Flat Panel Burn ?

Hi All
Being new to using a flat panel screen can I ask what maybe a really stupid question ?
Can an LCD screen suffer fron screen burn as a CRT does and can ?
Thanks

Yes it can happen. I've never had any issues on my iMac G4 20" panel nor my Powerbook 15.2" display however the cheap Dell displays of which I have six sat on my desk at work all have smudges and stains whenever we display bright colours and I can clear see one of my colleague's wallpapers when he left the display on for all of a 15 hour night shift. I don't know if this is due to a different technology panel or just how they are treated.
The solution to this staining is apparently to leave a white display on for at least as long as the coloured one (although this isn't working on the Dells). I can't lay my mouse on the Apple article that states this though right now.
Personally I have Energy Saver set to turn the display off to save on my npower bill and it also protects the screen.
EDIT:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88343
cheers
mrtotes

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jjw wrote:
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