Does turning the display of manually save it?

[XP Defector]

I mean when you keep your finger down on F1 - does this actually turn off the display or what?

 

[Multimedia]

I Always Turn My Displays Off and On Manually

I mean when you keep your finger down on F1 - does this actually turn off the display or what?

I don't know about F1. But I always turn off and on my displays manually with the power switches.

 

[Pressure]

I mean when you keep your finger down on F1 - does this actually turn off the display or what?

Nope, it turns off the backlight. The screen is still displaying pixels.

 

[sturigdson]

Does turning the display of manually save it?
I mean when you keep your finger down on F1 - does this actually turn off the display or what?

I'm confused by this- there are two different questions here. what are you actually asking? what does "save it" mean? Do you mean battery life, or actual life of the monitor?

I'm going to guess you're trying to ask if it saves battery life, and the answer is "yes," but not nearly as much as if you, say, turned off wireless connectivity - airport sucks battery life way down.

 

[XP Defector]

Yeah I mean pixels, not powersaving.

 

[EvryDayImShufln]

It only turns off the backlight if you hold it. I figure its the next best thing to actually shutting off the screen, but I wish there was a way to shut off the screen as well.

It will save your backlight I guess.