[singh100]

This may sound like a silly question. But everywhere I go people I saying that should not buy a plasma tv beacuse of screen burn etc.
I was just thinking if had a plasma tv and left it on one of the radio channels on sky tv e.g. radio1 radio 2 etc would this cause Screen burn.
At the moment I have a crt tv and normally during the day I just leave my sky box on radio 1, but if I had a plasma would it be more of a problem

[Richard46]

Use the problem as an excuse to treat yourself to a nice A/V sound system; run an audio out straight from the Digibox to it and you can turn the TV off.
Richard

[hardeep]

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Originally Posted by singh100

This may sound like a silly question. But everywhere I go people I saying that should not buy a plasma tv beacuse of screen burn etc.
I was just thinking if had a plasma tv and left it on one of the radio channels on sky tv e.g. radio1 radio 2 etc would this cause Screen burn.
At the moment I have a crt tv and normally during the day I just leave my sky box on radio 1, but if I had a plasma would it be more of a problem

Not really an issue. I leave my plasma on 5Live for hours at a time without issue - remember that the the radio channels have a deliberately dimmer picture for this reason.

However I do agree with the A/V solution idea - if you have Sky+ many movies are broadcast in surround sound.

PS screenburn can be a problem on CRTs as well - my 7 year old Grundig widescreen now has faint lines due to 4:3 to 16:9 switching. (Fortunately the plasma fills in the blank part of the screen in 4:3 mode.)

[Nigel Goodwin]

The screen burn 'problem' is mostly when new, and it's due to the rapid fading of the display for the first few months - biggest problem would be watching in 4:3 mode, where the outside edges wouldn't fade as they aren't being used. Once it's six months old, and had reasonable use, it shouldn't be a problem.

[reddog1234]

I wouldn't even bother worrying about burn-in on a new plasma. It was only really a problem with early plasmas.

I have an early plasma... never taken any notice and no sign of burn-in or all the other mumbo jumbo you hear about plasmas... of course your miles may vary.

[Tony Boman]

I was a bit worried by all the screen burn / image retention horror stories, but I have had no such problems on my Pioneer PDP-427XD. Only had it 3 weeks and problem is supposed to be worse on new screens, but so far so good. My kids have been off for Easter and have been watching music and kids channels with fixed logos for hours on end, and I still have not had a problem.

From what I have learned from many forum threads is that Image retention is more likely with new plasmas these days than real screen burn. Image retention tends to be short term retention of a previously displayed image appearing on the current displayed image. Screen burn is an image that will never disappear, where as image retention fades eventually. By all means correct me if I am wrong.

So far, I do not seem to have had a problem with image retention.

If a salesman tells you that LCDs are better than Plasmas because of plasma screen burn, they are not keeping up with new technology or they work for Dixons! Base your buying decisions on what you see, not out of date information. I will not get into the LCD vs Plasma debate, but let's say I based my choice on actually viewing the two technologies.

I totally agree to run the sound through an A/V amp, because it will sound great, not for fear of screen burn.

[Catbed]

I wouldn't use our plasma TV for radio simply for the cost (and environmental) aspects - it uses 300+ watts

[Nitram]

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Originally Posted by Tony Boman

they are not keeping up with new technology or they work for Dixons!

Same difference, isn't it?!

[Tony Boman]

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Originally Posted by Catbed

I wouldn't use our plasma TV for radio simply for the cost (and environmental) aspects - it uses 300+ watts

Fair point, I try to forget my TV's environmental footprint