I might have a case of the "Break-In Blue's..."

[joegs300]

so you didn't break it in, haze?

[Santeria]

personally im going to break in my tv, but i will watch tv here and there...
i play a lot of games so if breaking it in makes for less risk of burn in then ill doit.

btw im also getting my tv delivered wed, well its scheduled for wed anyways.. WOO

[joegs300]

fura, so is mine... so you are just going to calibrate it right off the bat?

[Santeria]

no, im just gonna follow the avs forum and put everythund under 50 and use cinema mode or whatever, then run the break in DVD off my SD card for like 15 hours or so.

i will of course just check out like 5 mins of a blu-ray and some tv first.

after my initial 100/120 hrs is up, i will then calibrate it.

i am going to attempt to break it in as much as possible, i know some folks say u dont need it, but id rather be safe, what is 7 days breaking in vs.. 2 weeks of wanting to return/deal with panasonic cause theres a screw up with burn in

[joegs300]

i wonder how many people didn't break their tv's in and they were perfectly fine? im sure there are a ton of people who dont read this forum yet use their tvs right out of the box

[LUkassZ]

Originally Posted by joegs300

i wonder how many people didn't break their tv's in and they were perfectly fine? im sure there are a ton of people who dont read this forum yet use their tvs right out of the box

I would say about 99% of the people who buy plasmas.

Look at it this way, Panasonic has what? A 2% rate of tv's that need to be serviced? I would guess only about 10-20 out of 1000 buyers have any clue concerning break-in. The other 990 buyers take their tv home, set it up, and watch any movie, tv, etc. Are all of those people getting image retention or burn in? No. We're all, myself included, wasting our time. But hey, we need something to talk about right.

[joegs300]

Originally Posted by LUkassZ

I would say about 99% of the people who buy plasmas.

Look at it this way, Panasonic has what? A 2% rate of tv's that need to be serviced? I would guess only about 10-20 out of 1000 buyers have any clue concerning break-in. The other 990 buyers take their tv home, set it up, and watch any movie, tv, etc. Are all of those people getting image retention or burn in? No. We're all, myself included, wasting our time. But hey, we need something to talk about right.

Thanks for telling it as it is!!! I keep it running on low settings/full screen when I'm breaking it in/not really paying attention to the screen. When I do watch movies though, I'm gonna start watching with my settings calibrated. Switch back and forth. I break-in more than I watch flicks anyways.

[lghaze42]

Originally Posted by joegs300

so you didn't break it in, haze?

Nope.I just use the THX mode and watch material with diff aspect ratios.When I talked to a rep at the Panasonic plasma concierge he told me it would be fine to play that way.As I said I don't use the 4x3 mode ever because the side bars anoy me.By the way, in the owner's manual that is the mode that is mentioned about causing image retention anyway.