SDS200 screen/display question

[N8TXX]

I'm wondering if it's OK to leave an SDS200 on, with the display on for extended periods of time?
Or might some of the text that doesn't change very often burn in? or, the whole display burn out, or get dim over time?
I prefer to run the display on anytime the scanner is on, but don't want to wear it out.

 

[eaf1956]

I'm wondering if it's OK to leave an SDS200 on, with the display on for extended periods of time?
Or might some of the text that doesn't change very often burn in? or, the whole display burn out, or get dim over time?
I prefer to run the display on anytime the scanner is on, but don't want to wear it out.

If it worries you turn it off when you are not around the scanner.

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[RCjim]

I'm wondering if it's OK to leave an SDS200 on, with the display on for extended periods of time?
Or might some of the text that doesn't change very often burn in? or, the whole display burn out, or get dim over time?
I prefer to run the display on anytime the scanner is on, but don't want to wear it out.

The way I see it you have a 1 year warranty, I have had mine on since the release day and have seen no problems.

 

[N8TXX]

If it worries you turn it off when you are not around the scanner.

I won't loose any sleep over it, curious more than anything.

 

[N8TXX]

The way I see it you have a 1 year warranty, I have had mine on since the release day and have seen no problems.

Great! Good to hear. I've had my SDS100 for almost a year with no problems, but I don't leave that one on. The SDS200 I will.

 

[WX4JCW]

screen burn I think is really a thing of the past, we don't even use screensavers on our computers any more if you think about it

 

[N8TXX]

screen burn I think is really a thing of the past, we don't even use screensavers on our computers any more if you think about it

That's kind of what I was thinking too. But recently, it has reared it's ugly head again in some OLED TV's, and the Uniden R3 Radar Detectors. They had a firmware upgrade to slightly dim the brightest setting. That's what kind of got me wondering, aren't these new screens OLED? Again, not really worried, just for discussion sake.

 

[KR7CQ]

...aren't these new screens OLED?

Not OLED....that's a high-end thing really, for high resolution screens. It would have been a grotesque waste of money to use one on a small low resolution scanner screen. I believe I've heard numbers thrown around along the lines of 10,000 hours of burn time. I'm not going to worry about it a bit, and leave mine on low 24-7 (My SDS200 is a server mule mostly).

 

[N8TXX]

Not OLED....that's a high-end thing really, for high resolution screens. It would have been a grotesque waste of money to use one on a small low resolution scanner screen. I believe I've heard numbers thrown around along the lines of 10,000 hours of burn time. I'm not going to worry about it a bit, and leave mine on low 24-7 (My SDS200 is a server mule mostly).

Good to know. I know Uniden is using OLED with their latest radar detectors, and, my Olympus camera has an OLED viewfinder, also my iphone Xs. It seems they are using it more and more.

 

[TailGator911]

Reading up on OLED tells you that they are much thinner and lighter than LEDs and they require only a fraction of the power to emit, plus they need no backlight. Makes sense to use them instead of LEDs. Interesting article I linked below. Differences between OLEDs and LEDs.

OLED or LED? We pick the winner in the battle of competing TV tech

JD
kf4anc

 

[N8TXX]

Reading up on OLED tells you that they are much thinner and lighter than LEDs and they require only a fraction of the power to emit, plus they need no backlight. Makes sense to use them instead of LEDs. Interesting article I linked below. Differences between OLEDs and LEDs.

OLED or LED? We pick the winner in the battle of competing TV tech

JD
kf4anc

Good article

 

[WX4JCW]

I’ll be a silent key before this burns out


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[eaf1956]

I’ll be a silent key before this burns out


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Ditto

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[TailGator911]

Same here - what's interesting is that Sony pays LG to put their OLED screens in their TVs because they hold the patent.

 

[KR7CQ]

OLED displays are great and very logical, but they cost more and wouldn't be a wise use of money on something where everyone is always clamoring for various features that they expect for $700. Uniden had a tough job in balancing costs here and overall did pretty well. It's like bluetooth, would it have been great? Yeah. But choices had to be made to stay at the price point they chose.

Power consumption is a non-issue with the SDS100 once you buy the extra battery and charger. As a matter of fact, I would prefer two of the smaller batteries.