Screen burn on tablet and phone

General Discussion
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Has any one any ideas how to avoid screen burn on my mobile phone and tablet when using zwift ???
cheers

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Is screen burn still a thing?

I thought that technology had moved on, hence why we donā€™t have those old windows screen savers these days.

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Hi yes was getting rid of my old tablet and background had large z from zwift

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I canā€™t recall seeing a Large Z on the ride screen.

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where did the z come from?

unless you have a crt or plasma screen - neither of which exist for tablets - screen burn doesnā€™t happen

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I could be wrong, but I believe OLED TVā€™s are known for ā€˜screen burn-inā€™. Most techies Iā€™ve talked to recommend only using OLED TVā€™s for things with constant motion, such as TV or movies, cause stationary things, such as HUD and other UI items in video games, can cause burn-in.

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Screen burn-in can happen with LCD screen but the display has to be unchanging for hours and hours. The LCD at many ATM machines have burn-in, and the LCD at my gym has their logo burned in.

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You are correct. I just bought an OLED and I am paranoid after reading the burn warnings.

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I do have some screen burn in on my smart phone with the companion app. Screen burn in is still a real thing (on certain screen technologys) and something to be aware of.

So far the only thing to burn in on my phone is where the companion app says ā€œgameā€ in the upper left corner. It is barely noticable and since I am likely to replace my phone sometime in the next year I am not too bothered by it.

I have not noticed in screen burn in on my computer monitor I use for the main Zwift in game software, but different screen hardware.