The most amazing screensaver you ever had ?

PLAfiller · Jan 7, 2016

Do you use a screensaver ? Do they even make new one's ? I haven't used one in ages . Is it even necessary with PLS, IPS , High- performance IPS , OLED, etc displays ?

R-T-B · Jan 7, 2016

It was necessary for my 2008 42" Panasonic plasma screen in 2015. I had to sell it though.

Plasma screens despite having near CRT grade performance, suffer from burn in if left stationary for even 30 minutes.

That said, I just used some crappy built in Windows one.

PLAfiller · Jan 7, 2016

R-T-B said:
That said, I just used some crappy built in Windows one.

Me too. The last custom screensaver I used was based on a Chronicles of Riddick theme for Win 7. Before that all I remember was the Nvidia screensavers on their fan section of the site

AsRock · Jan 7, 2016

Not used one for over 16 years now, how ever you may like this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=572005235

NdMk2o1o · Jan 8, 2016

Digital Blasphemy used to be a favourite haunt of mind for wallpapers and screensavers back in the 90's/00's when they were all the rage... now I lock my session and turn the monitor off

The sites still going now, still looks like some old skool 2000's website :rockout:

My current desktop with a DB wallpaper..

95Viper · Jan 8, 2016

The Windows 10 built in one... love those pipes

Disparia · Jan 8, 2016

You can still find new ones, mostly cosmetic use though as it would take awhile to burn a modern screen. Some kiosks will use screen savers to grab attention.

Haven't used one in a long time, my screen goes black after 10 minutes. When they were big my favorite was After Dark (and the many packs that came afterwards):

newtekie1 · Jan 8, 2016

The most amazing screen saver I ever had was a Terminator 2 screen saver. It came on a floppy, and I used it back in the Windows 3.11 days.

It was a bright flash(like a nuke went off off screen). Then a wave of fire went accross the screen turning the screen into a burnt wasteland. Then a bunch of little robots came along and terraformed the wasteland.

Edit: I found a youtube video of it.

rtwjunkie · Jan 8, 2016

My favorite was a Virtual San Francisco, made by a now-defunct Cityscreens. The closest I can find mention of it is in an old PC World article: http://www.pcworld.com/product/950796/virtual-san-francisco-screen-saver.html

Jetster · Jan 8, 2016

Use the Windows 10 one. Some great pictures is the only reason I use it

rtwjunkie · Jan 8, 2016

Jetster said:
Use the Windows 10 one. Some great pictures is the only reason I use it

I haven't checked does W10 allow you to do a rotational desktop wallpapers like W8.1?

natr0n · Jan 8, 2016

It was a matrix based screensaver long ago.
Now I just use turn off display after 3 mins.

JATownes · Jan 8, 2016

Live Aquarium screensavers were always what I used...but like everyone else, I haven't used one in ages.

RejZoR · Jan 8, 2016

I don't use screensavers anymore, but when I did, I loved this one:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir.asp...94A12102E5094675!117&authkey=!ADG6BvHWBldngkU

It's a loading screen animation from System Shock 2.

Jetster · Jan 8, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
I haven't checked does W10 allow you to do a rotational desktop wallpapers like W8.1?

I guess its not the screen saver. Its windows spotlight. Its the locked screen pictures. There pretty amazing. Then it will ask you if you want more?

Ferrum Master · Jan 8, 2016

I still use windows energy from Vista on some PC...

It looks awesome and burns your gpu and power bill

FreedomEclipse · Jan 8, 2016

I dont use screensavers. I just set the system to turn the monitor off if im afk for 20mins

taz420nj · Jan 8, 2016

Last time I used a screensaver was the last time I had a CRT monitor probably 12-15 years ago.. Now they just go to sleep after whatever the Windows default is (15 or 20 mins)

RCoon · Jan 8, 2016

As plasma is not really a thing anymore for PC's, and our screens don't need "saving" from burn in. Not anymore.

Back in the day however, I used two at different periods. One came with a free AV I had at the time. Whenever the computer was left idle, the screensaver kicked in and automatically ran an AV scan while you were away. Pretty handy I suppose.
The other was more interesting, though less of a screensaver and more of a timewaster. When the idle mode kicked in, it booted up a flight sim in an F15. The F15 would fly by itself across a procedurally generated map as a screensaver, but you could step in and take control and fly for hours across mountains and cliff faces. It was awesome, and the graphics weren't half bad either.

ste2425 · Jan 8, 2016

I remember many moons ago my aunt have one where sheep came onscreen and ate things. Either that or it was a virus...

EDIT: Found it:

Wasn't a screensaver though...

Jetster · Jan 8, 2016

I remember they would make ones just to bring your ram to its knees

Luke Whitton · Jan 8, 2016

I've always had a Screen Saver! I found the best were
@: http://www.reallyslick.com/

Try it!

R-T-B · Jan 8, 2016

RCoon said:
As plasma is not really a thing anymore for PC's, and our screens don't need "saving" from burn in. Not anymore.

They are still running around. I was using one until last year. Honestly I wish they were still in production sometimes. They had amazing performance specs.

Jetster · Jan 8, 2016

R-T-B said:
They are still running around. I was using one until last year. Honestly I wish they were still in production sometimes. They had amazing performance specs.

We still have some for security at work. They are all Burnt in with a permanent image

R-T-B · Jan 8, 2016

Jetster said:
We still have some for security at work. They are all Burnt in with a permanent image

This is why you should never use them in that role, lol.

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The most amazing screensaver you ever had ?

Do you use a screensaver in year 2016 ?

Yes

No

I don't think it actually helps

I don't really care about it

I swap my monitors so often, I don't bother with screensavers

Sometimes I try out of curiosity

My PC is up all day, I go in I go out, so yeah I've set it up

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