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I watch 50% movies and 50% tv shows (on disc or streaming).
90% of the movies I watch are not full screen and have top/bottom bars.
Most of the tv shows I watch are full screen.
So does that just put me out of the running for plasma? I thought I've read that 'non full screen viewing' (ie, 4:3 or most movies) should be only 10% or so of your watching if you have a plasma.
I saw someone talking about 'abusing' a plasma tv. 'Well, if you're going to abuse your set of course you'll have problems'.
So is 40% of watching with bars 'abuse'?
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The 4:3 screens I just change to wide. The 2:35 movies i sometimes blip to zoom.. Depends on the movie. So only a tiny fraction of my TV time is not using the full screen.
Sony Plasma.. yeah a Sony back when flat screens came out Sony had plasmas.. Nice 42" tv (should be for $5,000.)
Here's an article which is informative. I was worried about plasmas, but it's really the old ones that suffered from image retention, and I think it was more for video gaming than regular viewing. I've had little or no problem, as far as my old eyes can tell.
They are not correct. It is an issue, albeit a small one. IR can still happen with new plasmas. My new Panny came with pixel orbit and screen swipe to help fight/remove IR. Read post #3821 on the link below.
Jack
Edits: 11/11/13
Not one response here has understood what I'm talking about and what I clearly asked.
IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WATCH ANYTHING.
IT IS ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF 'NON FULL SCREEN' MATERIAL YOU WATCH.
If you watch 20 hours of tv and 10 hours of it is 4:3 that is EXACTLY THE SAME as watching 5 hours of tv and 2.5 hours of it is 4:3 in terms of causing IR.
What PERCENTAGE of non full screen content will likely cause image retention?
50% 90% 10%?
Still have no answer.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
Everybody here tried to help. Who could possibly know precise percentages?
I made clear I watch a great deal of programming that is not full screen, in addition to static material that theoretically might cause problems. But since you desire percentages, here goes: 22.3% for 2:35 movies, 31.9% for 4:3 TV shows and old movies, and 45.8% for full-screen programming. No image retention or burn-in problems.
OK?
We installed a 50" Panasonic plasma in the master bedroom last November. I immediately selected the Cinema mode, did a rough calibration (fine-tuned it after about three weeks), activated the Pixel Orbiter, then sat back and enjoyed.
No trace of even slight image retention despite heavy doses of news crawls plus static baseball and football info in the top-left corner of the screen. Also, plenty of black letterboxing and sidebars for 2:35:1 movies, 4:3 shows, and 4:3 TCM movies.
We like the superb picture so much (it is far better than any LED-driven LCD I auditioned) that we await delivery of a new Panasonic 65" plasma on Wednesday for our theater room. It will replace an eight-year-old high-performance 65" Hitachi rear-projection CRT.
We wanted to obtain the 65" Panasonic plasma before they are gone. It will serve as a terrific bridge to a future OLED television, assuming OLEDs live up to expectations.
I don't think you will have any problems at all. As I mentioned below, we have a 50" Panasonic that is about 7 years old now. Plasmas from that period were more susceptible to burn in than today's are, and we have had no problem at all. We watch a lot of widescreen movies with bars at the top and bottom, and there has never been even a hint of burn in.
I doubt it'll be a problem. My watching sounds similar to yours, mostly all disc and sometimes I go for long stretches of only watching 4:3 discs. Plasmas have long past the stage when they were extremely susceptible to IR, and mine's an '08 model Pio.
You do have to be somewhat diligent though, like I'm sure you wouldn't want a kid playing a certain type of "static" video game in some ultra-vivid mode. My normal viewing mode is set at 30 ft-L and that seems plenty bright for me since I only watch at night...keep it as low as you can if you're concerned.
It is generally said to not watch 4:3 (or anything with black bars, make gray if optional) for the first 200 hours or so, to let the phosphors settle in evenly. I did that, but seek specific advice for your model.
a timer so I can keep track of that 200 hours!
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
It doesn't have to be exact. I needed to know because they wouldn't calibrate before 200 hours, and it's a waste of money before that because the phosphors are changing so much (cal came with TV purchase). Just go by if you watch 2 hours a day, then 3 months, that sort of thing. In my case I just read the hour-meter on the TV, like any service person would/will do before service. Also in my case: the TV was very expensive and no longer available (Pio Kuro Elite) so I wanted to take extra care, and it's paid off so far.
Edits: 11/04/13
"..because the phosphors are changing so much"
I dont think they change that much. Recalibrated our 50" about a year after we got it, and the settings were almost exactly the same as when we took it out of the box.
No timer, we paid absolutely no attention to our viewing habits, we just watched what we wanted when we wanted. There were no instructions in the manual regarding break in viewing habits IIRC. Having said that, I did make sure it turned off when I turned the cable box off. If we don't do that we get a bright blue screen and a heavily contrasted note on the screen stating "Press OK to watch TV" and then some U-Verse tips. I wouldn't want that on all night.
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Having said that I doubt that the viewing ratio you describe s/b an issue. If it was I think message boreds would be lit up not to mention meriting a warning in Consumer Reports.
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I did, but it won't be shipped for awhile.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
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