Touching LCD's

[mkillio]

Are there any advantages or disadvantages to touching LCD monitors, i.e. laptops?

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Dead pixels?

 

[Moloch]

Well I really like to caress lcd monitors my self.
I find it keeps both me and the lcd quite happy together :smile:

 

[DudeMiester]

Well imho the problem isn't so much the actual touching, it's the mess left over after you finish the video.

 

[Moloch]

Well imho the problem isn't so much the actual touching, it's the mess left over after you finish the video.

 

[mkillio]

Alright alright. My friend was rubbing the hell out of my monitor yesterday and I told him to stop because it'll break the crystals, it's one of those urban myth things but I figure better safe then sorry. He said that it helps bring back pixels that have been "messed" up. There's a green "pixel" in my monitor that never changes. So, which is it, or neither?

 

[drpepper]

I don't think it helps. Apple had a problem with their old powerbooks with whitespots. Apparently pressure exerted overtime from the back led to defective patches on the monitor. Example. Apple have since fixed the problem. Though I still forbid the touching of my monitors.

I also remember when i was a kid I used to rub the hell out of my calculator's monitor because I thought it was cool. Then one day the display was permanentky screwed, but i didn't care, I still thought it was cool. Simple things for a simple mind...

 

[Fox5]

I used to rub magnets on tvs to get the cool discoloration effect.

Anyhow, my laptop LCD has lots of benefits to touching it, but it's also a tablet convertible.

 

[Sxotty]

I have heard it can fix dead pixels as well, but have not actually seen it work. I do not imagine that it would damage it if you are gentle, but if you push hard you can definitely damage it. Obviously it is a matter of pressure, so if you push on some narrow thing like a retcrated pen you will most likely destroy something, while your pad on your thumb is pretty wide in comparison.