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Is plasma TV "burn in" anything to worry about?
by videoguy17 - 10/15/09 7:45 AMJust yesterday our family bought our first flat panel TV. Its a 42 inch Insignia Plasma (made by the same company as Samsung is what I was told by the people at best buy).
I've heard you should be careful about "burn in" on a plasma tv for the first 200 hours of use and not put the contrast on the tv above 50. But I've heard from other sources that "anti burn in features" in TVs will prevent this, and it is not necessary.
Do I need to worry about burn in on my new tv? Should I keep the contrast low, even though the picture looks much better on a contrast setting around 70 or 80?
Yes, but...
by Pepe7 - 10/15/09 8:06 AM In reply to: Is plasma TV "burn in" anything to worry about? by videoguy17..the name brand HDTVs emply technologies to help combat this. It's still prudent to be wary of static images during the break in period just to be on the safe side. Although some of the BB house brand panels may be manufactured by Samsung/LG, etc., they may not all have the same technologies to prevent burn in or IR (image retention). There are some helpful threads on burn in, as well as links to break in DVDs you can make to speed up the phosphor wear process per se. Check out the plasma sub-forum @ AVS forums.
-Pedro
It does have
by videoguy17 - 10/15/09 9:32 AM In reply to: Yes, but... by Pepe7Yes, it does have a burn in prevention feature that is turned on..I believe it is suppose to make sure no pixel stays a single color longer than 2 minutes?
OK
by Pepe7 - 10/15/09 11:49 AM In reply to: It does have by videoguy17It may still be effective to keep contrast modest and avoid static images for extended periods of time. I'd also look into the break in DVD. FWIW, I set up a friend's HDTV to run the DVD while he was at work.
Take care
by WildClay - 10/15/09 2:25 PM In reply to: Is plasma TV "burn in" anything to worry about? by videoguy17As others have noted try to keep the contrast levels lower during the break in period.
I don't actually know of anyone that has has image retention of an actual image but I did see an older plasma set that had left/right lines where the 4:3 picture crops to, so during burn in perhaps the worst thing you can do is watch with anything less that the full screen, even if you have to use the "evil" zoom initially to keep the screen full.
That said, about 100 hours in to my burn in time I set up to record a Twilite Zone marathon and got distracted and it ended up on the screen, 4:3 for 6 hours and I had not even the slightest burn in lines from the 4:3 cropped picture.
Since then I have watched many non-16:9 wide screen movies that have top and bottom bars and again no burn in issues at all.
Bottom line these days seems to be, keep/ the contrast reasonable for 100-200 hours and you are pretty much good to go.
Latest technology has eradicated Plasma burn
by mtrunz - 10/16/09 9:19 PM In reply to: Take care by WildClayWildClay hit the nail on the head when he mentioned seeing image retention on an older set but not on recent models. If you buy a cheap no name Chinese knock off that uses old technology I would play it safe and take the precautions mentioned here by WildClay but the circuitry employed on today's name brand plasma sets has eliminated any chance of burn in or image retention. Simply put, you'd be more likely to get image retention on your tube set than you would on plasma sets using the today's technology. There are still so many misconceptions about plasma TV. This is just another example of misinformation being passed along. That being said, it's always good to see consumers get educated and you can't do that without asking a few questions. Contrary to what some may may tell you, there are no dumb questions. The only dumb questions are the ones you don't ask so keep on asking!
Don't worry
by 3rdalbum - 10/17/09 3:47 AM In reply to: Is plasma TV "burn in" anything to worry about? by videoguy17You don't need to worry about burn-in if you've bought an actual brand-name plasma TV. These days, burn-in is as much as myth as "regassing" or "cancer-causing radiation".
You shouldn't buy any non-brand-name consumer electronics, full-stop, but even with third-rate brands I've never seen burn-in. Never. I knew someone who'd been in the industry longer than I had, and they had seen burn-in on a rear-projection TV but that's as close as I've ever been to the problem.
So, plasmas don't need to have the gas replenished, they don't use as much power as a fridge, they don't give you cancer and they don't get burn-in.
Wow!
by bigbyronWSC - 11/19/09 2:59 PM In reply to: Don't worry by 3rdalbumThis helped me so much! I was worried about getting the Plasma but after reading this I'm not worried anymore. Going to go get it tomorrow! Thanks guys!
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