Screen Burn??

[PossiblyCam]

Is anyone else experiencing screen burn from playing this game for < 2 hours?

I have a brand new(Nov '13) Asus LED monitor that keeps getting "screen burn" from the stat windows after playing for ~1.5 - 2 hours.

I'm a hardcore gamer and I've played plenty of games with static elements for MUCH longer then 2 hours at a time and never had this problem before. Is there something about the grahpics settings of this game that could be causing this?

It's not major burn and so far I've been able to clear it using some burn cleaning videos on YouTube, but I'm worried that it could get worse and end up being permenant.

Suggestions? Comments? Information? Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

[Aralise]

It's definitely a faulty monitor, theres no way that should be happening if It's new.
I'd return it if you have warranty.

[dcbobo]

yah get rid of that monitor, i had the same problem with a monitor a few years ago. It's was excellent except for that. At first only a few games did it, then after it got alittle older the screen actaully looked like someone poured coffee down the middle of the screen. I use it for TV monitor now, looks great and no problems at all... just something weird about when playing games..

[cpjr48]

Any dead pixels? Most warranties cover dead pixels, but not screen burn. Screen burn is considered an improper use issue and normally excluded in warranty. Been there. Tried that.

[PossiblyCam]

No dead pixels, just the burn. I'm looking into Asus warrenty information right now and it looks liks you're right. Anyway I can kill off a couple pixels?! Lol.

Thanks for all the information guys. Not really what I wanted to hear, but helpful nontheless. Really irritated that I broke the bank on this thing back in October and already need to replace it. Going to try and talk to someone over there and see if they'll at least credit me if not repalce it.

[Ribkage]

Most Asus LED monitors are really good budget monitors too. Id return the monitor for sure. Just ask for a clean swap and explain to them its burning in and obviously shouldnt be.

Just curious, what model is it? Not all of their monitors are very good for gaming.

[PossiblyCam]

VN248HP

I had done some research but apparently not enough. I picked it up on sale at NewEgg for 130 and it was tough for me to drop that much on it. Really didn't have the cash to go higher then that, but now I'm kind of regretting it.

[Ribkage]

I just read up on it a bit. The monitor seems fine and isnt really prone to any issues. Ive purchased 3 asus monitors. Two for myself and one for my nephew for xmas/bday combo gift. Next time get something from the VE series, they are made for gaming with low response time but still cheap as hell on sale, like $109.99 for a 23.6 inch 1080p.

Chances are newegg wont rma it for you since you purchased in november but it cant hurt to try anyways. I'd bet asus will attempt to repair it for you or swap you out with a refurb. I cant imagine a game causing burn in due to any graphical setting or any issue or bug with the game. Its most definitely a hardware issue. I've been wrong many, many times before though, haha.

Even though burn in isnt covered under most warrenties I believe they will still try to assist you in getting the problem resolved. Customer service is really really big these days.

Good luck.

[dcbobo]

It's probably not an issue with the model, it's a rare defect i think. My model didn't have issues either, it still makes incredible good 40 inch TV screen, But even on TV any kind of static display will burn in. You'll notice as it gets older, it'll burn in a faster rate. And take longer to go away. I def reccomend changing it out. I loved my monitor it was a real bummer as time when on. The worst problem for me was aion. hotbars burn sucks :P lol

[Swesal]

Something wrong with the monitor.

[Dante940]

This same issue just happened to me. Although I also have an ASUS LED monitor like the OP, this is very strange that the only game to cause burn in has been Banished. Anyone else have this issue?

[PossiblyCam]

After playing Banished for a week+ now I've determined there's no way there's something wrong with my monitor. I've been playing other games quite a bit as well as the Wildstar MMO beta with a static action bar across the bottom, mini map, quest logs, etc. with no problem at all. The "after images" from the Banished info boxes fade away shortly after closing the game and there does not appear to be any permenant damage.

[Unkillable Cat]

its called image retention rather than screen burn. I worked for a few years in TV/AV so got to know the various things that can crop up. Dont worry about long term damage, retention will fade fairly quickly and is usualy caused by having your brightness on contrast too high.
If you calibrate the monitor using some of the resources online you should suffer from it less.