Can IPS panels have burn-ins or dead pixels, and how long is the life of it?

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Ok, I have an IPS notebook display, which is very brilliant in colors and contrast. I recently saw a lot of discussion about TN & Plasma panel dead pixels appearing and screen burn-ins. However, I couldn't find anything about IPS panel life, having burn ins or dead pixels appearing. Did anyone with an IPS display ever had something like this? Because I don't know if the all-time blue task bar and blue top-border can make screen burns or dead pixels appear faster.
 
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If you use your computer it won't burn any images into the screen, if you use it to host a static image, or leave the login screen up for hours a day it will slowly burn its way into the screen. LCDs take a lot more time to burn in, but burn in does happen if you let it. As long as you change the image on the screen or at least let the screen sleep once in a while you won't have any issues with it.

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On CRTs, tubes wear out due to static images gradually burning the phosphor coating.
On plasma, static images causes gas inside brightly lit pixels to warm up and leak into surrounding pixels and the electrodes to sputter - though the latter problem got mostly fixed when plasma panel manufacturers added a dielectric coating to protect their electrodes.

LCDs, regardless of variant, work by altering the alignment of polarizing crystals between polarized filters. Unless the crystals are overdriven to the point of electrolysis, they should have nearly infinite lifespan. The backlight is more likely to become a limiting factor.
 
If you use your computer it won't burn any images into the screen, if you use it to host a static image, or leave the login screen up for hours a day it will slowly burn its way into the screen. LCDs take a lot more time to burn in, but burn in does happen if you let it. As long as you change the image on the screen or at least let the screen sleep once in a while you won't have any issues with it.
 
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BlasterX

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thanks for your replies. I always thought IPS displays are an own display technology. So, can anybody explain what a TN enhancement is? I don't hear that on TVs, but on computer monitors.