diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 118b07f..ebcdd29 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "univerlab-web",
-  "version": "1.19.5",
+  "version": "1.19.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "univerlab-web",
-      "version": "1.19.5",
+      "version": "1.19.6",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@astrojs/sitemap": "^3.7.3"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9dab45..b12ba71 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "univerlab-web",
-  "version": "1.19.5",
+  "version": "1.19.6",
   "description": "<h1 align=\"center\">UniverLab — landing</h1>",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "astro dev",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/home-lantern.test.ts b/src/__tests__/home-lantern.test.ts
index 8d9b636..afa9970 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/home-lantern.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/home-lantern.test.ts
@@ -287,15 +287,14 @@ describe('Home — tuning into an experiment', () => {
     expect(GLOBAL).toMatch(/@media \(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce\)[\s\S]*animation: none !important/);
   });
 
-  it('shows static on the screen while it tunes', () => {
-    expect(TUNE).toContain("classList.add('is-tuning')");
-    expect(LANTERN).toMatch(/screen\.classList\.contains\('is-tuning'\)/);
-    expect(LANTERN).toContain('drawSnow(now)');
+  it('navigates at once, with no static on the screen', () => {
+    expect(TUNE).not.toContain('is-tuning');
+    expect(TUNE).not.toContain('setTimeout');
+    expect(LANTERN).not.toMatch(/snow|is-tuning/i);
   });
 
-  it('clears the static and the shared name on Back restore', () => {
+  it('clears the shared name on Back restore', () => {
     expect(HOME).toContain("addEventListener('pageshow', untune)");
-    expect(TUNE).toContain("classList.remove('is-tuning')");
     expect(TUNE).toContain("removeProperty('view-transition-name')");
     expect(LAYOUT).not.toContain('crt-restore');
   });
diff --git a/src/scripts/lantern.ts b/src/scripts/lantern.ts
index b6591ea..4819c06 100644
--- a/src/scripts/lantern.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/lantern.ts
@@ -406,23 +406,6 @@ export function startLantern(): void {
     g.putImageData(data, 0, 0);
     return tile;
   })();
-  // The static a tuning screen shows before its experiment opens (tune.ts):
-  // the same tile size, opaque greys instead of a faint grain.
-  const snow = (() => {
-    const tile = document.createElement('canvas');
-    tile.width = tile.height = 128;
-    const g = tile.getContext('2d');
-    if (!g) return tile;
-    const data = g.createImageData(128, 128);
-    for (let i = 0; i < data.data.length; i += 4) {
-      const v = Math.random() * 255;
-      data.data[i] = data.data[i + 1] = data.data[i + 2] = v;
-      data.data[i + 3] = 255;
-    }
-    g.putImageData(data, 0, 0);
-    return tile;
-  })();
-
   // Cost model (measured with a 4x-throttled CPU): every fill on this canvas
   // is raster work on the main thread — redrawn at full size each frame, and
   // resized each frame, the film alone took a third of it. So it runs at half
@@ -434,7 +417,6 @@ export function startLantern(): void {
   let fw = 0;
   let fh = 0;
   let pattern: CanvasPattern | null = null;
-  let snowPattern: CanvasPattern | null = null;
   let vignette: CanvasGradient | null = null;
   let lastFilm = 0;
   let onView = true;
@@ -446,7 +428,6 @@ export function startLantern(): void {
     film.width = fw;
     film.height = fh;
     pattern = ctx.createPattern(grain, 'repeat');
-    snowPattern = ctx.createPattern(snow, 'repeat');
     vignette = ctx.createRadialGradient(
       fw / 2,
       fh / 2,
@@ -464,33 +445,8 @@ export function startLantern(): void {
     onView = entry?.isIntersecting ?? true;
   }).observe(screen);
 
-  /** Tuning: dense static that swells in, with a bright band rolling down. */
-  let tuneAt = 0;
-  const drawSnow = (now: number): void => {
-    if (!ctx) return;
-    tuneAt ||= now;
-    const k = Math.min(1, (now - tuneAt) / 90);
-    ctx.save();
-    ctx.translate(-Math.random() * 128, -Math.random() * 128);
-    ctx.globalAlpha = 0.25 + 0.6 * k;
-    ctx.fillStyle = snowPattern ?? '#888';
-    ctx.fillRect(0, 0, fw + 128, fh + 128);
-    ctx.restore();
-    const band = fh * 0.22;
-    const y = (((now - tuneAt) / 170) * (fh + band)) % (fh + band) - band;
-    ctx.globalAlpha = 0.18;
-    ctx.fillStyle = '#fff';
-    ctx.fillRect(0, y, fw, band);
-    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
-  };
-
   const drawFilm = (now: number): void => {
     if (!ctx || !onView || fw === 0 || fh === 0) return;
-    if (screen.classList.contains('is-tuning')) {
-      drawSnow(now);
-      return;
-    }
-    tuneAt = 0;
     if (now - lastFilm < FILM_MS) return;
     lastFilm = now;
     const w = fw;
diff --git a/src/scripts/tune.ts b/src/scripts/tune.ts
index f461f90..2fb57ce 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tune.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/tune.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 /** Home → experiment: the lantern's screen tunes in to the experiment.
  *
- *  A short burst of static (lantern.ts paints it while `#screen.is-tuning`),
- *  then the browser navigates and the cross-document view transition zooms
+ *  The browser navigates at once and the cross-document view transition zooms
  *  the source into the destination's hero: both carry `exp-<id>` in the
  *  `exp-zoom` class (ExperimentLayout's hero, global.css's timing). Engines
- *  without cross-document view transitions keep the static and load plainly.
- *  Under reduced motion it navigates at once.
+ *  without cross-document view transitions load plainly. Under reduced motion
+ *  it navigates without naming the source.
  */
-const STATIC_MS = 170;
 
 export function tuneNavigate(href: string, exp: string, source: HTMLElement): void {
   if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) {
@@ -16,14 +14,12 @@ export function tuneNavigate(href: string, exp: string, source: HTMLElement): vo
   }
   source.style.setProperty('view-transition-name', `exp-${exp}`);
   source.style.setProperty('view-transition-class', 'exp-zoom');
-  document.getElementById('screen')?.classList.add('is-tuning');
-  window.setTimeout(() => window.location.assign(href), STATIC_MS);
+  window.location.assign(href);
 }
 
-/** Back restores the bfcache snapshot mid-tune: drop the static and the
- *  shared name, or the next click would carry two `exp-*` names. */
+/** Back restores the bfcache snapshot mid-tune: drop the shared name, or the
+ *  next click would carry two `exp-*` names. */
 export function untune(): void {
-  document.getElementById('screen')?.classList.remove('is-tuning');
   document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('#screen, .plate[data-exp]').forEach((el) => {
     el.style.removeProperty('view-transition-name');
     el.style.removeProperty('view-transition-class');
diff --git a/src/views/Home.astro b/src/views/Home.astro
index 2350164..4067e97 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.astro
+++ b/src/views/Home.astro
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ const skyLines = Array.from({ length: 5 }, (_, i) => ({
   import { shouldScreenNavigate } from '../lib/lantern-navigate';
 
   // A machine opens its experiment page by tuning the screen in (tune.ts):
-  // static, then the screen zooms into the page's hero. Pointing at a machine
+  // the screen zooms into the page's hero. Pointing at a machine
   // already projects it, so the screen is the source while it is on view; a
   // machine clicked with the screen scrolled away zooms from itself.
   const screen = document.getElementById('screen');