[Till]

Should I be worried about burn in on my plasma?

PLaying COD4?

its a 2008 model

kinda worried now, that ive read up on it

[dude496]

not a plasma expert or anything at all...but typically burn in happens when you leave the tv on a fixed item, like a picture or something for an extended amount of time.

[JakeM]

It will still have burn in if its on long enough. But you'd have to have it on for a really long time. There are programs that you can get that will almost compeltly take car of burn in when/if you get it though. But I wouldn't be worried about burn in while playing a videogame for a couple of hours as long as you turn it off when your done.

[G.T. Rags]

what kind of tv is it? link to it please?

most new tv's have built in features now that prevent burn in. I know my new sansung has it.

A few tips of precautionary measures. Don't play for longer then 2 or 3 hour intervals. if u plan on playing for 8 hours straight then take 15-20 minute breaks while u turn the TV off. turn ur contrast and brightness to under 50% for the first 100 hours of viewing. don't leave a game or dvd or dvr paused on ur screen for more then a few minutes. don't watch channels like homeshopping because of the constant scrolling markey... or atleast don't watchi it all the time......

it's all pretty much common sense...... run a google search about the truth about plasma vs LCD and u'll find plenty of info

[Till]

oh yeah my tv stays on for maybe 5 hours a day if that and even then its off and on

on my days off it stays on for a little while like 6 but i take breaks while playing my games


no linky but heres model #

DP50747 made april 2008

[G.T. Rags]

brand?

[Till]

sanyo

[dude496]

Highly doubt a video game could cause burn in...tv is doing the same thing with a movie as it is with a video game, displaying an image...Just like on the old arcade games, if you left it on the start screen for a long time you would get burn in. CRT and plasma are prone to burn in if a steady image is on the screen for an extended amount of time...if you are playing a video game, you will not get burn in.

LCD is less prone to this problem, hence LCD picture frames.

[G.T. Rags]

50' plasma? nice

[G.T. Rags]

Originally Posted by dude496 Highly doubt a video game could cause burn in...tv is doing the same thing with a movie as it is with a video game, displaying an image...Just like on the old arcade games, if you left it on the start screen for a long time you would get burn in. CRT and plasma are prone to burn in if a steady image is on the screen for an extended amount of time...if you are playing a video game, you will not get burn in. LCD is less prone to this problem, hence LCD picture frames.

the cross hairs, map, and a few other items are 90% of the time constant on COD...

on fable 2 there is a always present control display on the bottom right.....

[zinc02GT]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop 50' plasma? nice

That's a big fucking plasma...

[G.T. Rags]

indeed it is, i have a 42 inch that i sit about 3.5 feet away from while playing games and thats fun as fuck....... i'd have to turn my head if it was any bigger

[Till]

thanks i like it can I get the cross hairs and shit off the screen?

[zinc02GT]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop indeed it is, i have a 42 inch that i sit about 3.5 feet away from while playing games and thats fun as fuck....... i'd have to turn my head if it was any bigger

You missed it...

50' is 50 feet

50" is 50 inches

[Till]

how do i know if theres anyburn in i look where my stuff is like health when it goes black for a sec and I see nothing thats good right

[G.T. Rags]

Originally Posted by Tiller88 thanks i like it can I get the cross hairs and shit off the screen?

if ur playing a game for hours, with minimal switches to a didferent screen, then yes. especially if u leave the game paused on the screen. But you said it's never on for more then 6 hours at a time, and even then it's on and off. u should have no worrys

Originally Posted by zinc02GT You missed it... 50' is 50 feet 50" is 50 inches

not when ur smoking pot it isn't

Originally Posted by Tiller88 how do i know if theres anyburn in i look where my stuff is like health when it goes black for a sec and I see nothing thats good right

dude, u'll be fine, just don't leave anything there for more then 4 or 5 hours constant

[ItaliStang]

Originally Posted by Tiller88 thanks i like it can I get the cross hairs and shit off the screen?

sure... play hardcore team deathmatch when you're playing COD4... no HUD, nothing static on the screen to burn in

[dude496]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop the cross hairs, map, and a few other items are 90% of the time constant on COD... on fable 2 there is a always present control display on the bottom right.....

yes those things could cause burn in, but there are so many mini scenes etc etc that the problem wont happen.

Now like you said in another post, leaving the game paused for an extended period of time could cause burn in.

In otherwords, you could play a game for 24 hours straight with zero burn in. But if you left it on pause for 24 hours, then yes you could have a problem. Think about it, bestbuy has movies playing constantly on plasma tv's.

[XTCNAGT]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop 50' plasma? nice

That's not a TV, that's a Jumbotron

[Till]

yes and I love it about to take a break and play guitar cant wait to get to hardcore so no hud lol