Plasma TV burn in?
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Do modern plasma TV's still suffer from burn-in? How long does it take to affect the screen - is it hours of non-moving iage, or can it be a matter of a few minutes? If an image does get burnt in, is that it for ever, or is there a way to remove the burnt in image?
Andy (potential Plasma buyer!)
Andy (potential Plasma buyer!)
I asked this question of a Panasonic dealer when doing my leg work. He said they can suffer from 'retention' which I suppose is like burn in but he assures me it fades away after a very short time. Could just be salesman guff though trying to close a deal (not that I'd be buying from him) 
I'm sure Plotloss will be over soon
I'm sure Plotloss will be over soon
As above, the two phrases are not interchangeable, no matter how often people use them incorrectly.
You can get retention IF you have the brightness and/or contrast whacked way up in the settings.
On even a half-arsed set-up on a Plasma, that'd be quite some going to wind up with that as your preference for watching TV with.
Put it in Normal or Movie mode, then reduce the brightness and contrast a bit for the first 100-200 hours, and you'll reduce the likelihood of any retention for a start, as well as find brighter/highly contrasted images a pain in the retina.
That's how much your eyes will adjust to the "darker" image, which more often than not is more natural, if you use your memory to think what people's clothes and faces look like outside in the street, and how the scene is lit.
With the better TVs, you get a dedicated Game mode too, to select, and most games have lighting/brightness adjustment in the Options menu.
You'd need to be a first class muppet to cause the screen to retain an image, unless you're fighting direct sunlight on the display, in which case I find closing the curtains over to be preferable than whacking the settings up to compensate!
You can get retention IF you have the brightness and/or contrast whacked way up in the settings.
On even a half-arsed set-up on a Plasma, that'd be quite some going to wind up with that as your preference for watching TV with.
Put it in Normal or Movie mode, then reduce the brightness and contrast a bit for the first 100-200 hours, and you'll reduce the likelihood of any retention for a start, as well as find brighter/highly contrasted images a pain in the retina.
That's how much your eyes will adjust to the "darker" image, which more often than not is more natural, if you use your memory to think what people's clothes and faces look like outside in the street, and how the scene is lit.
With the better TVs, you get a dedicated Game mode too, to select, and most games have lighting/brightness adjustment in the Options menu.
You'd need to be a first class muppet to cause the screen to retain an image, unless you're fighting direct sunlight on the display, in which case I find closing the curtains over to be preferable than whacking the settings up to compensate!
aclivity said:
Do modern plasma TV's still suffer from burn-in? How long does it take to affect the screen - is it hours of non-moving iage, or can it be a matter of a few minutes? If an image does get burnt in, is that it for ever, or is there a way to remove the burnt in image?
Andy (potential Plasma buyer!)
bought the first ever good home plasma in 2001 (an industrial panasonic) so its had 9 years service and over 16,000 hoursAndy (potential Plasma buyer!)
suffice to say you don't need to worry about burn-in
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