| Screen burn-in is quite common in plasma TVs since | | | | life of the appliance. |
| they are phosphor based display systems. This is | | | | It's true that screen burn-in problems were known to |
| because, the physical properties of the phosphors tend | | | | have affected the performance of plasma TVs to a |
| to get affected by attributes such as light and electric | | | | great extent in the past. But the issue is becoming less |
| impulse. As a result of this, plasma TVs are extremely | | | | of a problem in the more recent models as |
| sensitive to image retention. This problem occurs due | | | | manufacturers have developed a lot of new |
| to an uneven wear of the phosphors in the display and | | | | technologies that deal with the problem effectively. For |
| can very much distort the pictures. Screen burn-in in a | | | | example, the 'motion-adaptive technique' shifts all the |
| plasma TV screen will make the areas of the screen | | | | pixels to the minutest of degrees such that screen |
| that are lighted the least appear brighter when | | | | burn-in is prevented significantly. Certain top |
| compared to the parts that actually displayed a bright | | | | manufacturers also make use of 'grey masking' to |
| image. The result of this is an apparent after-image. | | | | combat burn-in issues. |
| So, pictures have to be viewed with a lot of strain and | | | | Some plasma TVs come with 'white screen' options, |
| a great deal of attention as the original image tends to | | | | which can get rid of screen burn-in problems to a |
| get overridden by the burn-in. When one is watching | | | | certain extent. There are a variety of other features |
| action movies or playing high definition video games | | | | also, which when efficiently controlled can reduce |
| wherein certain images are stationary for quite some | | | | burning in effects as well as result in high quality |
| time, the first image in the sequence gets burnt-in | | | | images. For example, if the TV's contrast and |
| leaving the images that follow glazed over. | | | | brightness are reduced when the set is new, it can do |
| If an image is displayed in the screen for a long period | | | | us good in two ways - the pictures will be enhanced |
| of time, the pixels tend to get burnt in to the screen, | | | | and the pixels will work far better. You can also turn |
| which makes them deprived of their visual effects as | | | | on the screen saver feature of your DVD player, |
| well as originality. Therefore, one should switch off the | | | | switch channels constantly and avoid continuous |
| TV's power when not in use. During non-operation, the | | | | viewing of programmes that constantly display |
| pixels of a plasma TV will not work, thus preventing | | | | non-transparent logos to save your precious plasma |
| the burn-in effect. This way, you can also extend the | | | | TV from screen burn-in issues. |