has anybody seen the new panasonic plasmas yet?

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Chevypower

It was back in 2003, when not much was being broadcast in HD, and there was a test loop HD (on the HD channel) from the TV stations to fill in when the show was not available in HD, the network logo appeared in the bottom corner, but there was no commercial break where the logo was removed for a period of time. It was an ex demo TV, got it a little cheaper for $15,000 at the time, knowing it had the slight burn in, you can only see it when the whole screen in white.

Ex-demo TV. Say no more.

Originally Posted by Chevypower

There is some proof for you Celsior, these guys want you to believe the new plasmas are "magic". I am not saying the new ones will burn in with normal use, in fact, I would be surprised if it did. That's why I will probably buy the PZ800 plasma. I am just open to the possibility that they can, if for example you fell asleep, leaving a paused image on the screen (which I have done, the movie finished, and the DVD player left that Sony logo on, which didnt move for some reason - lucky that didnt burn in). I could find you plenty of references backing up what I said that the new plasma TVs avoid phosphor burn by pixel shifting. I am not surprised that these "experts" like Sonny and Dobyblue haven't come up with their version of why modern plasma TVs don't cause phosphor burn. Their reason is "you don't own one, so you wouldn't know." That's the kind of reasoning you give when you are in kindergarten.

Plasma sets are as susceptible to burn-in as CRT sets, that is to say, if you go around ruining CRT sets then perhaps plasma is not for you. I cannot remember the last time I saw a CRT set with burn-in. There's nothing magic about it, you're just exaggerating everything and getting emotionally charged for some inexplicable reason.