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Come on you're just kidding yourself... Just try to take it back and exchange it before it's too late!Originally Posted by LilStarZ07
Originally Posted by nnarum
I would love for you to see what a decent plasma would do hooked up in your house. It would blow you away. I swear.
lets not get it twisted, a plasma tv has THE BEST picture out, by far bar none case closed end of story /debate ...... but when you take into account the possible burn issues, price tag and individual needs ... my tv > plasma ...
For real though, why aren't there any images of burned TVs if this is such a common problem? I hear about it from so many people on internet forums, butI've never experienced it myself... I game daily for sometimes up to 4 hours. Including Halo, Madden, NCAA, and MW2...
Some info on burn in myths, as well as other plasma myths...
Case for Plasmas
[h3]Plasma's propensity for burn-in is overblown.[/h3]
Burn-in happens when a fixed image remains on screen for too long and leaves a ghost of itself when removed. The ghost is actually a line of phosphors that has burned bright for so long they have dimmed compared to surrounding pixels. It's not an issue on LCDs, whose different system of generating images doesn't use phosphors which can dim with overuse (although a memory effect on liquid crystals can retain an impression for a period of time). But today's plasmas may be suffering from the sins of their forebears. We even left a fixed image on a Panasonic plasma for about eight hours (sorry Panasonic!) to see whether we could detect a faint burn or ghost, but no such luck. A Panasonic engineer who was not aware of our experiment then told us it would take about four days or more for a static image to burn its ghost onto a modern plasma screen. Improvements in the phosphor material used and 'pixel orbiting' technology - which shifts pixels around if they don't move - has diminished the burn-in problem. It's highly unlikely that any plasma would be stuck on the same image four days in a row. The myth that plasmas can suffer burn-in overshadows the fact that LCD HDTVs can suffer from something else just as bad: dead pixels. These are more likely on LCD screens and are a known problem with LCDs in the computer industry. While makers will generally replace screens with dead pixels, it pays to check when you first fire up the HDTV.
Plasma Burn in Fact orMyth?
Bottom Line
"Burn-in" is for all practical purposes a non-issue with current plasma HDTVs. Simply set the TV to the "home" mode and enjoy all the benefits of plasma: wide angle image for excellent off-axis viewing, high contrast, deep blacks and perfect motion resolution, along with the bargain big screen prices (42″ and larger) available this holiday season.
For credibility sake, these are two unbiased sites. Neither has anything to gain from one tech over another...
Overall, I don't mind LCD, but after owning a plasma there is no comparision IMO. The features of LCD like motion plus just mask the LCD flaws. LED is justa different way of lighting the crystals of LCD, not a "revolutionary" tech...