LED burn-in??

[gl-14]

Hello everyone!! Sorry if this has been posted in another thread, but I just wanted to know how long would I have to watch a movie in 1.33:1 for my TV to have burn-in. I mean, how many hours of 4:3 watching are we talking about?? I actually didn't know LCD LEDs could get that until I read the manual. For example, could I watch Gone With The Wind entirely in 4:3 or any other movie in that AR and not have to worry about burn-in?? If it's any use, I have a Sony EX6 46" TV. Thank you to any one who responds!!

[My_Two_Cents]

4,347.452 hours is the number I've always seen.

Seriously, with an LCD you have very little to worry about unless that's all you watch...always.

[SammyB]

Well, it will take a long long time. You'd have to make an effort at it really. Led lcds are just as resilient as ccfl lcds, as far as I know.

My Samsung ccfl LCD came with a warning about "burn in" as well. Really it's just the company covering their butts.

I've watched 3 letter boxed movies in a row, nothing. I've played video games, nothing. Never a problem. No ghosting, no stuck image.

Some older lcds did have some problems with retaining an image. With lcds it's technically not called burn in, but image sticking. LED and ccfl LCDs both have liquid crystals that twist and untwist. In RARE cases, when a static image has been displayed for absurd amounts of time, the crystals have problems untwisting, therefor causing the image to be stuck. In some cases, over time the image fades, and the image becomes unstuck, in some it's doesn't.

I have not heard of a case of image sticking with a modern lcd for years. My first lcd that is 6 or 7 years old had this happen. I gave it to my parents and they didn't quite grasp HD. So they only watched 4:3 for almost a year. Again, extreme case, with an outdated tv. But image sticking is rare even for an lcd that is 7 years old.

So basically don't worry about it.

[Wingman1977]

All sets (LED, LCD, plasma) have the risk of burn in. It's just not as great. As long as you take care of it, you should be fine.

[gl-14]

This ocurred to me the other day: is it possible to get burn-in from widescreen images?? What I mean is that if you can get it from a 1.33:1 image (which would have a vertical edge at the end of the image), is it also possible to get it from a 2.35:1 image (which in this case would have a horizontal line)?? In both cases, you have a "missing image", but I've never read this happening on wide ratios and only on full ones. Just curious about this

[susancts]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

All sets (LED, LCD, plasma) have the risk of burn in. It's just not as great. As long as you take care of it, you should be fine.

I thought Plasmas suffer with the issue of Image Burn-In not LCDs or LEDs...?!