07-30-2012, 08:34 PM
burn-in was a big problem when plasma technology was new, but with each generation it becomes less of an issue. I have a 50" Panasonic TH-50PH9UK commercial monitor (not a TV, it has no speakers and no tuner), and if I recall correctly the '9' means it's a 9th-generation panel. I think they're up to 12th or 13th generation now.
I ran the screensaver on it for ~100 hours when it was new, although I probably didn't need to. I did it anyway just to be safe. I've often left the same thing on-screen for long periods (typically games, or Windows Media Player when I have the DJ-bot running) and this does cause some temporary burn-in, but it fades fairly quickly. I think the worst burn-in I ever had (the result of a 14-hour AB/AV marathon in WoW while the panel still had less than 200 hours on it), completely faded after a day or two of running the screensaver.
-ken
I ran the screensaver on it for ~100 hours when it was new, although I probably didn't need to. I did it anyway just to be safe. I've often left the same thing on-screen for long periods (typically games, or Windows Media Player when I have the DJ-bot running) and this does cause some temporary burn-in, but it fades fairly quickly. I think the worst burn-in I ever had (the result of a 14-hour AB/AV marathon in WoW while the panel still had less than 200 hours on it), completely faded after a day or two of running the screensaver.
-ken
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Naval Action: Taralin Snow, Snowy Iggles
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APB: Snowreap, Sentenza
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Life is Feudal: Snowreap Iggles, Taralin Iggles, Preyz Iggles
Naval Action: Taralin Snow, Snowy Iggles
EQ2: Snowreap, Yellowtail, Taralin, Disruption, Preyz, Taralynne, Snowy, Snowz
ESO: Snowreap, Yellowtail
PS2: Snowreap
GW2: Snowreap, Yellowtail, Preyz, Taralin, Taralynne
RIFT: Snowreap, Yellowtail, Preyz, Taralin, Snowy
PotBS (British): Taralin Snow, Taralynne Snow, Snowy Iggles, Edward Snow
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WW2O: Snowreap
WAR: Snowreap, Preyz, Lbz, Leadz, Snowz, Taralin, Snowmeltz, Yellowtail, Snowbankz
APB: Snowreap, Sentenza
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AoC: Yellowtail, Snowreap, Snowstorm, Redshirt
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