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Avoiding Burn-in

Started by jtf0602 • Apr 15, 2006 • 5 posts
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My 5-year-old Mitsubishi rear-projection CRT HDTV has
a pretty serious case of burn-in. From the time I
purchased it, I've kept it calibrated using the Avia
DVD. I tend to watch a certain cable news station
quite often and, when I watch something with a lot of
white in the background, e.g. a hockey game, the
burn-in is very obvious.

The area where the news station's "crawl" and the logo
at the bottom of the screen shows up in pink. The
rest of the screen has less noticeable but definite
pink blotches on it.

My question to the group is, do you limit your
high-definition television viewing to HD broadcasts
and wide-screen DVDs, watching standard 4:3 broadcasts
on a separate 4:3 set? Or do you do all your viewing
on the HDTV and just live with the eventual burn-in?

Perhaps by the time I can afford to purchase a
replacement HDTV the burn-in issue will be resolved.

Jim Flynn

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#2
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I have a 7-year old Mits (55805), and have not noticed any burn-in at all.
I do tend to vary my programming quite a bit, though, and I don't watch
anything with a scrolling ticker or bright bug in the corner for very long.
I have done some console gaming on it in the past, but on a limited basis.
I watch everything in OAR, and this is our primary television.

Most of the newer TV technologies are not susceptible to burn-in.

-- M. Shane Sturgeon



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My 5-year-old Mitsubishi rear-projection CRT HDTV has
a pretty serious case of burn-in. From the time I
purchased it, I've kept it calibrated using the Avia
DVD. I tend to watch a certain cable news station
quite often and, when I watch something with a lot of
white in the background, e.g. a hockey game, the
burn-in is very obvious.

The area where the news station's "crawl" and the logo
at the bottom of the screen shows up in pink. The
rest of the screen has less noticeable but definite
pink blotches on it.

My question to the group is, do you limit your
high-definition television viewing to HD broadcasts
and wide-screen DVDs, watching standard 4:3 broadcasts
on a separate 4:3 set? Or do you do all your viewing
on the HDTV and just live with the eventual burn-in?

Perhaps by the time I can afford to purchase a
replacement HDTV the burn-in issue will be resolved.

Jim Flynn

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#3
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I've got none with my Pioneer which I got in 10/01 but I avoid stations like
CNBC, etc. which have scrolling bars at the bottom. And I pretty much try
and avoid non-HD programming on this set. I use a regular tube TV for that
type of viewing.

Hugh


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From: "Jim Flynn" <[email protected]>
To: "HDTV Magazine" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:21 PM
Subject: Avoiding Burn-in


> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
> My 5-year-old Mitsubishi rear-projection CRT HDTV has
> a pretty serious case of burn-in. From the time I
> purchased it, I've kept it calibrated using the Avia
> DVD. I tend to watch a certain cable news station
> quite often and, when I watch something with a lot of
> white in the background, e.g. a hockey game, the
> burn-in is very obvious.
>
> The area where the news station's "crawl" and the logo
> at the bottom of the screen shows up in pink. The
> rest of the screen has less noticeable but definite
> pink blotches on it.
>
> My question to the group is, do you limit your
> high-definition television viewing to HD broadcasts
> and wide-screen DVDs, watching standard 4:3 broadcasts
> on a separate 4:3 set? Or do you do all your viewing
> on the HDTV and just live with the eventual burn-in?
>
> Perhaps by the time I can afford to purchase a
> replacement HDTV the burn-in issue will be resolved.
>
> Jim Flynn
>
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#4
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Hi Jim,

If you never had it ISF calibrated then the contrast needs to be at
about 25% rather than 100% like it is out of the box. That alone will
make a huge impact on how soon this happens and also getting maximum
life out of the CRTs.

