pixelprotector......

sabelu

Does this work?

Are their any free/cheapr versions on the market?


http://www.pixelprotector.com/

Skyhigh

It looks like a con to me.

Firstly it says:
"Removes screen burn".

This is completely IMPOSSIBLE to do without replacing the unit, it really is impossible for a DVD to do this.

I don't think its worth the money, your TV should be set up quite well when you buy it, plus many offer a 'reset to factory default' feature.
If you have any problems or concerns about set up I suggest you Google your TV make and type with the words "set up" or similar.
Alternatively contact the manufacturer.

There are many of these discs about which claim to "reduce the risk of screen burn".
How do they work?

They're simply "screen savers", like on your PC, they just have an image that moves about the screen, making sure that over time all the pixels on the monitor are changed.

Screen burn is caused by having an image on your screen, that does not change at all, for a very....very....very long time.
Not hours, but weeks and weeks.

The ONLY time I have seen screen burn on LCD's is that use of terminals/work stations. Where the PC's are turned on 24/7/365 and probably only used for 10 hours a week - whilst all the other time they display the log-in box, which eventually gets ghosted/faintly burnt into the screen.

It's also highly likely that the period that you have your TV is not long enough to allow screen burn (commonly people have TV's for 5-7 years).
Plus its very *very* rare that anyone will leave their TV on, with the same image shown on it, for weeks on end.

There is NO risk of screen burn if you are just watching TV, DVD's, showing digital pictures, just using it 'normally'.
(i.e. not displaying the same image on the screen for weeks on end).


Also reading the description all it does is display a series of test cards (colours, stripes, bands ,etc) and then *you* have to calibrate the TV.
It only does it automatically for over-head / cinema projectors.

So really its not doing you much of a favour. Plus many LCD tv's (like monitors) also have in-built factor/engineer tests. As do many mobile phones. Although you usually have to enter a special code to access it, so you might have to do some searching.



In regards to "static tv logo's", they're not on long enough to burn in.
Unless you watch a channel with a static logo for about 3 months solid.

As far as I know, as I said before its not possible to repair screen burn.
Since it is that - screen burn.
It spouts something about "turning pixels on and off really quickly".
If you've got screen burn, this won't do a thing.

It also makes a claim that it is possible it may be able to fix 'dead pixels'.
You get dead pixels when something goes wrong with the hardware.
Its impossible for a picture to magically fix a hardware fault.
You wouldn't believe someone if they told you that playing a certain music CD in your card would re-balance your wheels.


Plus the site is littered with spelling mistakes, such as "minuets". Not professional at all.



Oh and the domain name is not registered to a company, but an individual:
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/pixelprotector.com

Which casts even more doubt on the sites legitimacy.

I'm not saying its wrong or illegal, but usually companies have to register the domain name in the name of the business/company as its deemed as an asset.

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Mr_Squiddy

Skyhigh wrote:

It looks like a con to me.

Firstly it says:
"Removes screen burn".

This is completely IMPOSSIBLE to do without replacing the unit, it really is impossible for a DVD to do this.

I don't think its worth the money, your TV should be set up quite well when you buy it, plus many offer a 'reset to factory default' feature.
If you have any problems or concerns about set up I suggest you Google your TV make and type with the words "set up" or similar.
Alternatively contact the manufacturer.

There are many of these discs about which claim to "reduce the risk of screen burn".
How do they work?

They're simply "screen savers", like on your PC, they just have an image that moves about the screen, making sure that over time all the pixels on the monitor are changed.

Screen burn is caused by having an image on your screen, that does not change at all, for a very....very....very long time.
Not hours, but weeks and weeks.

The ONLY time I have seen screen burn on LCD's is that use of terminals/work stations. Where the PC's are turned on 24/7/365 and probably only used for 10 hours a week - whilst all the other time they display the log-in box, which eventually gets ghosted/faintly burnt into the screen.

It's also highly likely that the period that you have your TV is not long enough to allow screen burn (commonly people have TV's for 5-7 years).
Plus its very *very* rare that anyone will leave their TV on, with the same image shown on it, for weeks on end.

There is NO risk of screen burn if you are just watching TV, DVD's, showing digital pictures, just using it 'normally'.
(i.e. not displaying the same image on the screen for weeks on end).


Also reading the description all it does is display a series of test cards (colours, stripes, bands ,etc) and then *you* have to calibrate the TV.
It only does it automatically for over-head / cinema projectors.

So really its not doing you much of a favour. Plus many LCD tv's (like monitors) also have in-built factor/engineer tests. As do many mobile phones. Although you usually have to enter a special code to access it, so you might have to do some searching.



In regards to "static tv logo's", they're not on long enough to burn in.
Unless you watch a channel with a static logo for about 3 months solid.

As far as I know, as I said before its not possible to repair screen burn.
Since it is that - screen burn.
It spouts something about "turning pixels on and off really quickly".
If you've got screen burn, this won't do a thing.

It also makes a claim that it is possible it may be able to fix 'dead pixels'.
You get dead pixels when something goes wrong with the hardware.
Its impossible for a picture to magically fix a hardware fault.
You wouldn't believe someone if they told you that playing a certain music CD in your card would re-balance your wheels.


Plus the site is littered with spelling mistakes, such as "minuets". Not professional at all.



Oh and the domain name is not registered to a company, but an individual:
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/pixelprotector.com

Which casts even more doubt on the sites legitimacy.

I'm not saying its wrong or illegal, but usually companies have to register the domain name in the name of the business/company as its deemed as an asset.

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So that would be a 'no' then?

john_kent

I did read ages ago that some of the high street retailers use a dvd playing a pure white screen overnight. the idea being they canoverburn the burning issue

Skyhigh

Yes its a very big no, it really is a waste of money.



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