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tips:burnprotection [2015/01/15 20:12]
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tips:burnprotection [2015/01/28 16:09]
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-====== Mind the Screensaver ======+====== Avoid Burn-In and deal with the Screensaver ======
  
 If you're using a watch with an OLED display like the LG Watch R, Android Wear uses a mechanism to avoid burn-in when the watch is dimmed. The dimmed display will shift a few pixels every minute. If you're using a watch with an OLED display like the LG Watch R, Android Wear uses a mechanism to avoid burn-in when the watch is dimmed. The dimmed display will shift a few pixels every minute.
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 You should also try to avoid largish areas as these won't be protected from burn-in by the shifting mechanism. You should also try to avoid largish areas as these won't be protected from burn-in by the shifting mechanism.
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 +An easy way to make sure the burn protection is effective is using an "interlace" effect on your dimmed screen. This can be easily achieved by putting a striped pattern above all your other layers and set it's [[:display|Display]] property to "Dim only". Make sure the stripes are solid black (only black pixels are truly disabled).
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 +Example. Using this {{:tips:stripes.png?linkonly}} as a dim pattern shows one pixel lines only:
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 +{{:tips:interlace.png?200|}}
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tips/burnprotection.txt ยท Last modified: 2015/02/25 11:05 by splitbrain