Who here......

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....plays a lot of games on their plasmas?? if you do does it have a detrimental effect on the screen?? Or is screen burn now no longer a concern for plasmas.

Thanks in advance

 

[HDNumpty]

I don't, but I do spend a lot of time on other forums where most members do - I don't think it's a problem unless you played the same game for about 2 weeks and there was an icon on the screen in a fixed position. I'm sure some people have done though...

The only time I have seen screen burn on a plasma was in Richer Sounds where the black bars had burnt into the demo screens showing films on the wall(ALL THE TIME!!)

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I've had no problems with my Pany plasma even after a 5 hour session on the PS3. No image retention or anything else. Absolutely fine

 

[professorhat]

I occasionally get image retention on my Panasonic plasma (it is 2.5 years old now), but no hint of screen burn and I regularly play games on it.

 

[MRB]

This article mentions how a Panasonic plasma suffered with screen burn after 90 minutes.

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Panasonic_TX_32LXD700__Review_5687749

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Maybe a faulty set ?

Screen burn and image retention is very very unlikely with todays plasma's. Much improved technology and most tv's like my Pany have inbuilt gadgetry to prevent it happening. I don't think I can remember any posts about image retention problems on these forums.

All these myths came about from a few years back when the technology was prone to image retention in the 1st 100-200 hours.

All I can say is i was worried about the myths as well when buying my 1st plasma. Im glad to say that after all the advice I got I took the plunge and have had no problems with image retention or screen burn what so ever.

I did take it easy for the 1st 100 hours or so although that was more for peace of mind and to give it time to bed in.