screensaver versus no screensaver

Easy Rhino · Aug 31, 2010

pretty simple poll. do you have a screensaver kick on after a period of idle time or do you not!?

slyfox2151 · Aug 31, 2010

no screen saver.... i have monitor set to turn off after 20 mins.... theres not really much time for a screen saver to turn on.

besides... my wallpapers are cooler.

Loosenut · Aug 31, 2010

Screen savers, another useless app running in the background sucking up resources.

My monitor has a neat little gizmo called an on/off switch...

assaulter_99 · Aug 31, 2010

Nopes, screen goes off in 5 minutes. Should make it 10, cause sometimes when watching youtube stuff, it goes off, and its a pain waiting for it to come back on!

kyle2020 · Aug 31, 2010

None, just have it set to turn my screen off after 15 minutes, no need for it, waste if you ask me. If your away from your screen for 'x' time, you'd might as well turn your screen off / put your rig on standby and save some power.

DrPepper · Aug 31, 2010

I turn my screen off, save's power compared to a screensaver.

WhiteLotus · Aug 31, 2010

turn off screen power also. Perhaps add that choice to the polls?

95Viper · Aug 31, 2010

I like watching my fish tank.

Frick · Aug 31, 2010

Set it to turn off in 20 minutes or so. I usually turn the monitor off though.

Easy Rhino · Aug 31, 2010

WhiteLotus said:
turn off screen power also. Perhaps add that choice to the polls?

i purposefully left that option out knowing that most people who do not have a screensaver most likely turn off the power to their monitor after sometime.

WhiteLotus · Aug 31, 2010

Easy Rhino said:
i purposefully left that option out knowing that most people who do not have a screensaver most likely turn off the power to their monitor after sometime.

Then in that case, I do not have a screensaver, rather a power saver!

TheMailMan78 · Aug 31, 2010

Mine just goes to sleep.

Completely Bonkers · Aug 31, 2010

Yes, I have a screen saver. It is called BLANK, and turns the monitor to power-save after x minutes.

Or did you mean some kind of candy-fishtank-type screensaver?

Gzero · Aug 31, 2010

Screen saver was designed for old CRT's that used to burn themselves if left displaying the same image for too long, and they took a while to come back on with a clunk noise to boot xD.

I use a LCD therefore I prefer just to have the screen shut off after a period of time.

Delta6326 · Aug 31, 2010

i use no screensaver but how do i make it so it turns the screen off after says 20min.? with mine after 10min. my screen goes blue and says searching for hdmi very annoying

Disparia · Aug 31, 2010

Blank after 10 minutes for 5 minutes, then monitor stand-by.

I don't like it going straight to stand-by as it takes a couple seconds to come back up vs. instant when it's just Blank.

p_o_s_pc · Aug 31, 2010

no screen saver for me. Take too much GPU power away from folding

_JP_ · Aug 31, 2010

My screen goes to stand-by after 10 minutes of inactivity. If I know I'm not going to use it for longer I just turn it off. And, like slyfox, my wallpapers are usually cooler.

scaminatrix · Aug 31, 2010

Windows 7. The 'My Pictures ever-changing-wallpaper' thingy.
No screensaver, I've just set the picture to change every 10 seconds and turn it off when I'm playing gameys (hardly ever)

streetfighter 2 · Aug 31, 2010

Jizzler said:
Blank after 10 minutes for 5 minutes, then monitor stand-by.

I don't like it going straight to stand-by as it takes a couple seconds to come back up vs. instant when it's just Blank.

This is what I've always recommended to people to save power. It should be noted that cycling from standby to powered on will increase wear on the monitor (according to what I've read).

a_ump · Aug 31, 2010

yea i'm the same with everyone else. i just have it put my monitor to sleep after 15 min.

DannibusX · Aug 31, 2010

Negatory. I haven't used a screensaver in years.

I used to have a scrolling marquee that said "How to keep an idiot staring at the screen." scroll real slow across my monitor when I did in the Win 95/98 era.

_JP_ · Aug 31, 2010

DannibusX said:
I used to have a scrolling marquee that said "How to keep an idiot staring at the screen." scroll real slow across my monitor when I did in the Win 95/98 era.

I have to remember that one to use at work. :roll:

DaveK · Sep 1, 2010

I have the blank screensaver set for 5 minutes then the standby set at 10.

JrRacinFan · Sep 1, 2010

I must use a screensaver to help keep out pesky hands that like to look at porn. In other words, my pc is setup to go back to welcome screen and my login is set to use a password.

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