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S0LE_SURVIV0R · 02-13-2006, 05:23 AM

Panasonic claims to have good anti burn, pixel shift technology on plasma. Yes I heard of burn on LCD, meaning, if you make it a mission to give it screen burn. For the most part, you don't have to worry about screen burn on a LCD. People didn't worry about burn on old fashioned CRT tube sets, and CRT tube sets are more prone to burn than LCD. So unless you make it a mission for burn or leave something on pause for along LONG time, don't worry about burn.
The article quoted in a way contradicts itself. In one way it says that LCD's or nothing lasts forever, then it talks about the longevity of the light source. Yes, it's true, between 30-60 thousand hours the light will begin to give, but what electronic stores fail to tell you is that the back light on LCD FLATS can be replaced by a professional. Out of being curious I called Sony for a part replacement of the Sony XBR back light, they gave me a price of a few hundred. So yes, when you replace the back light after 20 years it should restore to set to out of the box conditions.
I have both a plasma & and LCD, I bought this plasma because I split my viewing between the two sets, and watch the plasma for about 2 and a half hours a day. At best that is about 1000 hours a year. So it will be 30 years, if I live that long, before the set reaches half life. But If I had to go with one, it would be the LCD, but a real good one.

02-13-2006, 05:23 AM	#6
S0LE_SURVIV0R Watch this in HD! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston Age: 45 Posts: 287	Panasonic claims to have good anti burn, pixel shift technology on plasma. Yes I heard of burn on LCD, meaning, if you make it a mission to give it screen burn. For the most part, you don't have to worry about screen burn on a LCD. People didn't worry about burn on old fashioned CRT tube sets, and CRT tube sets are more prone to burn than LCD. So unless you make it a mission for burn or leave something on pause for along LONG time, don't worry about burn. The article quoted in a way contradicts itself. In one way it says that LCD's or nothing lasts forever, then it talks about the longevity of the light source. Yes, it's true, between 30-60 thousand hours the light will begin to give, but what electronic stores fail to tell you is that the back light on LCD FLATS can be replaced by a professional. Out of being curious I called Sony for a part replacement of the Sony XBR back light, they gave me a price of a few hundred. So yes, when you replace the back light after 20 years it should restore to set to out of the box conditions. I have both a plasma & and LCD, I bought this plasma because I split my viewing between the two sets, and watch the plasma for about 2 and a half hours a day. At best that is about 1000 hours a year. So it will be 30 years, if I live that long, before the set reaches half life. But If I had to go with one, it would be the LCD, but a real good one. __________________ Sony 40 LCD flat panel XBR & Panasonic 37 768p Plasma HD TIVO The human eye can barely perceive a 1366x768 resolution 10 feet away from a 50 inch see http://proav.pubdyn.com/2005_January...rallaxview.htm 720p Fastest & Best Temporal Resolution Sony "The world's greatest high definition television" Last edited by S0LE_SURVIV0R; 02-13-2006 at 05:26 AM.