About burn in: What if you're playing a video game that has some sort of display that doesn't go away? Like a life bar or something? Can that get burned into a TV?
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Quoth Mr Hero View PostAbout burn in: What if you're playing a video game that has some sort of display that doesn't go away? Like a life bar or something? Can that get burned into a TV?
On new plasmas, once you break them in there shouldn't be a problem. Just be sure to leave the pixel shifting feature on.
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Quoth telecom_goddess View PostFirst off I always turn off that "monitor go into standby mode after an hour" crap cause I hate it. I'd rather have a screen saver turn on instead.
I have no idea what the TV settings are. They don't really matter to me, too much, except when there's a huge download for the XBox, because it won't stay on if the TV shuts down.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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okok..... i have to ask.....
i have something of a technical background, but admittedly not up on all the current cool toys.
but i was under the impression that 'burn in' couldn't happen anymore due to the fact that plasma [basically] is an electrically charged GAS and not being 'shot' at the screen like electrons were with the old school CRT's. maybe i'm thinking of LCD tv's or are ALL screens prone to 'burn in' under the right conditions?
plz educate! 8)
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I don't know the technical reasons behind it, largely because I don't even know how a plasma display works in the first place. But I'm willing to accept that it happens.
I do know that some types of LCDs can burn in - I've seen it myself on an old, greyscale passive-matrix display in a PowerBook. Essentially, after several years of habitual use, the outlines of icons from the Applications folder remained faintly visible when the display was showing only a blank shade that wasn't pure white or pure black. This is simply because the material physically moves in an LCD, and eventually it gains memory just like a piece of metal or rubber.
I would however be surprised to see it on a modern active-matrix display, whether in TN, IPS or MVA technology. It would seem to indicate an exceptionally poor-quality display, possibly with a panel being inappropriately overdriven by the control electronics.
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Quoth ShadowBall View PostSecond of all, I don't see how playing a CD would cause it.
As for burn in on LCD... I couldn't tell the difference between LCD and Plasma unless it's printed on the sale tag, and I don't know what kind of TVs they have at Wally World, but I have seen those TVs showing distinct signs of burn in. Then again, they're on 24/7 playing through the same loop of advertisements repeatedly, or displaying the main menu of the latest new release DVD, so it might not be a fair example of normal use.Sorry, my cow died so I don't need your bull
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Quoth Hyndis View PostI just like screensavers because they can be very pretty.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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Quoth SongsOfDragons View PostIsn't there something called a degausser that can get rid of burn-in, or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
First of all it can only be used on a CRT monitor (an old style tv with the tubes and everything) but not any flat screens as they work in a different way.
secondly it will help improve the picture quality but if the glass at the front of the screen has been physically damaged by the burn in then unfortunately the only cure is replacement."You can only try so hard to look like you are working before actually doing your work seems easy in comparison" -My Boss
CW: So what exactly do you do in retentions?
Me: ummm, I ....retent stuff?
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