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Re: Black bars cause burn-in (Reply to this comment)
by davidintel
They will not deteriorate at the same rate as the moving part of the screen. After time, if a full-screen image is displayed where the black bars were, those areas may appear brighter.
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Jan 24 '06
10:38 am PST
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Re: Re: unhelpful review-burn in can easily be prevented (Reply to this comment)
by davidintel
What makes me think this is one of the best televisions on the market? Oh I don't know, perhaps it's the hundreds of people online who say just that. I've read hundreds of reviews and virtually everyone loves this tv. Do your homework when buying something this expensive and you'll find almost every website reviewing or selling plasma televisions discuss the burn in issue and ways to prevent it.
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Jan 24 '06
10:13 am PST
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Actually, the manual *does* warn you against burn-in (Reply to this comment)
by jbradfor
jdproconsumer, the manual *does* warn you against burn-in. I quote from page 34:
'Do not display a picture in 4:3 mode for an extended period, as this can cause an after-image on either or both sides of the display field. ... To reduce the occurrence of after-image, set the "Side Bar" to "Bright." '
Next time you purchase a new, expensive electronic equiptment, I highly recommend you read the manual.
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Jan 23 '06
8:51 pm PST
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Black bars cause burn-in (Reply to this comment)
by jbradfor
I too changed the side bar color to black in the 4:3 mode, on the assumption that a black signal can not cause burn-in as, for a black signal the unit does not turn on the image for that area. I was very concerned that someone did, in face, see burnin. Could someone that knows more about plasma TVs than I do explain how black bars (an off signal) can cause burnin? Thanks.
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Jan 23 '06
8:11 pm PST
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"Just" mode (Reply to this comment)
by jbradfor
Read your manual. "Just" mode does not cut out 1/3 of the picture.
Like every other 16:9 TV, there is the issue of how to deal with 4:3 input. This TV provides the normal 3 choices:
4:3 - keep input as is, put black (or grey) bars on the side.
zoom - zoom in, cutting off the top and bottom. I hate this mode. [In this unit's defense, it does allow one to adjust the zoom.]
full - stretch the picture equally to fill entire screen. I hate this mode. [Excpet it makes everyone look fat, which makes me feel better about me.]
Howver, it also comes with a 4th mode that is new to me.
"just" -- cuts out almost nothing. Stretches the middle a bit. Stretches the sides a lot to fill entire screen. In general, I think this is a great mode, as most of the time the people and the action are in the middle. There are some exceptions, such as the weather channel when the weather person stands to one side they look really really bad, but in general I like this mode.
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Jan 23 '06
7:59 pm PST
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Re: unhelpful review-burn in can easily be prevented (Reply to this comment)
by jdproconsumer
Gee, I must've missed all this useful information about never leaving bars or paying special attention during the first 100 hours, when I was reading the manual. Oh, wait, this information wasn't in the manual!
As far is it being "easy" to use Aspect button to avoid having bars around the picture, let me say that you are very far from the truth. Yes, I can use the Aspect button to eliminate the bars, but I would be cutting out huge bands of the picture on top and bottom. Furthermore, I'd be making the picture a lot fuzzier! There's no need to torture yourself like that, if you get any other TV technology.
And last, but not least, what made you believe this TV was among the best on the market? This is one of the CHEAPEST TVs in this class on the market, but far from the best.
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Jan 19 '06
5:00 pm PST
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Re: Burn-in (Reply to this comment)
by jdproconsumer
"Just" mode applied to 4:3 picture cuts out a large portion of the picture. It is trully a really useless mode and I refuse to use it. Do you like watching a movie where a close-up on the actor's face cuts off 1/3 of the face???
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Jan 19 '06
4:54 pm PST
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unhelpful review-burn in can easily be prevented (Reply to this comment)
by davidintel
Never leave static images on the screen or leave the black bars(or gray) on the screen. The aspect button will give you different choices to fill the entire screen up, with no bars at all.
This is probably the best tv on the market and comes highly recommended. As with any plasma tv, you need to follow some guidelines to prevent burn in from occurring. Any plasma is especially vulnerable to burn-in in it's first 100 hours of use.
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Jan 18 '06
6:53 pm PST
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Burn-in (Reply to this comment)
by plasmauser
If you use the 'Just' mode for the 4:3 signal, it should show it in 16:9 mode. Then, the vertical bars wouldn't appear.
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Nov 26 '05
1:23 am PST
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Excellent Review (Reply to this comment)
by ctexaco
This is a well written review that was very helpful in my decision to purchase a plasma TV.
Please check out the following review on plasma TVs:
http://www.epinions.com/content_209781296772
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Oct 30 '05
8:41 am PST
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