Day started off great...

[Gasman]

With all kind of packages getting here on the same day.

My Blue Ray certification button came today, along with Chicken Little.
Blade Runner 5 disc HD DVD set got here, after 2 1/2 months pre-order (WHV now ROCKS again)
5 free HD DVDs finally got here, after 5 months of waiting. (now just to get the other 3 packages of free discs)
(also in the mail, but of little interest, my new Drug Prescription plan card got here)

Bad news is, the plasma I just bought yesterday is already showing signs of burn in.
Yeah, it is not just the temp burn in, the TV has now been off for 7 hours, and still shows signs of the 4:3 direct TV box screen.
So Samsung, does not ROCK.


Just venting.....

 

[stratman]

You just bought it? Return it, now. Get a Panny, you wont be sorry.

 

[annunaki]

Yet another reason I recommend the Panasonics. There was a set on display that had the menu for spider man 3 on it for about 3-4 hours or more. Upon finally pressing play and setting the player to repeat, you could see obvious burn in. After several hours and a night with the set shut off, the burn in was completely gone.

With Samsung you actually have to go into the menu system and make sure the burn-in protection is turned on.

 

[Halon451]

Yep - the Panasonics are much less susceptible to burn-in than other plasmas. They are the plasma of choice for many of the TV stations I worked in, as they are doing away with the old mulitple monitor configuration and going with four or five plasma displays with multi-source capability. We would drive the displays with a series of Miranda Alto processors that created a "virtual" monitor bank within the plasma itself - up to 10 boxes representing a different monitor on each panel, and static borders left on for hours. Not a single issue with burn-in.

Sorry the picture isn't larger, but this is what I'm talking about - this is one of the jobs I did.

 

[stratman]

Yep - the Panasonics are much less susceptible to burn-in than other plasmas. They are the plasma of choice for many of the TV stations I worked in, as they are doing away with the old mulitple monitor configuration and going with four or five plasma displays with multi-source capability. We would drive the displays with a series of Miranda Alto processors that created a "virtual" monitor bank within the plasma itself - up to 10 boxes representing a different monitor on each panel, and static borders left on for hours. Not a single issue with burn-in.

Sorry the picture isn't larger, but this is what I'm talking about - this is one of the jobs I did.

U-M!!! Way to go Mr. H! BTW, cool installation.

 

[Halon451]

Thanks man. We got the front cover and a six page write up for that job in November's issue of Broadcast Engineering. It was a hell of a fun job - and working for a few months at UM wasn't that bad, let me tell ya. Lots of eye-candy.

 

[stratman]

Thanks man. We got the front cover and a six page write up for that job in November's issue of Broadcast Engineering. It was a hell of a fun job - and working for a few months at UM wasn't that bad, let me tell ya. Lots of eye-candy.

Good ol' Suntan U, babes galore, none can hold a candle to Super-Babe Hillary though.

 

[Halon451]

Haha... wow, I fear I will be reeling from the repercussions of looking up the O-face pic. I will likely be scarred for some time all in the name of good humor.

 

[Gasman]

With Samsung you actually have to go into the menu system and make sure the burn-in protection is turned on.

Yeah, I had it turned on. Actually had max pixel shift on (4) as well ran the total white screen, and gray shift pattern.
Also, even though I had not gotten around to calibrating, I did (out of the box) have the brightness on low, as well on full energy saver mode.
So it was funny it burned that quick.
Granted, I fell asleep with the direct TV box in the menu position last night...

Almost bought the panny, but the Samsung I got is one of the highest rated 50" plasmas in it's class for PQ.
And I will say, yes, it does have superb PQ (other than the burn-in).

No big deal, have 5 days to return 'no questions asked', and the 30 day exchange, as well the 3 year warranty.
So I will return it tomorrow, and get the 46" 1080p LCD that I was looking at (by chance another Samsung).
Or just go ahead and upgrade the projector.



But before returning, LOL, I will be putting it on torch mode and play Blade Runner.

 

[annunaki]

I would do the 50" Panasonic plasma if you are going to jump up in size. The Plasmas have better picture quality and black level. Circuit City is doing the 50PZ77U for $2,399.99 with a blu-ray player! I believe it is an unadvertised special.

The ONLY LCDs I would even consider would be the Samsung 71-81 series or the Sony XBR4-5. Even then I would be very skeptical because for the same price I could get into a Pioneer Kuro 720p plasma.

The issue I have with LCD is that to get similar performance (in the same screen size) when compared to plasma, one is spending close to $1,000 more.