Feb
19
Plasma Burn-In
Filed Under Plasma Television
We hear a lot about plasma burn in, too much in my opinion, the problem used to be real to some degree and it still is to some degree don’t get me wrong but it’s really blown way out of proportion. The phosphors used (yes Plasma’s use those as well) in early plasmas were much more susceptible to burn-in than the materials used in today’s sets. Combine that with advancements like pixel-shifting and lower wattage power supplies and the burn-in rap plasma gets starts to look a bit silly.
That said there are a few things you can do to all but guarantee a hassle free and more importantly burn-free plasma television experience. First off for at least the first hundred hours or so, go easy on the brightness and contrast. We all know you want to crank it up so high you get a suntan but if you’ll resist this temptation for a few weeks; your set stands a lot better chance at a burn-free life span.
Secondly be sure to turn on any screen savers available in your source devices, many newer DVD players and satellite receivers have the feature built-in, look for it in other devices as well. I make it a habit to avoid any unnecessary pillar-boxed and or letter-boxed programming for the first 50 or so hours of use, what do I mean by this? no that doesn’t mean never turn a new plasma to a 4:3 aspect ratio channel when its new, it means don’t take the dog for a walk with Casablanca playing in the background, at least not until the sets had a few hours to break-in.
You might hear people talk about changing channels from time to time, randomly, during break-in to avoid “burn-in”. In my opinion that’s a bit excessive, as long as you don’t have the contrast and or brightness cranked up into the stratosphere you’ll be just fine, when the sets new avoid news tickers and practice some common sense, it’ll take you and your new set a long way.
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