> So, if I understand everything that's been said:

Yep.
Perfect.

> The goal is to get a black screen when not in use.
> Energy saver can't be used because, instead of going black, the screen
> goes blue like a TV from the 80s.
> The screen can't be turned off because that kills color accuracy for
> 20 minutes. The color accuracy issue is probably why it isn't set to
> turn power down the screen like other monitors.
> A black image can't be selected for the screen saver because that
> image is still zoomed and panned by the screen saver leading to
> undesired cycles being wasted.

More like: Undesired energy / heat. I have spare CPU cycles going unused almost 
all the time. I'm trying to avoid wasting energy, and extra CPU triggers fan 
noise. Battery life is secondary (this laptop spends 95% of it's time plugged 
in).

> The Apple logo is probably your best bet, short of putting together
> your own with Quartz Composer. Tutorials and examples are pretty
> plentiful.

Yea, I think you're probably right.

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