Do Plasma Monitors/TVs suffer from "burn-in"?
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Posted by Chip G on January 4, 2005, 6:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options If a Plasma monitor/TV is used for computer/video game/TV and movies, is it susceptible to burn-in on the the screen if a given image is displayed for long periods of time... how long is safe to avoid burn-in? TIA, Chip | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Chip G on January 5, 2005, 9:20 am
Please log in for more thread options > I seem to be getting conflicting info from the store reps
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> If a Plasma monitor/TV is used for computer/video game/TV and movies, is > susceptible to burn-in on the the screen if a given image is displayed for
> long periods of time... how long is safe to avoid burn-in? > > TIA, > Chip > Found some good info and thought it might help others with this question... http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasmatv-burnin.html "(1) Some obvious advice: Do not leave static images on your plasma TV screen. Turn off your unit when you are not watching it. Do not pause DVDs for more than a few minutes at a time. (2) Know that plasma screens are more prone to burn-in during their first 200 hours of use. When phosphors are fresh, they burn more intensely as they are ignited. This means that relatively new plasma display panels are prone to ghosting, which occurs when on-screen images appear to stay on the screen belatedly. This is probably just a function of the high intensity with which new phosphors "pop," and this phenomenon usually "washes out" on its own, as the screen displays subsequent images. When static images are left on new plasma screens too long (more than a few minutes at a time), though, ghosting quickly develops into something more permanent -- burn-in. Self-Defense: Break your new plasma monitor in slowly. Keep the CONTRAST set at or below 50% -- any higher only causes phosphors to glow more intensely, which decreases the length of time necessary for burn-in to occur. And, be sure to avail yourself of your plasma's anti-burn-in features. These are monotone gray or snow screen settings that "wash" your plasma screen by recalibrating pixel intensity levels uniformly. This reduces the visual effects of ghosting. It's probably a good idea to run one of these screen "wash" cycles after about 100 viewing hours or so. (Note: These processes will impact the lifespan of the phosphors in your unit, so you should run them selectively and on an as-needed basis.) (3) Know, too, that some plasma display panels burn-in more easily than others. In my experience, AliS type panels -- the ones utilized by Hitachi and Fujistu -- seem more readily given over to problems with burn-in. (4) Utilize burn-in protection like power management settings, full-time picture shift (both vertical and horizontal), and automatic screen-saver functions. Check your Owner's Manual for further information. (5) Realize that quality matters with burn-in as with everything else. You definitely want to purchase a plasma monitor that has really good scaling, so that you can watch 4:3 TV programs in widescreen comfortably. It is just not a good idea to leave black bars on your TV screen for prolonged periods of time, so you are probably better off watching most everything in "full screen" mode. This should not really bother you, if your TV exhibits good full-screen scaling. Also, higher quality TVs tend to be more resistant to burn-in -- though not entirely immune to it, of course. Of the plasma displays I've owned and/or tested extensively, NEC, Sony, Pioneer, and Panasonic seemed least prone to burn-in once their pictures were properly broken in. Even so, I would NEVER leave a static image on any plasma TV screen, regardless of quality, for more than hour. " "The Bottom Line on Burn-In: Plasma TV burn-in is not an issue that should cause undue concern in the average user. With a modicum of caution, most plasma TVs will probably never have a problem with image retention. A viewer may experience temporary ghosting, but this is certainly not cause for alarm. In truth, carelessness -- i.e., not paying attention to what your TV is displaying and for how long -- is really the leading "cause" of permanent burn-in. " | |||||||||||||
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Posted by r-gordon-7 on January 5, 2005, 9:47 pm
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> (5) Realize that quality matters with burn-in as with everything else. You
> definitely want to purchase a plasma monitor that has really good scaling, > so that you can watch 4:3 TV programs in widescreen comfortably. It is > just > not a good idea to leave black bars on your TV screen for prolonged > periods > of time, so you are probably better off watching most everything in "full > screen" mode. This should not really bother you, if your TV exhibits good > full-screen scaling. > Of course, frustratingly, when watching HD/Digital signals that are not in widescreen - such as much of what appears on the HD/Digital channels of local network affiliates - sadly, most plasma sets (at least my Sony...) won't let you adjust the set's "wide mode" feature at all - and your are stuck with the black bars... Funny, you'd think that one of the advantages of being in the digital domain would be a greater ability to adjust the picture rather than a lesser ability (or a complete loss of that ability) to adjust the width of the picture... especially as loss of that ability so obviously increases the potential exposure to burn-in problems... | |||||||||||||
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