Urgent question for techies:

[qb]

Why does my LCD screen look like water rippling when I touch it?

[Kellanved]

1. cause

it's a liquid crystal display .

[short bus president]

2. because it would've been too costly

to build in a voice that says "don't touch me!"

[thermodynamic]

4. Oh come on, in 1983 they made cars that talked!

Of course, would William Daniels provide the voice saying "Don't touch me!"? :D He's got the perfect voice...

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. How bout MC Hammer

Don't touch me doo doo doo-do, do-do, do-do Don't touch me doo doo doo-do, do-do do-do...

[thermodynamic]

7. Multiple versions, I like that for two reasons:

1. it gives people a choice.

2. Much as Steve Jobs made different "flavors" of the original iMac (such a s'blueberry' and 'lime' and the other shameless patronizing), cajoling the sheeple to buy them all :eyes:, the corporate hooligan behind the monitors will convince people to buy them all... or at least get modular voice cartridges...

[thermodynamic]

3. That's normal

You shouldn't touch it, especially with enough pressure to cause the rippling effect. The screen is made of liquid crystal in a plasma base, though I am not well versed on the subject because I prefer glass CRTs - they give a sharper image despite their drawbacks (power consumption and size - though I'm a size queen so I don't care! :evilgrin: )

And please don't use alcohol-based products to clean the screen either - there's specially made stuff for those LCD monitors and it's not a marketing gimmick, believe it or not!

Ever press down on a calculator screen? You'll get the same groovy rippling effect. Well, a similar one anyway.

[qb]

8. Shouldn't touch it?

But I can't help myself - it's just too cool!

[supernova]

5. Yep,

It's the plasma, dude.