With all the plasmas.......

[Josh123]

Why do stations still post things in the same location with the chance of burn-in?

 

[BassBomb]

because the chance still exists even if it is minimal and almost negatable

i have image retention on my lcd even,

 

[sdifox]

Because they don't care? those plasmas are bought for one reason alone, it looks good on your tv screen. They don't care for them, they are consumables.

 

[BassBomb]

Woah I totally read the OP wrong.

At least nowadays more companys just have a greyish watermark rather than a bright ass logo

 

[sdifox]

doh! I think I misinterpreted the op too...

 

[BurnItDwn]

They want their logo to burn in so it's on your screen all the time. It's like free advertising!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
They want their logo to burn in so it's on your screen all the time. It's like free advertising!

:thumbsup:
:laugh:

 

[BigJ]

With newer plasmas, burn-in rarely happens after the first couple hundred hours. Image retention may occur if you watch the same channel for half a day, but will go away after running something with constantly changing images (action movie for example). It really isn't that much of an issue these days.

 

[montypythizzle]

As an owner of a plasma 4:3 material is KILLER, IR up the ass. The logos are no problem for me, hell to get off the IR from 4:3 material I turn it to my local PBS station since it is HQ HD high motion material and has a very light logo. The IR usually goes away after about 3 minutes. It is still relatively lower used set, probably a total of 100 hours.

 

[Josh123]

Originally posted by: montypythizzle
As an owner of a plasma 4:3 material is KILLER, IR up the ass. The logos are no problem for me, hell to get off the IR from 4:3 material I turn it to my local PBS station since it is HQ HD high motion material and has a very light logo. The IR usually goes away after about 3 minutes. It is still relatively lower used set, probably a total of 100 hours.

What is IR?

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Josh123

Originally posted by: montypythizzle
As an owner of a plasma 4:3 material is KILLER, IR up the ass. The logos are no problem for me, hell to get off the IR from 4:3 material I turn it to my local PBS station since it is HQ HD high motion material and has a very light logo. The IR usually goes away after about 3 minutes. It is still relatively lower used set, probably a total of 100 hours.

What is IR?

Image Retention. A newer term for burn in since it is slightly different.

 

[dwell]

I was pretty shocked when I went to my sisters house that on one of the fake-HD channels the bars were this awful logo "Comcast HD" (or something) all colorful and bright. Got to be murder on plasma.

In NYC where I live Time Warner Cable are bastards. Neutral grey bars on all SD content impossible to change. They really want to avoid a lawsuit.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Josh123

Originally posted by: montypythizzle
As an owner of a plasma 4:3 material is KILLER, IR up the ass. The logos are no problem for me, hell to get off the IR from 4:3 material I turn it to my local PBS station since it is HQ HD high motion material and has a very light logo. The IR usually goes away after about 3 minutes. It is still relatively lower used set, probably a total of 100 hours.

What is IR?

Image Retention. A newer term for burn in since it is slightly different.

IR is not permanent, Burn-In is

I don't know how to explain how mine has IR but I have not noticed it in a long while. It normally could be pretty significant (could see it only on dark grey background) would go away next day

 

[kalrith]

I've never noticed any IR on my 6-month-old plasma (Pioneer 5080). Before watching anything else, I did run it through 200 hours on the break-in DVD from AVS forum and D-Nice's break-in settings, and I now use his semi-calibrated settings on my TV.

Another huge contributer to IR is "torch mode", which is often called dynamic. New TVs are set to high brightness and contrast in order to compete in the bright big-box stores with a seemingly endless wall of TVs. Unfortunately many consumers leave it on "torch mode" forever. This doesn't only contribute to plasmas' IR. It also uses more electricity, gives the TV worse black levels, and makes colors inaccurate. Everyone, at the very least, should put their TV on standard or movie mode rather than "torch mode". Be forewarned though. If you've been watching TV in "torch mode" for a while, you're likely to think that the picture isn't as vibrant and doesn't pop like it used too. That's because you're no longer trying to send signals to space with your TV's brightness levels. Try it out for a week, and you'll see that it looks better and more accurate, has better black levels, and is easier on the eyes.