2 Screen Saver Questions

1)How do I make the screen go black or power down instead of having a screen saver?
2)Where can I find the psychedelic screen savers used in Apple stores that look like the iTunes commercials?
Thanks in advance.

1) System Preferences->Energy Saver->Put Display to sleep when inactive->set a time since you can't use a hot corner for the display
2) System Preferences->Desktop & ScreenSaver->Start SS->Never

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