Bad Mix: Blu-ray DVDs on Plasma TV

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by BTBuck1

Burn in is still a problem with these plasma TV's and the black bars will cause uneven wear on the phospors. I owned a plasma for a couple of years and while I never had anything permanent, i had hundreds of temp burns...turning the tv off does not eliminate it...varied watching does.

We have permanently ruined several sets at Best Buy, mostly Pioneer sets just from the station icons during the loop/feed. You can see ESPNHD burned in on one pioneer and a compilation of several ghosted in images on another. We tryed moving the set to a dedicated hometheatre setup up and while it did fade away mostly, it was still there.

Even LCD tv's can be burned in, despite popular belief...it just takes extreme irresponisbility and time to do so.

as a former owner of a plasma...i do not reccomend the technology to anyone who wants more than 2 years of good PQ out of their purchase. These things fade out quickly. Initially they are show stoppers, but quickly become very flat and washed out even when calibrated off the factory torch modes.

It sounds like you work for BB. If you are talking about recent Pioneer plasma's, why didn't you have the orbiter on? Your guys there should know to always put this on, but even at the Magnolia near my house, none of the Pioneers had it on. Shows the training they had. People should know that, a properly 'broke in' plasma will have almost no susceptability to any burn. Once the cells, which are made of phosphor, are 'broken in' (200 hours or so) they are just as susceptible to any burn as an LCD is.

I had a Panny plasma for 3 years and never had a problem, because I did a small amount of research to make sure I was covered. I still own it and bought a new Pioneer this year and love it. I am just about done with my 200 hour break in. Question for any new plasma owner; does anyone use a 'break-in' disc to help the process? Probably not, and have never heard of one. I have several friends that have Plasmas for several years and have never had problems, let alone any type of fading. People come on all these forums and either do not understand how to properly break in their sets (Plasma or LCD), or don't care, then they complain about the problems they have. You wouldn't take a brand new car and drive it across the country, then why play your PS3 for 6 hours when you first get that new shiny tv? Patience pays off. The games and movies are not going anywhere. I assume everyone knows minor maintenance for their car? Why not for a $2k+ monitor? Simple things help.

My .02 cents..