First I ordered the LCD well... I thought i did but it was the plasma i ordered by accident so i called Dell and I asked him to change my order and he told me if i was buying it for the ps3 it was better that i get the plasma for the graphics, but I said what about burn in? he said that it would only burn in if i paused it and left it for a couple hours and went back so i thought ok so if i pause it i'll just turn off the tv not the system... so i got the plasma. (horrible choice) so christmas morning my boyfriend opens the ps3 and plays it for like an hour and turned off the tv to cool down... then played it again for like another hour and when he turned off the tv on the hdmi output screen we could still see his bullet rounds at the bottom of the screen well kind of like a ghost image we could barley see it but we could kind of like a clear shadow... so we put it on plasma conditioning which is like a white screen with black wrighting that floats around the screen..for 2 and a half hours it took to take the image away. and it happend again with the map on the screen only in 45 mins of playing but condioning took it away . its' been almost 60 days now that i had the tv and i asked dell if they would exchange for an LCD but its past 30 days so they cant do anything about it. . . and im paying monthly for it so now i have to pay $3013 for a a tv that im scared to use and probably wont use. So the guy at dell lied to me PLASMA is not better for gaming!!!!! I cant even give it back and let them keep the payments i've already paid so I got screwed!!
2006-12-30 07:46:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
New Plasma TVs are very sensitive to burn in in the first 100-200 hours. They need some conditioning.
So during that time, avoid playing extensively games or watching 4:3 content.
They are less sensitive between 100-1000 hours and after that, they should be as good as a standard CRT TV.
I don't know how much TV you are watching, but at 60 days, you are probably past the 1,000 hours (say you watch TV 3 hours/day).
Unfortunately, burn-in in plasma is not covered by warranty.
So, what can you do:
Avoid playing games for a long period.
If you see image retention, don't start the white wash immediately! Extensive use of white wash reduces the life of your TV. Instead, watch normal TV and the image retention should go eventually away. Use white wash only as a last resort.
2006-12-30 08:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I understand is if TV is less then 37 inches - its LCD and if its over - its Plasma. from the amount that you paid for this TV my guess would be that you got one over 37 inches, so that was not a mistake. I have a 50 inch Panasonic plasma TV and my son plays lots of games on it and i could see a shadow for a while, but then it goes away, but it will burn out if you leave watch a lot of TV and its 4:3 screen, then it will burn the sides, but you got a long way to go b4 it will happen. I had mine for over a year now, so far, so good. And if you paid so much money for it - use it!!! Its only TV, you did not buy it as a furniture.
2006-12-30 08:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by Diana R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Video games of any kind - nintendo, ps3, should never be played on a plasma screen or any tv with a built in lamp. sorry.
2006-12-30 10:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-31 08:02:32 · answer #4 · answered by valaria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