I believe in Plasma!

Brandon Rice said:
Bought LG.

@David Yeah keeping the brightness pretty low (50), which should keep things safe, plus I hear the newer plasmas have things to help that.
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Never fear brandon... Punch up that panel illumination. You can have your cake and eat it too when it comes to plasma....

I have a 46" panasonic, I'm sure the lg and samsung aren't too far off.

Look in the tv menu. There should be something akin to "scrolling bar", a white bar that rolls down the screen erasing any burn in. It runs for 5 minutes then auto shuts down the tv. 2 years strong. Do it once a week. Or after watching a lot of espn/CNN. My tv has priority in my life.
My girlfriend knows this, my family knows this . I do everything I can to protect it.
 
Yeah...yep yep yep...

My 46" Panny plasma looks better than my beloved 34" Sony CRT HDTV. My wife didn't mind getting darker shades on the windows to make our plasma viewing experience all the better. I'll be getting another one for a newly-finished basement here soon.

Burn-in has not been an issue for me. I had a friend's daughter leave Gran Turismo 5 on pause for 40 minutes - which did leave some burn in, but I fixed it by showing 100% white jpg from an SD card for a couple minutes. IMHO, I think you'd have to really try to permanently damage the screen with burn in - although it could happen.
 
Yes, I hope people are not confusing image retention with burn-in. The article I linked stated that image retention still happens, but that it goes away after 24 hours or so. I use my 42" Plasma for moving watching and occasionally Pandora, but my Blu-ray player switches into screen saver mode (or I simply turn it off) so I haven't even had any image retention issues.
 
Nope. I'm aware of image retention. That's annoying as well, but not permanent. I'm talking burn in. And believe it or not, it wasn't done intentionally. :)

Plasma's are great. You just have to be a wee bit careful, that's all. :thumbsup:
 
If you're making a distinction between CRT "burn-in" and the plasma euphemism "image retention" (sounds all nice and fuzzy, doesn't it?), then fine (though the article makes no such distinction). But it hardly matters what you call it when it's there.
 
I remember seeing a burn in on an Apple Display at work once. It went away after a few hours but it was odd to see it on an LCD.
 
Brandon Rice said:
Here's the model
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=6044265&sku=L49-4294
It's actually 720p (though it says it's displaying 1080 when I watch a Bluray (weird))

Anyway, to my eye... the quality is infinitely better than my 1080p LCD. :) Watched some Pirates of the Caribbean last night... wow.
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We install a lot of LG's, mostly LCD's but the plasmas rock. This latest generation is a true 10 bit display and ISF certified, meaning it has some very sophisticated calibration tools for setup with a colorimeter.
Have you tried setting it up with the picture wizard tool in expert mode? Give it a shot if you haven't. It is a guided setup routine that is easy to do by eye. Great for calibrating for blu-rays.
Before you do it make sure the set has been on for at least 20 minutes, set your room lighting for typical movie viewing and give your eyes 10-15 minutes to fully adjust to the room.
 
I do love my Plasma. I keep comparing plasmas to LCDs and LED LCDs, and there is no comparison. If you want rich colors and deep blacks, plasma. If you want no screen door look on the display, go plasma.

I have the Samsung PN50C8000 myself. I thought it was world's better looking than Panny's VT25.
 
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