Preventing burns

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athaided@hotmail.com (david) wrote in news:cade243d.0405161427.48d969c3
@posting.google.com:

> hi
> I just bought a mitsu hdtv monitor 48313 and want tips on preventing
> burns. I don't have a hdtv set top box yet and basically watching
> only cable. Mitsu has standard, expand, stretch and stretch plus as
> an option to view this type of broadcast. What format is the best to
> prevent burn in's. I am using stretch plus at the moment.
> thanks
>

You can't prevent burn-in - all the various stretch/zoom modes do is keep
the burn-in constistant across the whole screen.

The best way to minimize burn-in is to decrease the contrast setting to a
reasonable setting rather than the (usual) default setting of maximum
contrast.