Archive for November 5th, 2008
I\’m thinking about buying a plasma TV, but I keep hearing about short screen life. How long do they last?
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Marty asked: I’ve heard that plasma TV screens begin to fade after as little as 5,000 hours of viewing (seems like a lot, but that is less than 3 years at 5 hours/day), but some claim to last up to 60,000 hours. I also hear about “burn-in”, heat production when the TV is on, [...]
Should I worry about plasma burn-in with letterboxed DVDs?
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Scandy asked: A major reason for buying my plasma TV was to watch movies. Many widescreen DVDs are letterboxed even on a 16:9 display, and I never considered that dark areas cause burn-in too. I don’t really want to wait a few hundred hours to see the full film frame, but I obviously don’t want [...]