Burn-In of Panasonic TH-50PX50U

Most manufacturers describe the anti-burn-in features of a perticular Tv set, but I cannot find out if the TH-50PX50U has such technology. The LG, Samsung, and Pioneer 50 inch models claim to have prevention technology...does Panasonic?

These preventive technologies don't make the set burn proof, only slightly more resistant than without the added protection, but hey, when I spending that kinda money I'll take every bit of protection that they can offer.
Pease don't game on your plasma.

8th gen plasmas have this technology, TH-50PX50U is one of the 8th gen plasma from Panny.

Hd, I disagree, these new technologies make the risk of burn in near negligable, on the level of crts. There's nothing slight about it, these new technologies make a world of difference. Seeing as Pioneer and Panasonic were the ones who invented most of the technology, their products come with all the latest, naturally.

And get out of here with that "don't game on your plasma" crap, once you break your plasma in, you're safe as houses. I game on mine all the time, sometimes fullscreen content, sometimes blackboxed content, 1 hour, 2, 10, doesn't matter, I've never seen any hint of image retention.

Hd, I disagree, these new technologies make the risk of burn in near negligable, on the level of crts. There's nothing slight about it, these new technologies make a world of difference. Seeing as Pioneer and Panasonic were the ones who invented most of the technology, their products come with all the latest, naturally.

And get out of here with that "don't game on your plasma" crap, once you break your plasma in, you're safe as houses. I game on mine all the time, sometimes fullscreen content, sometimes blackboxed content, 1 hour, 2, 10, doesn't matter, I've never seen any hint of image retention.

Pyro, before you get all heated up you need to pay little better attention. Yes as I said before these new anti burn-in technologies make it only slightly better than without the protection, this isn't the holy grail of plasma technology.
I'm not anti plasma, matter of fact I own 2 of them a older edtv and I just purchased a new pioneer plasma hdtv and I love them, I just don't game on them, I count that as lesson learned.

I understand what you're saying, I'm saying, your "lesson learned", is an old lesson, which has no place in today's plasma market. Gaming, and static images, are an old worry, about older plasmas. There's so much evidence to the contrary on the newest plasmas, it's not even funny. It's like I said, I've been pc gaming on my plasma, I've had the taskbar at the bottom for hours on end sometimes when I'm typing, I have bright maps/ammo counters, all that "negative" stuff, and I haven't seen even the slightest image retention. Unless you abuse your plasma, once you break it in, new plasmas are gamer safe. There's my testimony, and thousands of others to back that up, all you have to do is search.

I understand what you're saying, I'm saying, your "lesson learned", is an old lesson, which has no place in today's plasma market. Gaming, and static images, are an old worry, about older plasmas. There's so much evidence to the contrary on the newest plasmas, it's not even funny. It's like I said, I've been pc gaming on my plasma, I've had the taskbar at the bottom for hours on end sometimes when I'm typing, I have bright maps/ammo counters, all that "negative" stuff, and I haven't seen even the slightest image retention. Unless you abuse your plasma, once you break it in, new plasmas are gamer safe. There's my testimony, and thousands of others to back that up, all you have to do is search.

That's because you have one of the Plasma Industry leader Pansonic's technology. Try what you recommend on an LG and let's see what happens.
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Exactly, that's what makes the new technologies that important, ha ha ha ha.

Have to agree about the TH-50PX50U. I bought one 3 months ago or so and My son plays Xbox and now Xbox 360 games for hours at a time. I watch CNBC during the day with stock tickers on for 8 hours at a time.

I have seen ghosting but it dissappears in about an hour after watching a full screen telecast or movie.

I don't watch or babysit my Pasasonic-I use it as I would any CRT and it performs great

thanks for all the replies, I truly appreciate all your inputs. I guess my next question is how do you "break them in" properly?

thanks for all the replies, I truly appreciate all your inputs. I guess my next question is how do you "break them in" properly?

For the first 100 hours:

Keep your contrast level at or below 50%
Watch full screen prgraming 85% of the time
Limit static images- i.e. don't pause your DVD movie for hours at a time

Is there the same type of "break in" procedure for LCD's too?

No. But either case, burn-in is a miniscule risk with the latest Plasmas.

LCD's have never had an issue with burn-in, it's a totally different technology.

For the first 100 hours:

Keep your contrast level at or below 50%
Watch full screen prgraming 85% of the time
Limit static images- i.e. don't pause your DVD movie for hours at a time

Is it Contrast or Brightness because I've heard both?

Both contract & brightness should be turned down.

In reference to gaming, or anything that can cause image retention, once the TV is broken in, feel free to ease into watching content that has static images. As time goes on, image retention becomes less. I watch all SD shows in 4:3. After a few hours I would see very slight side bars if I change the channel to a blank screen but it goes away in a matter of seconds, not minutes or hours. As time went on I get zero image retention after hours of 4:3 watching. I've never once seen any image retention of black bars from movies. I play the same video game for hours and hours straight with zero sign of retention. These TV's are very safe.