because if it did it would stay that way. It turns off every 30 mins and my door is locked.

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Originally Posted by shado028

Perhaps the monitor cooled down because it was no longer doing anything active -- just displaying the same pixels over and over instead of running your movie at 24fps.

I was thinking that same thing, maybe monitors these days tend to use less energy when there's few movements on the screen.

09-17-2012, 12:42 PM	#1
JustAMinute Join Date: Jul 2012 Reputation: 2 Posts: 62	Weird experience with my Monitor When we use our monitor it usually generates heat, because it uses energy. Last night I watched a movie and after the movie I fell asleep. I forgot to turn off my monitor, but I set my monitor to turn off after 30 minutes when no one is using it. When I woke up it didn't turn off! So I was worried and touched the back of my monitor and surprisingly it was cold, even the screen was cold. It was like it was turned off. What's going on? Shouldn't it be blazing hot since it's been on for 8 hours straight?

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09-17-2012, 07:50 PM	#2
marioman63 Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 1 Posts: 205	hmmmm, im not sure, but im almost wondering if there was picture retention, i.e the picture stayed even though the actual pixels are not on. for example, i have an original game boy advance and it does the same thing these days. when i turn it off, the game picture sticks around for almost 10 seconds after switching it off, and you can watch the screen "melt away". i dunno if computer monitors can do the same thing, but that is the first thing that comes to mind according to ur explanation.

09-17-2012, 07:52 PM	#3
Drann Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 287 Posts: 416	Considering you were asleep during the period you though the Monitor was off, it's a pretty difficult situation to claim issue on. Maybe it did turn off? Something turned it on not long before you woke up, a pet maybe? Something else? I'd not worry too much about it.

09-17-2012, 08:30 PM	#4
shado028 Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 60 Posts: 264	Perhaps the monitor cooled down because it was no longer doing anything active -- just displaying the same pixels over and over instead of running your movie at 24fps.