a way to fix crt burn in?

[Dirk]

Its no big deal, I mean this thing was free and I have an extra but the background of my secondary PC has burned into the crt. I have decided to try to combat this by taking a screenshot of my desktop, inverting the colors and then having this negative image run as my screensaver for a week or two. Does anyone know if it will work or have any reason why I should not do this. (if It will screw it over more please tell me)

[cakeshark]

there is no conventional means of fixing burn in. your idea with running negative colors probably wont work, but it sounds interesting and I dont think it will damage your screen more so go for it.

[Harry]

If your CRT isn't one of those huge expensive ones, you could probably go to a computer recycling place and pickup someone else's for free that works fine (or a really tiny price, like 2 bucks). Lots of people recycle working ones all the time. Or you could buy an LCD screen, they get cheaper every day! I don't know if it will be easy or even possible to reverse burn in.