plasmas and screen burn
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plasmas and screen burn
just bought myself an LG plasma and the 1st thing the sales person told me was not to connect a games console as it will cause screen burn and its not covered by any guarantee !!! my mate has his 360 on his plasma with no problems and there is more still imgaes on any tv program now as all of them seem to have a logo in some corner of the screen !! has anyone's plasma suffered from this condition and if so how long did it take to happen ??
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Originally Posted by stevebt
just bought myself an LG plasma and the 1st thing the sales person told me was not to connect a games console as it will cause screen burn and its not covered by any guarantee !!! my mate has his 360 on his plasma with no problems and there is more still imgaes on any tv program now as all of them seem to have a logo in some corner of the screen !! has anyone's plasma suffered from this condition and if so how long did it take to happen ??
IMHO as long as you do not leave the same/static image for for any length of time, say 3+ hours they you should be fine, overnight will get you a screen burn in most cases dependant on the image.
Probably the sales oik covering his ***
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I Have an option on my plasma , so when the screen is on for 2 mins it will auto go onto a screen saver to stop the burn in happening,
check you manual it may have an option aswell
check you manual it may have an option aswell
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Plasmas come witht he settings etc all turned right up (brightness and contrast) these will have a bad effect ont he screen, turn them and you'll be fine with a modern screen.
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It is true that it happens, but the extent of "burn" propably is exaggerated by scaremongers.
Well the old man left his Plasma switched on overnight on one of the satelite channels after closing (living or sommat) and it burnt their logo into the screen right across the middle.
5mins on "screen wipe" sorted it.
Well the old man left his Plasma switched on overnight on one of the satelite channels after closing (living or sommat) and it burnt their logo into the screen right across the middle.
5mins on "screen wipe" sorted it.
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lol @ yoza. Ive fell asleep most nights in front of the TV on a saturday watching sky sports and woke up 7 hours later, no screen burn on mine
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Yep chap in the shop I bought my plasma said that the only burn he had seen was from a guy who watched nothing but SKY sports on his plasma, had it on 24/7. The Sky logo burned the screen.
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Originally Posted by yoza
Rubbish....
I often pause mine for ages, especially on the money shots.
I often pause mine for ages, especially on the money shots.
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I've got an LG plasma. Before this I had a Toshiba rear projection. Both are suseptable to screen burn more so than a CRT or LCD tv.
I fully looked into screen burn before buying a snazzy telly and have never had any trouble with dvd menus, channel logos, xbox etc.
I am no expert, I just got lots of advice so for what its worth heres my suggestions -
1) A brand new tv is particularly prone so be careful during the first 100 or so hours.
2) Default settings for brightness and contrast are foolishly high. Between 45-55 for both should be fine.
3) If your tv has the orbiter setting, activate it. This shifts the image randomly and descreetly every two or so minutes.
4) If your watching nothing in particular and the telly is just on in the background, select zoom screen mode. This shunts most of the silly channel logos off the top or bottom.
5) When gaming, play an hour - telly for 10 mins - play an hour - telly for 10 mins and so on.
6) Set the tv off time at say 1am. If you fall asleep your safe, if your watching it simply turn it back on.
A lot of people mistake image retention for screen burn. Image retention usually fades in minutes and is particularly visible in a dark room. With screen burn however, your doomed!
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I fully looked into screen burn before buying a snazzy telly and have never had any trouble with dvd menus, channel logos, xbox etc.
I am no expert, I just got lots of advice so for what its worth heres my suggestions -
1) A brand new tv is particularly prone so be careful during the first 100 or so hours.
2) Default settings for brightness and contrast are foolishly high. Between 45-55 for both should be fine.
3) If your tv has the orbiter setting, activate it. This shifts the image randomly and descreetly every two or so minutes.
4) If your watching nothing in particular and the telly is just on in the background, select zoom screen mode. This shunts most of the silly channel logos off the top or bottom.
5) When gaming, play an hour - telly for 10 mins - play an hour - telly for 10 mins and so on.
6) Set the tv off time at say 1am. If you fall asleep your safe, if your watching it simply turn it back on.
A lot of people mistake image retention for screen burn. Image retention usually fades in minutes and is particularly visible in a dark room. With screen burn however, your doomed!
<Russ>
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I repaired plasmas for a year at Barron McCann most of the pubs screens in for repair had sky sports burns. I have an LG and IE is burned into it because i just use it as a moniter have tryed to wash it out to no avial.
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Originally Posted by paulr
Has anyone noticed LCD's with the phrase HD resolution,its not the same as HD ready though.
Play on words.
Play on words.
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HD res means the screen is capable of at least 720p whereas HD ready means it is capable of 720p and has a DMI socket. In the future to use certain types of media the TV will require a DMI socket.
An HD ready display device must have:
1) At least 720 horizontal lines
2) An analogue YUV input
3) An HDMI or DVI input
4) Use HDCP copy protection
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