Plasma Break-In

[sarnell2]

So today's the 3rd day I've had my plasma and I didn't realize that I should break it in. I did some research and found the following:

"Plasma Break-In
Like a fine new automobile, the performance of a plasma TV can be optimised by allowing a break-in period. By properly following these simple break-in instructions, you should be rewarded with long-term enjoyment of your plasma TV. Plasma phosphors are most susceptible to image retention in the first hundred hours of use. The panel becomes considerably less sensitive to burn-in after this period. Very often, televisions, including plasma, are shipped from the factory with the contrast control at a high setting to provide a bright picture under typical dealer showroom lighting conditions. In your home, the room light levels are usually one half or less than that in retail showrooms. The contrast control may need to be lowered in your home for comfortable contrast levels that do not induce eyestrain. When the plasma is initially installed, videophiles say it is best to do the following:

-Make sure the display is in a viewing mode (aspect ratio) that completely fills the screen (there are often three or more settings from which to choose). The panel is shipped in this condition, in what is called the“Just” mode.
-Turn down the picture control (contrast) to 50% or less.
-Briefly engage the 4:3 mode to confirm the side bars are set to mid-grey (there is usually an adjustment in the Set Up menu that takes the sidebars from black to grey) to minimise the chance of burn-in.
-Return the set to a “full screen” (Just, Zoom, Full) position during the first hundred hours of use.
-During the first hundred hours of use it is best not to view the same channel for extended periods. This should prevent channel logos and other fixed images found on some channels from being retained.
-Avoid any static images (video games, computer images, DVD title screens, etc.)
during the hundred-hour break-in.
After the hundred-hour break-in period, during the next nine-hundred hours:
-Continue to retain the picture setting at 50% or less.
-Limit the use of 4:3 aspect ratio mode (traditional picture size that does not fill the entire screen) to 15% of viewing time.
-Limit the use of static images (computer, video games, etc.) to less than 10% of viewing time.
-After one thousand viewing hours, panels are much less likely to experience image burn-in.

I don't know how much I'll be able to stick to this especially because I'm showing off the TV to everyone and I don't want it to be on crap settings...Hopefully it doesn't matter too much