I got my 42" Akai HDTV Plasma last during Fry's Black Friday sale last year, so it's only about 6-7 months old. It worked fine at first, but recently (within the last month or so), it's been acting up.
When I'm watching television, a DVD, playing a game or whatever, there seems to be a red ghosting effect on everything (really bad on borders). It's like a red burn-in image (more like a red shadowing image), but the only thing is, the burn-in image is of what was just on the screen a couple seconds before. It then fades out and just repeats over and over and is really annoying to say the least.
It happens in both dark and light scenes, whether they are slow moving or fast paced, although dark scenes are a bit worse.
Here are a few pics to show what I am talking about:
In the warranty, it states that they are not responsible and will not fix burn-in image. This isn't really a case of 'burn-in' right? I've never kept the TV on a channel that has a fixed image anywhere, nor do I play games that have gauges and meters that may burn in. I guess the best way to describe it would be a lagging ghosting type effect that appears in red.
Thanks for any help.
When I'm watching television, a DVD, playing a game or whatever, there seems to be a red ghosting effect on everything (really bad on borders). It's like a red burn-in image (more like a red shadowing image), but the only thing is, the burn-in image is of what was just on the screen a couple seconds before. It then fades out and just repeats over and over and is really annoying to say the least.
It happens in both dark and light scenes, whether they are slow moving or fast paced, although dark scenes are a bit worse.
Here are a few pics to show what I am talking about:
- In this pic, the boy's head is glowing!
Not as bad as the first, but her hair isn't supposed to be THAT red...
In this picture, she just moved from the left to the right, hence the reddish shadow.
In this pic, you can see the subtitles that were on the screen before...they were only there for less than two seconds and already it burned-in??!
In the warranty, it states that they are not responsible and will not fix burn-in image. This isn't really a case of 'burn-in' right? I've never kept the TV on a channel that has a fixed image anywhere, nor do I play games that have gauges and meters that may burn in. I guess the best way to describe it would be a lagging ghosting type effect that appears in red.
Thanks for any help.
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