takecare plasma tv user

[Durakael]

Any time you have a static (non-moving) image on a plasma screen for an extended period of time, it will create burn-in, resulting on a "ghost" image appearing on the screen. Thankfully, this can be remedied if the burn-in isn't too bad. There are various movie files that some people download and play on the screen for a set amount of time, or you could simply watch a few action movies.

[fixitman]

I initially setup a makeshift desk in my living room to play FF14 on my 58" Samsung plasma. It has "image retention protection", as well as an option to run a side-scrolling black to white gradient to remove images. After an hour of play, it took 3 hours of the scrolling gradient to remove the action bar and chat text from the screen. I went ahead and moved the new computer into the computer room, and moved the old gaming rig into the living room.

I love the game on the big screen, but only when I'm actually playing

[ShiroHaato]

LCD is better your mistake was buying plasma.

[zenmetsu]

LCD is better your mistake was buying plasma.

Lulz. LCD is inferior in almost every regard except for power consumption. Lousy viewing angle, mediocre contrast ratio, non-uniform reproduction of color due to polarization and viewing angle... sometimes so bad that colors become reversed. Horrible refresh qualities; image ghosting happens with fast moving images.

IPS displays get around some of these issues, but they still have lower contrast ratios and slower refresh. You just cannot match the black on a plasma display. LCD is LCD, no matter how you bake it.

[charley]

Lulz. LCD is inferior in almost every regard except for power consumption. Lousy viewing angle, mediocre contrast ratio, non-uniform reproduction of color due to polarization and viewing angle... sometimes so bad that colors become reversed. Horrible refresh qualities; image ghosting happens with fast moving images.

IPS displays get around some of these issues, but they still have lower contrast ratios and slower refresh. You just cannot match the black on a plasma display. LCD is LCD, no matter how you bake it.

so true + dead pixel and stuck pixel

[kylecrutchfield]

Wow..please stop giving bad information to that foreign person... Plasma is the best for any high rate video game... lcd? seriously..did the guy at walmart tell you that it was better? google something called refresh rate.

Were not watching a Law and Order marathon in our pajamas...were playing video games

[mindful]

I bought a 50 inch plasma about 2yrs ago , and have done 20hr gaming marathons and have fallen asleep for hrs with a static, screen , My t.v got a option on it , that will clean my screen of the burn in. It only takes 15 minutes to fix. So you may want to look into your t.v. menu setting and look for it. It called a anti image retention also make sure you got it running in automatic mode. , and then in the options screen there is a scrolling bar that wipes it out.

[Orochi]

[mycosynth]

I never have this issue with my plasma....rule of thumb when buying a new plasma ALWAYS break it in.... leave it on for hours either cycling colors or static...let out do that while you're at work, school, etc.

[zenmetsu]

I never have this issue with my plasma....rule of thumb when buying a new plasma ALWAYS break it in.... leave it on for hours either cycling colors or static...let out do that while you're at work, school, etc.

Yes. The new plasma displays are virtually immune to burn-in after the first 100-200 hours of operation.

My 52" was shut off when I went on vacation for two weeks, it was attached to my Raspberry Pi and was in powersave mode due to the pi being turned off. Somehow the Pi got turned on 3 days after we left, according to uptime, and the display was static for 11 days and some change... and it was a high contrast image; white text console on black background. Within a day of using a moving image to clear the ghosting, there is no evidence whatsoever of the previous image.