Plasma Break In

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Is the 100 hour break in still necesary on 2011 Plasma models?

I read one person on youtube saying that he did the 100 hour break in and still gets IR while his father just ran his straight out of the box as normal and gets none.

I'll be using the Plasma for strictly gaming.
 
gaming is always difficult because of huds in them.
I would always recommend you run a plasma in , 100 hours is not along time with regular use and your tv will be much better off for it.
IR is not very common in modern tvs so the person on youtube must have done something very wrong! or is a proper geek and just plays games 24/7 without giving himself or the tv a break.

plasmas are popular bc of the clarity and great colours when playing movies, not neccessarily when playing games.
 
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magick said:
I'll be using the Plasma for strictly gaming.
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If thats the case I wouldn't have purchased one.

Normally I'd say skip the break in period as most peoples normal usage is fine for the break in period anyway but if all you are going to do it game on it I'd do the recomended break in period to minimise your higher risk of burn.
 
My 50" Samsung Plasma is around three years old now and I still would not wish to play games on it. IR can be a pain but I'm still not sure how permanent it would be as I would not wish to test that out.
TV type logos have the potential to be another problem but that is a minor concern to that of playing games.
I have Media Portal installed and I know that if I'm doing any remedial work with the Win 7 install or MP then I still get a temporary IR from the open Windows etc if they are left too long.

I certainly would not be doing this...

I'll be using the Plasma for strictly gaming.
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I'd burn it in for at least 100 hours, where is the harm?

The notion that modern plasma's dont have IR is not true, my sisters recent Panasonic plasma had quite obvious IR from games consoles.. it a good few days of normal viewing to subside.. she didn't burn it in, and doesn't limit the console usage, and it's certainly having an effect..

She swore blind that it didn't have any IR, until I put a white screen on it from her laptop, then it was quite obvious.. now she's become more paranoid..

Having a plasma for just gaming ? as mentioned, that's just asking for trouble..
 
I game everyday on my Pioneer Kuro, and have done for 3 years, and haven't had one bit of IR and definitely no screen burn.

Just set the contrast low for the first hundred or so hours (just keep it low tbh) and make sure you have the pixel orbiter on (always on). Also avoid using dynamic mode, stick with movie mode (movies/normal TV)/game mode (for gaming). Having a high contrast is what causes IR/screen burn.

Head over to Avforums as I'm sure there'll be a thread on whatever plasma you're looking to buy, with all the picture settings that you'll need.

Enjoy the plasma (if you do get one).
 
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Gamed a lot on my VT30, even accidentally left Wii on for ages on a still screen, SSN on for many hours, blurays on pause for a while, havent seen any IR at all.
 
I get IR on my Panasonic G10 - when the TV first turns on you sometimes see the channel guide at the bottom but it fades within a few seconds of normal TV resuming.

I've played hours of games like Fifa, CoD and Assassin's Creed on it and we regularly have TV channels with logos on them. They are never retained by the screen, or certainly not enough for us to notice at all. In fact, the only game I've noticed it happen with is the lightning on Tekken 6, which fades instantly as the TV turns off.

I didn't run this particular panel in - the last TV panel broke and was replaced. The only thing I noticed about the last panel was phosphur trails on certain MW2 maps, but this panel is fine.

The earlier advice regarding using the correct modes and not using ridiculous contrast/brightness settings is what I'd follow.

Image retention isn't the same as image burn, AFAIK.
 
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