Burn-In

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Originally Posted by gand41f

I just bought an LCD and I don't agree with that. Plasmas are still king for pure picture quality, especially black levels. I don't think any LCD can touch the new Pioneers. (Having said that, I bought an LCD because I sit very close (6') and the LCD screen is more stable and felt easier on my eyes, and also because ambient lights will reflect too much on a plasma's glass in my setting.)

To the OP, WickyWoo is right, and even if you don't want to go through a full calibration at least get your TV out of the "torch" mode (usually called "vivid" or something) that has everything turned up terribly. Then further turn down brightness and contrast, reduce sharpness and watch images that fill up the screen for a while. The rule of thumb of this break-in period used to be 100 hours, but that's from a couple of years back so I'm not sure if that figure is still a good one to follow.

Oh, and no gaming during the break-in period. But you probably already know that.

enjoy
gandalf

crapppppp...i didn't know the break-in period was this serious...so far i've had the TV for 2 days...my little bro's played about 2 hours of guitar hero 2 on xbox 360...i watched the entire Monday Night Football game and last night watched the 5th Element (a little over 2 hours)...was this all bad for the TV? Brightness is set at 50...Sharpness is also set at 50...crapppp