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New member Username: LlcaminoPost Number: 1 Registered: Oct-04 | I just recently bought the Panasonic 42PHD6UY and was wondering if anyone could help me out about the burn in? First of all, I prefer to watch non-HDTV in 4:3 because the picture seems a little bit clearer, and I'm not sold on the stretching modes (even the "just mode") I can adjust the color of the side bars from black-grey-white, but of course I prefer black. How quickly will this burn in? Will it burn in black on the edges, or will the center burn out faster, essentially making the edges brighter when view in full 16:9 ?? Also, how quickly does this happen. All I can find says do not display 4:3 over extended periods. Does that mean consecutive hours, or cumalative effect....in other words, if I keep it in 4:3 whenever I watch, but only watch for 3 hours straight, does that matter? Second, with my digital cable service, everytime you change the channel, it displays the channel bar, with the program info for about 5 seconds. Will this eventually burn in? Do I need to get in the habit of clearing the info bar out as soon as I change the channel? Thanks in advance for any help. |
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Anonymous | I have the same question as Andrew, except I have a Hitachi plasma. The manufacturer's guidelines say to avoid viewing stationary images for "long periods of time." That's too vague to be helpful. How long is a "long period of time"? Will the black bars "burn in" in one hour? Two hours? 24 hours? Doesn't anybody have any personal experience with this? |
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AdviceDoood Unregistered guest | I was told by a circuit city employee that they had Cast Away (The movie) on for 2 weeks on a plasma on re-peat. (So it would start again when over) and after 2 weeks the image was burned in. He warned that if you fell asleep with the "dvd menu" on, like you fell asleep in a movie and it ended and went back to the menu you could burn in in 1 night.. Now I`m not sure if that's true.. |
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Matt-in-SFO Unregistered guest | I would take anything that an $8/hour circuit city employee told you with a grain of salt. I'm in the market for a Panasonic 50PHD7UY myself, and the burn in is a still on my mind because I will be watching probably 50% 480i standard TV and I haven't seen the "just mode" yet. The site http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com helped ease some of my concerns. And Andrew, Panisonic's are supposed to be just about the best picture, so, good purchase. |
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Anonymous | FAST. My set was delivered last tuesday. Watched discovery for about 4 hours last week. Not longer then 1 hour at a time. If a watch the news you can still see the logo on the pale purple background. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 1874 Registered: Dec-03 | here's a good read. http://www.scala.com/authoring/avoiding-plasma-burn-in.html |
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I did this Unregistered guest | For regular tv viewing LCD 4:3 screen to eliminate burn in and full screen (unstretched) viewing. For your DVD only home theatre 16:9 plasma. Bright things burn in, not black bars. LCD looks darker and fuzzier, but so do tv shows compared to dvd. I can't have the NBC or USA network logo burned into my screen after watching a Law and Order marathon. Plasma looks way better and instead of darkness you can see things in the background (just go to a circuit city and compare). But that brightness (contrast) kills the plasma faster and you have to worry about burn-in. So it's really only for watching DVDs or Movies on cable (with no logo in corner). Basically a real home theatre. 4:3 ratio-tv watching ( why pay $4000 for a tv only to watch news/broadcast all stretched out and crazy looking? 16:9 ratio-the only way to go for dedicated home theatre-meaning DVD and premiumum cable broadcasts (no logo, no pan&scan cropping). |
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Unregistered guest | Hi, I am the proud owner of a Panasonic TH42PA20, EDTV plasma display (3 months). I found posts like these very helpful when researching before investing. Check out the link below for common sense advice and info on burn-in and other issues with plasma, HDTV etc. It helped me and I am very satisfied with my TV. Bottom line... don't let paranoia ruin a great home theatre experience. http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasmatv-misconceptions.html |
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New member Username: Nbk13nwNewport News, Virginia USA Post Number: 8 Registered: Dec-04 | New tech lets some manufacturers,(Pioneer and Samsung), to name two, prevent "Burn-In" altogether on plasma TV's? Pioneer states that this new "Orbital Pixel" system will totally prevent burn-in, while Samsung states that their Anti-Burn-In systems such as Auto Pixel Shift, Signal Pattern Process and, All White, will prevent burn-in altogether. Anyone have any further info on these and other technologies? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 2167 Registered: Dec-03 | They are getting better, technology-wise. Right now I am evaluating a Samsung 42" plasma. The unit has been on for 1 week and so far no burn-in that I can see. |
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davesong Unregistered guest | If you have to think about this your probably not financially ready to be in the market. Do you really need a tv of this kind. Your better off putting your money in some investments. Plasma televisions are rather new in technology compared to LCD technology. The electronics industry still has yet a ways to go before Plasma TV's are perfected for burn-in proof usage. My advice is to go with the LCD TV's. LCD don't have the burn-in issues like plasmas. Just like your LCD computer monitors that are exposed to the same constant images and never have burn-in problems. LCD's also have a longer life range than Plasma's. Brighter and can be views at greater angles. Plasma's usually have problems if used in higher elevation by creating increased pressure of the ionized gases. LCD's have higher Definition. Although LCD's at the current time generally exceed the price of plasma its well worth it as it will probably give you less susceptible problems in the future. Or you can go with DLP's. They never have burn in or pixel failure isses. Also cheaper, but bulkier when compared to the sleekness of wall mounting ability of LCD's and plasma's. you can't always win |
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Anonymous | LCD projection is the answer (assuming you don't have to hang it on a wall), which is comparably low cost (compared to pure LCD) and it avoids the dizziness/headache risk from the DLP spinning color wheel |
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TPE Unregistered guest | Ya because the rate of that sickness is so high! I would guess that you were more than likely to read about the spinning wheel issue rather run across it. I dont put much stock into that argument as a CRT tv flashes 1/2 the image ever 60th of a second, same basis. As far a plasma vs lcd both have good properties, although the gentleman that said LCDs have a better veiwing angle is comletely wrong (Plasmas dont have a off axis problem at all). Plasma's show more definition and doesnt have 'lazy' pixels like LCD's do in motion scenes. Dont be suckered into a Plasma burn in prevention ad. They all do it but it sounds like alot of people confuse 'ghosting' with burn in...and think that a white wash gets rid of burn in (not so, just degrades picture to burn in level). With these products you get what you pay for, a 42" can cost $2K or $6K...difference is how many time do you want to replace it in 10yrs? FYI there are only 6 plasma manufacturers out there in the world, 100 brands...alot of brands are the same tv with different names on it. If you invest the money in a plasma pay a couple hundred to have someone come out to calibrate the video, this will extend the life of your tv by years. |
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New member Username: NatasalucardPost Number: 2 Registered: Feb-05 | I have a Panasonic TH42PD25U ED Plasma TV. I have had this thing for several months now and have no burn in what so ever. I watch the news channels, us the Sony PS2 for more then two or three hours at a session and watch movies/programming with the "black bars" on the sides or top/bottom. People go into panic mode about burn in. I find burn in to be more fallacy than fact. Just be sure to change the channel on ocassion so that the screen can "refresh" itself. I find it hard to believe that top electronics firms are going to sell TV's that start around $3000.00 and will burn in the first three hours they are watched. Adjust your levels, be smart and enjoy this technology! |
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Anonymous | I have the Panasonic TH-37PD25U EDTV and just love it. There'll be no burn-in if you just follow a few simple rules. I found a lot of helpful Plasma maintenance and information on Televisions Plus (http://www.tvsplus.com) Plasma FAQ http://www.tvsplus.com/faq.php They also have a Plasma Buyers Guide for the newbie. http://www.tvsplus.com/plasma_buyers_guide.php |