Weird red afterglow on Samsung Plasma TV

TechBoyJK

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Oct 17, 2002
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Hi Guys,

I bought a 50" Samsung 720p Plasma TV from Best Buy about 4 months ago.

It's been great, but now it's developed a weird red glow that appears when the screen goes black. It's not burn it, as it presents a shadow of what was last displayed on the screen.

My warranty shows that Samsung offers 1 year warranty service, including potential in-home repair. I've done everything I can to keep burn in from happening. All my devices have screen savers, and I've been very diligent with turning the tv off, not allowing static content to stay on screen, etc.

It looks like Best Buy no longer carries the tv. What are the odds I can get them to just swap it with something similar? Or should I just go through Samsung?
 

CubanlB

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Oct 24, 2003
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Call Samsung. You shouldn't be getting red pixels as image retention I don't think.

Might be the panel or it might be a bad power supply. The plasmas I have seen that have had a lot of redish-ness were older Gen plasmas that did have honest burn in.