Plasma HDTV Burn-in, much ado about nothing
Worried about burn-in on your plasma HDTV? Dennis from Electronichouse.com says new plasma display owners should rest easy. All the major plasma HDTV manufacturers of plasma displays have build-in fail-safes to guard against burn-in and good news - they work!
Burn-in as it’s commonly called (image retention if you’re a well heeled electronics techie) is a common complaint of plasma type HDTVs. I’ve heard the baritone voices of grown men speaking fondly of their pricey investment crack like school boys when the topic of burn-in comes up.
Image retention is said to occur in plasma sets when they’re left on for hours on end with a single static image. This can occur with a video game’s HUD or a news ticker. Once burn-in strikes, a shadowy outline of the static image is forever frozen into your display, always present in the background as a reminder of your oversight.
We’ve always known the chances of burn-in are reduced by simply having images move around screen. But networks that leave a logo in the lower corner of the screen are a particular nuisance to plasma owners.
But, according to the latest information on the odds of any newer plasma suffering image retention - it’s all much ado about nothing:
"Panasonic, LG, Samsung, Pioneer, and Hitachi - have all taken several steps to greatly reduce or eliminate completely any signs of image retention." Barker says in the article.
A 2005 torture test was conducted by the Image Science Foundation of modern plasma where they forced them to display a static image for a period of 48-hours. Surprisingly any evidence of image retention disappeared after the plasma sets displayed continuous loop of normal video for 24 hours.
The conclusion of the study:
"The commonly held beliefs about the viability and performance quality of plasma TVs turn out to be merely myths when held up to the discerning eye of quantifiable testing."
Read the full article: The Myth of Plasma "Burn-In" at electronichouse.com
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