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"Burn in" on a plasma screen
davidc1
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Bit late in the day for a bit of advise but I will give it a go.
I have a new 60 inch LG plasma 2 weeks old.
Have the family coming over for xmas dinner tommorow and decided to kill the TV during dinner and bought a virtual fireplace dvd to put on , just to fill the void....
Everyone is screeming Noooooo as it will burn in ....Is this a myth , or perhaps a problem with old sets?
Should I worry?
David
I have a new 60 inch LG plasma 2 weeks old.
Have the family coming over for xmas dinner tommorow and decided to kill the TV during dinner and bought a virtual fireplace dvd to put on , just to fill the void....
Everyone is screeming Noooooo as it will burn in ....Is this a myth , or perhaps a problem with old sets?
Should I worry?
David
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Burn in is real but I wouldn't have thought a fire place would cause it. It's usually dogs and bugs that do it.
The general consensus is that a modern plasma is far less susceptible to screen burn but you should still take baby steps in the early days to the let the panel bed in.
A DVD fireplace is mostly a variable image in terms of the flames so that would be fine, the only concern would be the static surround and again the settings on the TV (high contrast) could increase the odds of burn in.
I could not work out where dog's and bug's came in.
I have turned it down to max energy save and will only run the fireplace for 90 mins max then on to the Queens speech I expect.
Thanks David
Have a good day tomorow
David
You should check the image shown, if the whole screen is a moving fire you should be okay but if there is a static black bit at the bottom stuck there you should be careful - burn in isn't covered by the warranty mine says.