Is playing Rockband safe on a 1 day old TV?

[victimsofadown]

Honest answers please!

Finally pulled the trigger on a 50" G10, since it would arrive the day before a big party my wife and I are having...

AFTER hitting accept I remember about the break-in (I looked into it before, but wasn't thinking about it in my excitement of finally getting a TV after 7 months of research/looking) and remembered that the biggest hit at ALL of my parties is rockband! Rockband has EXTREMELY static screens for 3-5 minutes at a time, then when choosing songs changes, so I don't know if it's acceptable or not.

I know it will still need to be shown at the lower brightness level, but I wanted some advice from the pros on if this is going to damage my screen or not. :\

THANKS!

[sokrman14]

Its not the smartest idea, but if you turn down some of the brightness and contrast, it will make it less susceptible to burn in. I would say only do it for at most an hour at a time until you really break in the plasma.

[Musashi]

Mine was finished breaking in before I played anything on it. But then again, I had no choice as the mounting took over a month to square away.

If you've on old TV to play RB on, stay with it a lil longer.

[repete66211]

After calibration I was playing the PS3 freely. I took no steps to break my plasma in.

[victimsofadown]

Originally Posted by repete66211

After calibration I was playing the PS3 freely. I took no steps to break my plasma in.

I'm a huge game buff. Can I ask which games you played? For how long? and if you had any burn in/image retention issues?

EDIT: The reason why I ask is I'm trying to figure out if the games you were playing had static images (say... CoD 4) rather than moving constantly (say Fight Night Rd 3).

[battousai147]

I played games on mine from day one, of course i did run a breakin and limited my gaming to about an hour and half sometimes two, and i never had any IR, games i've played on it since owning are, Resident Evil 5, Cod world at war, Cod 4 modern warfare (online), Killzone 2, and Little Big Planet..... I would just suggest you keep your setting's low and limit your play time a bit, and you should be good to go, but remember i did run the breakin i just didn't do it all the time.........

[DonRSD]

planet earth on repeat all day/night

[Kryptron]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

planet earth on repeat all day/night

I was just about to suggest the same. There is alot of good hd content out there to fill the screen up if you don't want to see the color slide show from the break in images posted in different forums. Planet earth is fantastic!

Also here is the list of full screen movies:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=9502

[Bigblue622]

I played COD4 and Rock Band 2 on my plasma the 2nd day I bought it, the only reason I didn't play the 1st day was b/c I was too busy. I turned the brightness and contrast down a little but the contrast was in the 60's and brightness was about 50 and neither are far off from where I sit now.

On RB2 I would play anywhere from 30 minutes up to a couple hours. I did have some IR but it didn't bother me when watching TV or anything. It all went away within 20 minutes.

I played COD4 but I play mostly hardcore so there aren't many static images then. However even when playing a little bit of non HC, it was about the same as RB2, I would get a little IR and it would go away within 5-10 minutes of normal viewing.

[fatediesel]

There's also a dvd you can burn (for free) over at avsforum.com that changes color every 60 seconds or so and repeats so you can play it constantly. That's how I broke in my Panasonic plasma.

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by victimsofadown

I'm a huge game buff. Can I ask which games you played? For how long? and if you had any burn in/image retention issues?

EDIT: The reason why I ask is I'm trying to figure out if the games you were playing had static images (say... CoD 4) rather than moving constantly (say Fight Night Rd 3).

I played Rock Band a bit, but mainly Burnout Club L.A., Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, and HAWX. I play for up to a couple hours. I have yet to experience image retention of any kind either from this or from pillar box/lettebox format. The IR precedes burn in, so if you experience it just adjust accordingly.

As you probably noticed, I'm not a firm believer in the break-in ritual. But it's your TV so do what makes you happy.

[fabs109]

i asked the viera concierge and they said Panasonic doesn't recomend playin and video games untill the first 100 hours have been completed. I have been waiting for about 2 weeks now to play rock band and other games im at about 50 hours i can't wait

[victimsofadown]

Originally Posted by fabs109

i asked the viera concierge and they said Panasonic doesn't recomend playin and video games untill the first 100 hours have been completed. I have been waiting for about 2 weeks now to play rock band and other games im at about 50 hours i can't wait

Wow! An official answer!

I got the TV today and from 3pm-now when not watching it ( on THX @ 40% brightness and 40% contrast ) I am running the break-in images.

I will do this until Friday @ 8:30p (when my party starts) and I'll play Rockband on THX w/ the same settings for probably 2-4 hours (possibly including breaks), then I'll put it back on the images.

My calculations show that at approx. 75 hours of TV use before it'll be used for gaming, plus it will be on low contrast, so hopefully I'll be fine!

Always scary to not follow manufacturer instructions to the T

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by victimsofadown

Wow! An official answer!

I got the TV today and from 3pm-now when not watching it ( on THX @ 40% brightness and 40% contrast ) I am running the break-in images.

I will do this until Friday @ 8:30p (when my party starts) and I'll play Rockband on THX w/ the same settings for probably 2-4 hours (possibly including breaks), then I'll put it back on the images.

My calculations show that at approx. 75 hours of TV use before it'll be used for gaming, plus it will be on low contrast, so hopefully I'll be fine!

Always scary to not follow manufacturer instructions to the T

What was your old TV?

Rock Band will look excellent on your Panasonic Plasma. I have one myself (a PZ850U): text is razor sharp and easy to read. Powerful colors and deep blacks too.

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by fabs109

i asked the viera concierge and they said Panasonic doesn't recomend playin and video games untill the first 100 hours have been completed. I have been waiting for about 2 weeks now to play rock band and other games im at about 50 hours i can't wait

I'm glad someone went on the record. Too bad they can't put this in print in the owner manual. Seems like useful information. (This is assuming the concierge wasn't just repeating or copy/pasting old information.)

[fabs109]

ya i had a long convo on here about it untill i decided to ask for my self if you want you can look on here i copy and pasted my convo with the concierge here i think its on either the second or 3 page of the thread https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=95313

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by fabs109

ya i had a long convo on here about it untill i decided to ask for my self if you want you can look on here i copy and pasted my convo with the concierge here i think its on either the second or 3 page of the thread https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=95313

I've done a lot of reading, searching, research about the whole break-in issue. All I was able to find was an old Panasonic White Paper from 2004 which touched on break-in. Since plasma technology has come so far in the last five years I don't consider this to be valid information. And it seemed like whatever info I did find was just the same thing repeated from person to person. I can appreciate people wanting to protect an expensive device, but why do it if it's not needed?

It's nice the concierge gave advice regarding break-in, but he didn't really say much except to avoid the "vivid" setting (which you probably would anyway) and playing video games. He mentioned nothing about reducing brightness or contrast like so many people say. I just had a similar conversation with a concierge named "Ron". All he said was to keep it at the factory settings for 2-3 weeks before calibration. I'll post the conversation on that other thread.