Hi Def TV Question

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Ok, for those of you who have the Plasma and LCD sets. Have you had any problems with Burn In?
Ron

I have Verizon optical fiber running to the house and their DVR high-def setup. If you try and set the machine to have the same picture for more than 5 minutes or so it automatically turns that off, so you can't burn in (I have a Sharp Aquos). The kids' XBOX 360 does the same thing -- if my youngest pauses Call Of Duty and then walks and way and forgets it (which happens on a daily basis) the XBOX is smart enough to dim the entire picture to prevent any type of burn in. Unless you're playing a retro game of Pong, I don't think you're going to have any problems.

[Ron61]

Patrickt,

Thanks for that information. Unfortunately I won't be alive by the time they run fiber optics to houses up here. I am on a satellite set up and I know that I have to have the dish and receiver changed just to receive Hi DEF signals. Then I will keep my Sony VCR as it is almost new and I can play the regular DVDs on it. I need to see if there is a way to run a Blu Ray through it. Then after all of that I have to have a Hi DEF TV set. So as you can see I am looking at quite an outlay of money and I don't want to depend on these clerks here who read the same cards they have stuck in front of the sets that anyone can read. And so far none of the people around here that I know have gotten a Plasma or LED TV set so I can't go look at theirs and see how they are standing up. I know the guy who is the local Verizon head manager so I may go have a talk with him.

Ron

[Mastiff107]

I have one of the Panasonic Viera 50" plasma tvs. It was one, if not the highest rated plasma. I liked the picture a lot better, side by side with LCDs. One thing I really noticed is that when there is rapid movement on the screen the LCDs aren't as fast at catching up with it and everything leaves a slight shadowy trail. Burn-in is supposed to be more of a problem but I havn't had any problem yet....I probably will now. The Discovery Chanel has some info: Plasma TV vs LCD TV - Topic Powered by eve community

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Patrickt,

Thanks for that information. Unfortunately I won't be alive by the time they run fiber optics to houses up here.

Having fiber is pretty cool -- it runs the land line phones, the internet, and the hi-def TVs. Everything is "on-demand" so you don't have to go to the video store as much, you can digitally record in one room, watch it for a while, then finish it in another room, etc. It's all "smart" so that if you tell it to record "American Muscle Car" it knows to scan all the channels, set up the recording, and then if the schedule changes, adjust on the fly. And unlike cable, I can't recall it being down a single day since it was installed (the electricity being off doesn't count). Sharp Aquos is pretyy nice, especially for sports stuff. It's almost like you're there. Here's a short blurb on burn-in on plasmas: Plasma TV Burn In: Is It Still a Problem? at Plasma TV Buying Guide