Burn In Question

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As are we!! Definitely need to know what technology you are using, or
considering on using. Some items are quire immune (lcd-dlp) while others are
extremely susceptible (Plasma). Gov: you need to qualify your question a bit
more clearly to obtain definitive responses.
"Steve Hawkins" <shawkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Being a new hi-definition owner, I am worried about burn in. How long does
> it usually take to burn a picture into the screen? Hours? Minutes? Also,
> my manual says not to use the gray sidebars, but then it is an option they
> (Sony) include. I am totally confused. Thanks!
>
> Steve
>

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"Steve Hawkins" <shawkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote
> Sorry about that. I should have mentioned it is a Sony Kp46Wt520, which is
> a rear projection crt set. I should have sprung for a dlp or lcd, but I
> got a pretty good deal on it. Thanks for any info.

I think you would have to be aware of possible burn-in with that TV. Before
we got our HDTV (Sony KDF-60XS955), we had a Sony SD 48" CRT RPTV. After a
few years, I noticed that the area at the bottom of the screen where news
channels run their crawl had burned in. But it was not noticeable when you
were actually watching TV, just if you had it off and were nit-picking, as I
was, so no big deal, really.

If I were you, I would just use grey, not black, for sidebars and
letter-boxing where that is adjustable via your TV set or cablebox and not
leave the set running for hours with something static on the screen when not
necessary. But I would not get all worried about it.

You will probably replace that set before you get anything burned in that
will bother you. I think we had our old Sony RPTV for 4 years and my
step-son is still using it and, although there is a little burn-in, it
really makes no difference.

mack
austin

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"Mack McKinnon" <MckinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote
in news:4Uzxe.93770$6g3.17879@tornado.texas.rr.com:

>
> "Steve Hawkins" <shawkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote
>> Sorry about that. I should have mentioned it is a Sony Kp46Wt520,
>> which is a rear projection crt set. I should have sprung for a dlp or
>> lcd, but I got a pretty good deal on it. Thanks for any info.
>
> I think you would have to be aware of possible burn-in with that TV.
> Before we got our HDTV (Sony KDF-60XS955), we had a Sony SD 48" CRT
> RPTV. After a few years, I noticed that the area at the bottom of the
> screen where news channels run their crawl had burned in. But it was
> not noticeable when you were actually watching TV, just if you had it
> off and were nit-picking, as I was, so no big deal, really.
>
> If I were you, I would just use grey, not black, for sidebars and
> letter-boxing where that is adjustable via your TV set or cablebox and
> not leave the set running for hours with something static on the
> screen when not necessary. But I would not get all worried about it.
>
> You will probably replace that set before you get anything burned in
> that will bother you. I think we had our old Sony RPTV for 4 years
> and my step-son is still using it and, although there is a little
> burn-in, it really makes no difference.

One other thing that saves any CRT TV whether it's rear projection or
direct view is to keep the contrast and brightness as low as you can with
good picture quality.


--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

A false witness is worse than no witness at all.
God is an evolutionist.

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Mapanari <whosthat@anonmail.com> wrote in
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> Dave Oldridge <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca>
> wrotenews:Xns968797997C4DBdoldridgsprintca@24.71.223.159:
>
>
>>
>> One other thing that saves any CRT TV whether it's rear projection or
>> direct view is to keep the contrast and brightness as low as you can
>> with good picture quality.
>>
>>
>
> If you had the sony RPTV the guy has and have to turn up brightness up
> to 80% or so to get a decent picture, would you say it's defective
> from the factory?

Quite possibly. I'm not familiar with the model. I know my Samsung
direct-view had to be toned WAY down from the factory settings. They had
too much contrast, too much brightness and too much saturation--to the
point where it actually overloaded the deflection stuff and blurred the
picture!

--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667