Plasma Screen Burn In - Thanks a lot Channel Five - Petition Maybe?

tomstickland

superscaper wrote: »

What do you mean? I already said in my post, for the current generation of plasmas (and probably the last one or two generations), the burn in is no worse than a CRT. What other technology is there? For a thin TV there's only LCD so far which is a much newer technology and therefore not as developed and there are advantages to both plasma and LCD in different areas. So what do you mean by compromised?

A screen technology with a short life, high power usage and burn in problems.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:KnIJnrg3kO0J:blogs.guardian.co.uk/askjack/2005/09/plasma_or_lcd_tv.html+plasma+tv+problems&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

LCD screens also have some useful advantages over plasma screens. They are thinner, lighter and more robust, which makes them much easier to move around. For those with ecological concerns, LCDs use little power, whereas plasma screens use lots. Further, an LCD should last roughly twice as long as a plasma screen, which may have a "half life" of only 30,000 to 40,000 hours. (The "half life" is when the screen has degraded to half its brightness, and you may well throw it away.)
If you want a really big wall-mounted screen and money is no object, go for plasma.

superscaper

tomstickland wrote: »

A screen technology with a short life, high power usage and burn in problems.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:KnIJnrg3kO0J:blogs.guardian.co.uk/askjack/2005/09/plasma_or_lcd_tv.html+plasma+tv+problems&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

:rolleyes: . The same old "problems" and myths that affected plasma when it first came out. Not today though. The power consumption statement is a ridiculous hyperbole not based on any figures (plasma's power consumption is variable with picture whereas LCD runs at a constant high power due to the backlight, it's ridiculous to make an absolute statement on power comparison when the measured power depends on different variables that are ignored). The max wattage of a plasma may be higher but it doesn't run at the max wattage whereas LCD runs at it's max wattage all the time. So exactly what is being compared? How do you guage the typical wattage of a plasma? Plasma uses no more power per inch than a CRT. Plasma on average is likely to use more than LCD but it's not the vast difference that's implied and the oversimplification.

Even if that lifetime figure was true for modern plasmas, that's over ten years if you had it switched on 8 hours a day, seven days a week!
Currently, lifetime of plasmas recently increased from 60,000 hours to 100,000 hours. The article you linked is way out of date.

nearlyrich

Most decent plasma screens will have pixel rotation technology to avoid screen burn, and some high profile TV vendors no longer offer plasma just LCD.

I must agee the logos are a pain, who needs to know what channel the rubbish we are watching is on?

mdean

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-bin/petition.php

Petition running here since 2002 over 8000 signatures
not that the !!!!!!s at the BBC sky itv are taking any notice

shown73

Thanks mdean, I've signed up. If enough do, then, who knows....We live in hope.

leboof

I contacted Hitachi (my plasma) about this issue and asked for any advice on screen burn in. How long can logos be on screen etc. On their website it states see FAQ for screen burn in issues, but there was no FAQ on this subject!

A great reply was "All our TV's come with a 12month warranty". Cracking Hitachi, thanks for the advice. :T

Blacksheep1979

yes lets all sign a useless petition - they won't bat an eye at it. If. you want to make a difference (and at the same time protect your screen) don't watch that particular chanel

leboof

No logos. BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 and Channel4. Hmm, am I looking forward to Christmas.

mdean

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

yes lets all sign a useless petition - they won't bat an eye at it. If. you want to make a difference (and at the same time protect your screen) don't watch that particular chanel

Sorry but the OP asked for a petition - I pointed him to one which already has substantial support. People can also write to broadcasters

It is daft to say only watch undogged channels- all sport for example is dogged

Blacksheep1979

mdean wrote: »

It is daft to say only watch undogged channels- all sport for example is dogged

It's not daft - pointing someone towards a petition that has been running for 5 years with no effect is daft. If people boycott a station because of something then they will lose revenue (if they have advertisers) and wonder why - far more effective than some online petition.