just a basic question...

[mikesaywhat]

Is leaving your hd tv on for too long bad for your tv???

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by mikesaywhat

Is leaving your hd tv on for too long bad for your tv???

yes, with plasmas it can result in burn in and with lcds it will cause colors to not be as vibrant in the long term.

[pedigree]

not terrible but tv's have a life span.. leaving them on basically reduces it

[jermwhl]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

yes, with plasmas it can result in burn in .

If you leave the image paused. Regular viewing will eventually degrade the display evenly, just as it did with CRT's. Burn in only occurs with a still image, and for permanent burn-in to occur it takes many hours.

[Sling]

Originally Posted by mikesaywhat

Is leaving your hd tv on for too long bad for your tv???

It depends one what you consider to long.Best Buy and Circuit City leave there displays on from 9am till 10pm with no damage occurring on Plasma or LCD.
If you leave imaged paused for great lengths Burn-in can occur on Plasma...
believe it or not LCD as well but it takes a little longer.

[all_blu_man]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

yes, with plasmas it can result in burn in and with lcds it will cause colors to not be as vibrant in the long term.

the pannys (panasonic) do not burn in anymore! unless u r stupid to let ur plasma run on the same exact picture for more than 15 hours i still think the panny wont but havent tried for more than 12 hours.

[Sling]

Originally Posted by all_blu_man

the pannys (panasonic) do not burn in anymore! unless u r stupid to let ur plasma run on the same exact picture for more than 15 hours i still think the panny wont but havent tried for more than 12 hours.

hehe I own that panny and still get image retention at times but no harm done.
Plasma phosphors does get beat up if image is paused for great lengths of time...Panasonic ,Pioneer ,Samsung have added great features to combat burn-in/Screen retention from occurring as often.If for some reason burn in did appear you would run moving images for an hour and burn in would be gone.

[lch]

... and your electricity bill will go sky high.