Originally posted by damnyank
According to the manual on my hp mx70 - "the monitor is automatically degaussed each time it is turned on."
Am I really shortening the life of my monitor by turning it on - since I am degaussing it each time as some of you have suggested?????
My opinion is :
I think not, as most TV's have also had the auto-degaussing set-up for quite a few years!
As xsiforce said - the older video games needed it - that was because all the shielding and auto-degaussing was not built-in, as is common design for a monitor/TV/CRT today!
Sometimes I have a hard time figuring out what is opinion and what is fact!