Plasma Burn In?

[Adz]

Do Plasmas still suffer from burn-in from lets say execessive video gameplay? Fujitsu 42" is the subject.

[David Meek]

Adam, I believe they still do. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone advertising their "burn-in proof" plasma TV.

[locomk]

any plasma can still get burn in, most these days have pixel shifting software , so static images wont burn in. but static images left from a game for a long period of time ( 30 minutes or more will slowly start to burn in, higher contrast and brightness settings will decrease the amount of time it takes for burn in to occur. your pretty much safe from burn in as long as you dont pause the game for long periods of time and avoide images that stay on the screen just as a character icon in the game that doesn't dissapeer.

if you dont have the fujitsu 42" yet, than you should consider a Large size Lcd tv.

[PewterTA]

That's why DLP is Gamer Friendly, no burn in. If you play a lot of either FPS or Racing games, where the HUDs are often on screen for long periods of time during game play, you are best to go with a DLP TV.

[Shane Martin]

Not necessarily so. I play games on my CRT which is more burn in prone than plasmas and never see any.

Plasmas are not burn in proof but it's very difficult to burn one in. Just be cautious the first 100 hours.

[Kevin P]

I've heard it both ways: plasmas are easier to burn than CRT, plasmas are harder to burn than CRT. Of course, it depends on what type of CRT you're talking about: direct view, or projection.

I would guess that newer plasmas and direct view CRTs are more or less equal in terms of burn-in risk, while projection CRTs are more at risk. But I could be wrong.

On the other hand, I would rather risk a cheap direct view TV for video games than a plasma, if for no other reason that the direct view is cheaper to fix/replace if something does happen.

[Adz]

Thanks guys!

[aud19]

Yup any poshor based display can burn in. However if properly setup/calibrated and not in "torch" mode and used without leaving static images on for prolonged periods, there should be little to no risk. As Kevin mentioned, CRT's are a more affordable risk.

[David G]

The latest plasmas are supposed to be less susceptible to burn-in than a regular CRT.

[derekbannatyne]

I've fallen asleep while playing a videogame on my 65" rpcrt with no problems.

[peterS]

you would have to pause a game for months to achieve burn in
especialy considering that 360 dims when paused as i assume ps3 will. it is a non issue

as easy (read hard) to burn in as an lcd