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Image burn-in on displays

When displaying the same image on a monitor (mostly on old CRT displays) the image remained vaguely visible even after the image was changed or even the display was turned off. This is called burn-in.

The term also got used for high power (which also means high heat, hence burn) testing period when using new components. Both for checking stability and in case of badly applied thermal grease to allow it to settle. Please do not use this tag for that. (note [stress-test] tag exists)

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Can a 7 days full 100% CPU load "burn-in" / "stress test" damage a modern notebook?

When I buy new computers, I usually do a "burn-in" with 100% CPU load for, say, seven days, in a well ventilated place. This is to find out if the computer has problems before I invest time into setting it up for me let it "steam out" some of the…
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What programs can I use to test my computer's hardware?

Possible Duplicate: What is the best computer “burn-in” or stability testing software? How can I thoroughly test all the hardware on my computer? I been having computer troubles lately and I want to run some tests to check if my hardware is…
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Is there any software that can let me burn-in test a new harddisk before i put my data on it?

I bought a new 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and since I heard that all the high capacity drives are very unreliable these days, I wanted to do some kind of burn-in test so that if there is a problem with the drive I can see it sooner then after I put my data…
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Live Linux CD for burn-in with Bonnie++?

Is there a live linux distro that I can use for burn-in? I'd like something that has Bonnie++ on it. I've found other live CDs that have utilities, but nothing with bonnie++ on it.
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Artifacts on LCD monitor?

I have an LCD monitor which was, arguably, relatively cheap. Undoubtedly it's due to cheap manufacturing, but after a while of continuous use, I start to see artifacts of previous images (resembling CRT burn-in). I've also noticed the these areas of…
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Is there a way in Windows/GNU Linux to prevent burn-in on plasma TVs being used as a monitor?

I've got a plasma TV (Samsung E8000) that I'm using as a second monitor for my Windows 7 computer (also be interested in software for GNU/Linux). Since plasma TVs have problems with burn-in, manufacturers advise against having static images on the…
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Is burn-in on my LCD panel normal?

The other day I bought a new computer monitor (Acer G246HYLbd, LED backlight, IPS panel, 24"). Apart from the fact that it doesn't feel like a "real" IPS panel (at certain angles part of the screen is dimmer), the screen somehow has a weird burn-in…
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How to OCR the hardcoded Korean subtitles from a movie?

I got a Chinese movie called "Xin li zui (2017)" with Korean subtitles, burned into it. Or, 'hardcoded'. Now, with an French, Spanish or English subbed movie or just any movie which uses the ABC-alpahbet, I can of course use Subrip and Avidemux to…
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Monitor Flickering caused by repeating gif image

I have an LG LED IPS monitor (22MP55). A GIF image of an animated firefly flapping its wings was on my screen and I was doing something else with my laptop and didn't notice monitor. After 15 minutes that I came back and closed the GIF image, I…
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USB test methodology and automation tools

I am charged with the task to design the architecture to stress (burn-in) test computer's USB ports. Requirements are not defined yet, and I have double complicated task - to define what to test and under which conditions, and which tools to use to…
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Subtitles .SRT are not displayed on my Sony Bravia TV while they are displayed on my Samsung TV

I have plenty of MKV files with their SRT files stored on a DLNA server. Subtitles appear well when watching these movies on my Samsung TV, but do not appear on my Sony Bravia. How can I solve the issue ? I've been told that Sony can only read…
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Sudden image burn-in on laptop screen - maybe caused by malfunction of graphics card?

I have experienced two images burnt-in my laptop screen very suddenly. The images did not burn-in over a long period of time, as it would happen with an old tube monitor. Instead, a single frame seems to be burnt in. At the first time it occured,…
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Text burned into mac screen after leaving infinite print loop for 15 minutes! (Pico-8)

I was at school, and I ran a program which would infinitely print a number, each time increasing it by .5. I wrote it in pico-8, a retro computer simulator, where you can write code in Lua. I left it for twenty minutes, and when I came back, there…
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