Members blargh Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 I'm looking to replace my {censored}ty HDTV, and I'm not a big fan of LCDs or rear projection of any kind.I've read that newer plasmas don't suffer from burn-in issues, any truth to this?I'm particularly worried about burn-in from the letterboxing of movies and 4:3 tv content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoodleFace Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Watching a movie isn't going to burn in... playing a videogame for 72 hours straight might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chemten Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 i bought my plasma back at the beginning of 05. i have no burn-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Plasmas and LCDs don't suffer from bun in the way the CRT based sets do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members recovery Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Burn-in is no longer an issue with plasma. Just to be sure, the first 100 hours of "break-in" should be done without tickers or static logos on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Killing Nevada Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 yeah no burn in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonathanD Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 I like my LCD. What teh problem? No glare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 It's not NECESSARY but it's reccomended by those in the know.. I bought a 50" Panasonic plasma back on this past black friday and used a free plasma burn in dvd. Go here http://www.eaprogramming.com/downloads/download_main.htm Download the dvd iso file an use nero or whatever to burn it to either a blank dvd or SVCD if your player supports that format. It will cycle through solid colors that fill the whole screen for about 15 or so seconds each. it loops over and over. I ran this every night all night and all day at work every day for a little over a week and would just watch normal TV in the evenings. It PROBABLY isn't necessary but there are still a lot of guys who know a lot about plasma technology that say it's still a good idea as it burns in all the plasma cells uniformly and also doubles as a stress test so that if the TV is working all night and all day long, chances are, if it's going to fail, it'll do so during the burn in period. that way you'll still have the box (save it for the first month in the attic if you can) and warranty stuff on hand should it not live through the stress/burn in test. Right now, the panasonic TH-50PX75U is about the best deal there is. I paid $1300 shipped for mine from www.frys.com http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5184096;jsessionid=gqPOXc6TeslDd6IpDTICqQ**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG The AVS forums owner thread for all 75U owners is roughly 5,550 people talking about how awesome it is and how few problems there are. I freaking searched like a mad man the whole week leading up to black friday. It seems you have to pay an arm and a leg for a TV to avoid problems as just about every owners thread has tons of people complaining about something. The panasonic thread was the only one almost totally lacking criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members killswitch_19 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Like everyone else said, burn-in is no longer a really big issue unless you abuse your set. I recently just finished running a a break-in DVD for my new plasma for about 125 hours which displays different colors and gradations full screen on a 16 hour loop (played while at work and in bed). It's recommended you do this for the first 100 hours or watch full screen or zoomed programming during this period. You do this because during the first 100 hours plasma's are more prone to image retention (which is temporary) and burn-in (which is highly unlikely unless abused). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members futurism Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 i have burn in from the 4:3 content my tv is from about 2005, panasonic viera you can see it when the whole screen is white, dont notice it at all when its any other color in fact whilst i think its probably been like it for quite some time, I have only ever noticed it twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members killswitch_19 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 FastRed - I just picked up the 50PZ85U a few days ago as well. How you liking your set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb32 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 The degrading picture quality year after year and their life span only being 5 to 7 years is my major turn offs to the plasma screens. I prefer LCD's. IMO they are more proven to last and not degrade in picture quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted April 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 It's not NECESSARY but it's reccomended by those in the know.. I bought a 50" Panasonic plasma back on this past black friday and used a free plasma burn in dvd. Go here http://www.eaprogramming.com/downloads/download_main.htmDownload the dvd iso file an use nero or whatever to burn it to either a blank dvd or SVCD if your player supports that format. It will cycle through solid colors that fill the whole screen for about 15 or so seconds each. it loops over and over. I ran this every night all night and all day at work every day for a little over a week and would just watch normal TV in the evenings. It PROBABLY isn't necessary but there are still a lot of guys who know a lot about plasma technology that say it's still a good idea as it burns in all the plasma cells uniformly and also doubles as a stress test so that if the TV is working all night and all day long, chances are, if it's going to fail, it'll do so during the burn in period. that way you'll still have the box (save it for the first month in the attic if you can) and warranty stuff on hand should it not live through the stress/burn in test. Right now, the panasonic TH-50PX75U is about the best deal there is. I paid $1300 shipped for mine from www.frys.comhttp://shop3.outpost.com/product/5184096;jsessionid=gqPOXc6TeslDd6IpDTICqQ**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PGThe AVS forums owner thread for all 75U owners is roughly 5,550 people talking about how awesome it is and how few problems there are. I freaking searched like a mad man the whole week leading up to black friday. It seems you have to pay an arm and a leg for a TV to avoid problems as just about every owners thread has tons of people complaining about something. The panasonic thread was the only one almost totally lacking criticism. That's actually pretty close to the TV I'm considering. The one I'm looking at is the panasonic PZ80U... Glad to hear burn-in isn't a big issue.Have you tried it with a PS3 or 360? How is it for gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chemten Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 The degrading picture quality year after year and their life span only being 5 to 7 years is my major turn offs to the plasma screens. I prefer LCD's. IMO they are more proven to last and not degrade in picture quality. 5 to 7 years? where do you get this misinformation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb32 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 5 to 7 years? where do you get this misinformation. Just what I've always read and heard from people that have owned them. I've never owned one personally. A friend of mine bought one a few years ago and his picture quality is not close to what it was new. I guess he needs it serviced but IMO that's pretty lame to spend that much $$$ on a tv to have to have it serviced every few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Plasmas have a half-life of 60,000 to 100,000 hours. As for burn in- no, I don't get any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 FastRed - I just picked up the 50PZ85U a few days ago as well. How you liking your set? It's amazing. I had about a dozen folks over for the superbowl and I'm the last of teh group to get an HDTV and everyone was saying how mine has a far superior picture quality. the color on mine is amazing. Get one of the hdtv picture/color calibration dvd's. They're well worth it and beats paying some expensive tech to come calibrate your set. A good calibration can make a world of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brick Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 my Sharp plasma, that I got when they all first came out, has a wee bit of burn in, but its not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Get one of the hdtv picture/color calibration dvd's. They're well worth it and beats paying some expensive tech to come calibrate your set. A good calibration can make a world of difference. Or just mooch the optimal settings that nerds post on a/v forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chemten Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Just what I've always read and heard from people that have owned them. I've never owned one personally.A friend of mine bought one a few years ago and his picture quality is not close to what it was new. I guess he needs it serviced but IMO that's pretty lame to spend that much $$$ on a tv to have to have it serviced every few years. probably needed to be calibrated from day 1. mine still looks like the first day i brought it home. /shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GodBlessTexas Posted April 1, 2008 Members Share Posted April 1, 2008 Panasonic 42" Plasma with no burn in issues. I do notice some residual image retention when I turn off the BluRay or HDDVD players, but they are gone after power cycling the Plasma. I even did a bonehead thing on Christmas Eve and left a video on pause for 2 hours. You could see the pause bars on the screen. Power the display down, turned it back on 5 minutes later, and there were no bars to be seen. Plasmas deal with this problem much better than they used to, to the point now that it is not a problem with any of the recent model Plasmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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