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Is plasma suitable for 16 hours a day TV broadcast?

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TommyLew

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Hello

I would like to buy my a used plasma TV that still has a great picture quality, and with no burn-in artifacts.

What I am worried about, though, is that the TV will basically be turned on nearly entire day, 16 or so hours. And out of that my grandmother will watch a single channel 10 hours each day. Is it likely that plasma will get a logo burn-in, even though the channel has transparent logo?

Thanks in advance
 
As long as nothing sits paused for long; or, if you have cable with switched digital video, you don't let the cable box determine you are no longer watching that channel (which happens if you don't respond to the prompt). If those two issues aren't a concern, you should be plenty fine.

With most channels having transparent logos, and without that, commercials, you will be fine. The pixel orbiter that is enabled by default will take care of any other issue.

And if you have a chance to view it yourself from time to time, and notice any temporary burn in, screen wipe features are available in the menu to help clean that up. It takes some serious inattention and, really, some effort to produce burn-in in the last few generations of plasma displays.

If budget is not a concern, then this is a great set. If it is, be forewarned: 10-16 hours a day of TV viewing on plasmas will add up on the electricity bill. If you only watch a few hours a day, I myself don't even concern myself with the electricity consumption. It does add up if used extensively, however.
 
Unless grandmother is totally immobile 10 hours a day in front of TV is not healthy. I would encourage her to get out from behind the TV. My mom is in her mid 80s with a bump knee and major arthritis even she does not spend that much time in front of the TV.
 
destrekor said:
As long as nothing sits paused for long; or, if you have cable with switched digital video, you don't let the cable box determine you are no longer watching that channel (which happens if you don't respond to the prompt). If those two issues aren't a concern, you should be plenty fine.

With most channels having transparent logos, and without that, commercials, you will be fine. The pixel orbiter that is enabled by default will take care of any other issue.
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What about the fact there's the same pattern on the logo? So even though it is transparent, won't that still cause uneven pixel aging (which, if I understood correctly, is what is causing burn-in).

I would like to stress again, 16 hours of TV per day, but out of that a single channel with a transparent logo will be running 10 hours per day.

eric3316 said:
And if you have a chance to view it yourself from time to time, and notice any temporary burn in, screen wipe features are available in the menu to help clean that up. It takes some serious inattention and, really, some effort to produce burn-in in the last few generations of plasma displays.
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Is there a significant period of warning between a temporary image retention and a permanent burn-in?
 
cyclistca said:
Unless grandmother is totally immobile 10 hours a day in front of TV is not healthy. I would encourage her to get out from behind the TV. My mom is in her mid 80s with a bump knee and major arthritis even she does not spend that much time in front of the TV.
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No kidding.. I keep telling her that.

Granted, she does not actually sit in front of the TV 16 or 10 hours per day, but the TV is still turned in the morning and turned off late at night.
 
I wouldn't worry about it from a burn-in standpoint. You may want to stop by once a week and clear any IR with the TV's anti-burn in tools, but I doubt you'll get anything permanent.

However, you might want to consider an LED just from a power consumption standpoint. Running a Plasms 16+ hours a day can run the power bill up. They are better than they used to be but still use more Electricity and LEDs just sip it.
 
smitbret said:
I wouldn't worry about it from a burn-in standpoint. You may want to stop by once a week and clear any IR with the TV's anti-burn in tools, but I doubt you'll get anything permanent.

However, you might want to consider an LED just from a power consumption standpoint. Running a Plasms 16+ hours a day can run the power bill up. They are better than they used to be but still use more Electricity and LEDs just sip it.
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This.

Get her an LED panel. A plasma can easily eat up 3x the amount of power, put out 3x the amount of heat, and they generally look like shit during daylight hours.

However if the price on that ST is good, I would buy it for myself. You won't get anything better until OLED is available at normal mortal prices.
 
I just couldn't resist.. I bought it :biggrin:

Thanks everyone for help.

And if I may ask one more thing, how and for how long is it optimal to break-in plasma?
 
My opinion is, YES, it will get burnt in if it truly sits all day on a channel with a logo in one place.

Burn in isn't much of an issue nowadays, but if it's every going to be an issue, this is a case of "how".
 
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