While mine is retired for the last month it had easily half of the hours
in 4:3 with black bars but that was also through a scaler that would pan
it back and forth to prevent hard lines from appearing and also getting
the contrast set right. It has been only in the last year that I have
begun to see a subtle uniformity problem on the sides but 99% of viewers
would never notice.

Sorry, but sounds like you had the contrast too hot and also too much
4:3. Retubing does not make fiscal or performance sense.

Like Shane said, Burn is not a problem for most of the displays out
there now especially since you would likely consider a DLP, LCD, DILA,
SXRD RPTV. Plasma is still a problem...

Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation

Jim Flynn wrote:
> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
> My 5-year-old Mitsubishi rear-projection CRT HDTV has
> a pretty serious case of burn-in. From the time I
> purchased it, I've kept it calibrated using the Avia
> DVD. I tend to watch a certain cable news station
> quite often and, when I watch something with a lot of
> white in the background, e.g. a hockey game, the
> burn-in is very obvious.
>
> The area where the news station's "crawl" and the logo
> at the bottom of the screen shows up in pink. The
> rest of the screen has less noticeable but definite
> pink blotches on it.
>
> My question to the group is, do you limit your
> high-definition television viewing to HD broadcasts
> and wide-screen DVDs, watching standard 4:3 broadcasts
> on a separate 4:3 set? Or do you do all your viewing
> on the HDTV and just live with the eventual burn-in?
>
> Perhaps by the time I can afford to purchase a
> replacement HDTV the burn-in issue will be resolved.
>
> Jim Flynn
>
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#5
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Hi Richard,

You've convinced me that when I purchase my next HDTV,
I will have it ISF calibrated soon after purchase.
Not to just avoid burn-in, but to ensure I am viewing
the best picture possible. I think everyone should
consider calibration and build it into the purchase
price of a new HDTV. I wish I had, but I didn't
because I joined this group a year or so after
purchasing my TV and wasn't aware of this service.

Just goes to show the importance of belonging to this
group of professional, experienced and unselfish
individuals. I encourage anyone I know who is
considering purchasing an HDTV to join this group.

Thanks once again, Richard.

Jim Flynn

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:56:00 -0400
From: Richard Fisher <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Avoiding Burn-in

Hi Jim,

If you never had it ISF calibrated then the contrast
needs to be at
about 25% rather than 100% like it is out of the box.
That alone will
make a huge impact on how soon this happens and also
getting maximum
life out of the CRTs.

While mine is retired for the last month it had easily
half of the
hours
in 4:3 with black bars but that was also through a
scaler that would
pan
it back and forth to prevent hard lines from appearing
and also getting
the contrast set right. It has been only in the last
year that I have
begun to see a subtle uniformity problem on the sides
but 99% of
viewers
would never notice.

Sorry, but sounds like you had the contrast too hot
and also too much
4:3. Retubing does not make fiscal or performance
sense.

Like Shane said, Burn is not a problem for most of the
displays out
there now especially since you would likely consider a
DLP, LCD, DILA,
SXRD RPTV. Plasma is still a problem...

Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation

Jim Flynn wrote:
> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
> My 5-year-old Mitsubishi rear-projection CRT HDTV
has
> a pretty serious case of burn-in. From the time I
> purchased it, I've kept it calibrated using the Avia
> DVD. I tend to watch a certain cable news station
> quite often and, when I watch something with a lot
of
> white in the background, e.g. a hockey game, the
> burn-in is very obvious.
>
> The area where the news station's "crawl" and the
logo
> at the bottom of the screen shows up in pink. The
> rest of the screen has less noticeable but definite
> pink blotches on it.
>
> My question to the group is, do you limit your
> high-definition television viewing to HD broadcasts
> and wide-screen DVDs, watching standard 4:3
broadcasts
> on a separate 4:3 set? Or do you do all your
viewing
> on the HDTV and just live with the eventual burn-in?
>
> Perhaps by the time I can afford to purchase a
> replacement HDTV the burn-in issue will be resolved.
>
> Jim Flynn

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