Plasma HDTV – What About Burn-in?
If you already have HDTV researcher, you have heard of a little problem 'annoying, which is unique in the plasma and CRT sets, the so-called burn-in. This is where your $ 4000 plasma screens have dominated the mental image of the logo of a channel on the TV or the circumference of a mailbox, because some parts of the screen has accelerated over the rest. But if such a big deal, because people continue to buy expensive plasma HDTV? You burn-in is really worth worrying about?
Burn-in modern sensibility plasmaHDTV
HDTV industry is very competitive these days, and manufacturers of plasma have really started to feel competition from the LCD industry. Yes, you can find them all they can to attempt to eliminate burn-in. Screen technology has improved to the point where the proper use of television (from a detailed analysis of the process) will not cause any problems, but using perhaps overlooked. And many of the new high-definition plasma TVs, that Samsung HPT5064 have a screen to "burn" mode securitybuilt-in television for repairing minor damage.
Image retention vs. burn-in
Image retention is a common direction, could be seen, after waking up from a CRT TV tonight: The last image displayed on the screen, there will be some time after the TV is off, then slowly disappear. It is caused by a building load of phosphorus (elements bright image on the screen), and disappears when the screen is off for a while '.
Burn-in,On the contrary, is permanent. Because aging is caused by uneven phosphor screen that "brand" image will remain forever as a tattoo. You can spend much time looking at things in a 4:3 (not caused widescreen) aspect ratio, we expect a new channel with a firm "news ticker, or playing with a screen of static. Just like a tattoo can be A strong effort has been removed, there are ways to fix a burned in the screen. But a little 'of prevention is worth a poundhealing: take a break-in when the new series.
The Break-In
If you prefer to play it safe, go through a break in proceedings when the TV is new. In 2004, Panasonic has mandated a closer look at the problem and came up with some guidelines for the new owners of the plasma:
The first one hundred hours:
Make sure that the screen is a display mode (aspect ratio) that completely
fill the screen (there are usually three or moreinstitutions to choose from). The panel delivered in this state, in what is called "Network" mode.
Turn down the contrast to 50% or less.
Briefly 4:3, trying to confirm the side bars are set to Medium-gray to reduce the risk of burn-in.
Returning to the series, after a "full screen" (Just, Zoom, Full) position during the first hundred hours of use.
During the first hundred hours of use, has his eye on the same channel for long periods. It should prevent channel logos andother still images must be preserved.
Avoid static images (video games, computer images, DVD title screens, etc.) during the hundreds of hours break-in.
After one hundred hours break-in period over the next nine hundred hours:
Preserving the contrast setting of 50% or less.
Restrictions on the use of 4:3 to 15% of broadcasting time.
Restrictions on the use of static images (computer, video games, etc.) to less than 10% of broadcasting time.
After a thousandThe time of activation, the panels are much less likely to experience image burn-in.
The Bottom Line
HDTV experts agree that burn-in is an overstated problem. Complaints have come from a much smaller percentage of owners than ever before. Buying a late model plasma HDTV, with a break-in procedure, and the occurrence of certain viewing habits to reduce the risk of damage to almost zero.
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