Plasma Burn In & Gaming

[Lyme]

I bought mine off a store on ebay last time. DLP lamp express has a nice price, doesn't come with a housing but I have a spare now. http://www.dlplampxpress.com/Toshiba...p/tbl4-lmp.htm

[Ghosthunter]

You know i hear all these warnings about burn-in with plasma, i have had my samsung 50 inch plasma since last black friday and sometimes my daughter plays the wii for hours straight and sometimes i come home and find out she leaves it on that menu for a long time but so far no burn in of anything either i have been really lucky...or it does not happen that much

[Greg]

TomsHardware had some interesting info on plasma burn as part of this interview...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HDTV-cal...w-1339-11.html

Well the 3rd bulb has blown out on the DLP set with 4471 hours on it. I replaced it last April on the 9th so that equals out to the tv being on 13.3 hours a day. Luckily I have a spare I used to replace it with last night but I gotta buy another one from DLP Lamp Xpress. They now cost $115.
I was just saying the other night the tv was starting to look pretty dim so I had a feeling it was getting ready to go out.

[Lyme]

Originally Posted by Ghosthunter

You know i hear all these warnings about burn-in with plasma, i have had my samsung 50 inch plasma since last black friday and sometimes my daughter plays the wii for hours straight and sometimes i come home and find out she leaves it on that menu for a long time but so far no burn in of anything either i have been really lucky...or it does not happen that much

Most of the newer sets ( ~<2 years old) have anti burn in logic, moving the menu around slightly so reduce the chances.

[Lyme]

Originally Posted by Greg

TomsHardware had some interesting info on plasma burn as part of this interview...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HDTV-cal...w-1339-11.html

odd that the manufacturers resisted testing at 90+ hours.