Bought a new monitor today and love it. I want to know if leaving

[napi21]

an ;cd monitor on 24/7 shortens it's life.

My old one was only 1 1/2 years old, and I think that's a very short life! I have broadband and stream radio all the time. At night, I shut everything down except the radio stream and the only display is my desktop. I found that if I let the VISTA sleep mode operate, it also shuts off the sound and I don't want that.

The new one I bought has a 3 year warranty, but I'd still like it to last as long as possible!

BTW, it's a LD 23" W61 series gloss screen and the colors & definition is GREAT!!!!

If I just use a screen saver, will that make any difference? I've never had any burn in, but I'm still concerned that leaving it on all the time shortens it's life.