Re: Psst...Busting Plasma Myths..

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Posted by Rich H on November 10, 2005 at 13:20:19

In Reply to: Psst... posted by millen on October 26, 2005 at 12:31:17:

millen wrote:

"Typical plasma TVs have a life span of 20,000 to 30,000 hours."

Millen, that's not the case and hasn't been for couple of years now.
Manufacturers have worked dilegently on phosphor decay rates since lower-life plasmas first hit the shelves. They've made great strides and now virtually every major plasma manufacturer rates their display at 60,000 hours (or more) to half life. (Based on the same type of reliable phosphor decay rate testing as used for CRTs).

That's about 27 years at 6 hours a day. The life-span issue is a non-issue these days.

The new displays are much more resistant to burn-in. I've inhabited the AVS Plasma forum for years, with thousands of plasma owners passing through, and there are no reports of burn-in from average users. (One guy bought a plasma for his kids, who did nothing but "game" on it for about 9 months, and he could spot a tiny bit of burn in on an all-white screen, but not in normal use).

Here is a link to a new study that tested out various "Plasma myths."
It's educational:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_3424/273087528Pioneer DTV White Paper - FINAL.pdf

Cheers,

Rich H.

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Topic - Plasma Life Span?? - Shakey 08:43:05 10/26/05 (23)

Re: Plasma Life Span?? - BobW 09:00:06 11/11/05 (0)

Re: i don't trust plasma - budget minded 11:49:23 11/05/05 (9)

Re: i don't trust plasma - Jack G 10:58:34 11/08/05 (8)

do whatever works for you - budget minded 04:00:18 11/10/05 (7)

Re: do whatever works for you - Rich H 17:36:13 11/10/05 (4)

Re: paranoia is an overstatement - budget minded 03:20:07 11/18/05 (3)

Mebbe it's not paranoia - Kal Rubinson 09:22:30 11/18/05 (2)

Re: no argument there - budget minded 04:07:07 11/20/05 (1)

Enough, please - Kal Rubinson 07:31:09 11/20/05 (0)

Touchy are we? - Jack G 08:40:09 11/10/05 (0)

i DID address this post's topic by the way - budget minded 04:06:48 11/10/05 (0)

Re: Plasma Life Span?? - RichG 08:44:38 11/02/05 (1)

Re: Plasma Life Span?? - Sondek 10:19:25 11/07/05 (0)

extra extra - Joe Murphy Jr 19:15:46 10/29/05 (0)

Re: Plasma Life Span?? - Kal Rubinson 12:15:41 10/26/05 (8)

Psst... - millen 12:31:17 10/26/05 (7)

Re: Psst...Busting Plasma Myths.. - Rich H 13:20:19 11/10/05 (0)

Either way,,,,,,,, - Kal Rubinson 17:37:27 10/26/05 (5)

Re: Either way,,,,,,,, - Shakey 18:57:10 10/26/05 (4)

Re: Either way,,,,,,,, - unclestu52 13:37:03 10/27/05 (2)

That had something to do with it as well.... - millen 13:48:40 10/27/05 (1)

Pixel orbiter is..... - Kal Rubinson 17:09:51 10/27/05 (0)

Dunno. - Kal Rubinson 19:09:42 10/26/05 (0)

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Re: Psst...Busting Plasma Myths.. - Rich H 13:20:19 11/10/05 (0)

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