FF Realm Reborn damaging my tv.

[Cyonge]

Have had the game only 4 or 5 days. Noticed I can see outline of the HUD display on my screen when watching tv now. Anyone else notice this?

[Rufalus]

This will effect certain tvs more, you always have to worry about static images like that, and flick the hud off and back on every so often to prevent burn in.

[Cyonge]

Is there a way to cause the HUD to fade out when not in combat? The outlines seem to be fading now that the game has been off for a while. Lucky for me it is an older tv. A new tv would be worrying me.

[Rufalus]

My new tv seems to be better for this. Had an old one that burned. All I know you can do is switch the hud off temporarily, and swing the camera around if you are standing in one spot too long. L1+select to toggle hud on controller I believe. Huds are the real problem for tvs suspectable to burn. Those pixels just stay the same too long.

[Illrayth]

FFXIV didn't damage your TV. Not understanding current technology did.
Any video game can do this. Very frequent occurrence for people who play repetitively on any game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence

[MithrasInvictus]

A new TV wouldn't do that. What you're experiencing is called "burn-in." It would happen with anything that was constantly displayed; if you kept a news station on all of the time, eventually the ticker at the bottom would burn in to the screen. CRT televisions, and older plasma televisions are susceptible to this, so you're going to be stuck with it. LCDs don't burn in, and are the best option for gaming or anything which will produce a constant, static image on the same place of the screen.

[Cyonge]

Thanks for the input everyone. My tv is pretty old as tvs go. Will have to be a little more carefull with it till I can get an LCD.

[alkore]

When you're gaming on a TV please don't get cheap ones, this is a result in that case. Also if it's a Plasma stop using it for gaming right now because games kill those. I leave static images on my tv for 12+ hours all the time zero burn in. The best TV for gaming that will result in zero burn in is a full Array LED TV “Local Dimming” which means that the LEDs are behind the screen.