View Full Version : Anyone play their 360/ps3 on their plasma tv?
Fearless
11-18-2007, 07:15 PM
Anyone have any trouble using a plasma for gaming?*_*
RPG_Fanatic
11-18-2007, 08:04 PM
Anyone have any trouble using a plasma for gaming?*_*
I've been playing my 360 & PS3 on a 50" Samsung plasma for 8 months and no problems with screen burn or anything.
Fearless
11-18-2007, 08:48 PM
I just picked up a 50 inch myself. I just wanted to be careful not to burn something into it. Does it burn something in if you leave a game paused for long?
Wolfrider31
11-18-2007, 08:52 PM
I think the fear of burn in is relegated only to early model plasmas. I don't think the newer ones will have an issue like that.
RPG_Fanatic
11-18-2007, 08:56 PM
I just picked up a 50 inch myself. I just wanted to be careful not to burn something into it. Does it burn something in if you leave a game paused for long?
When Crackdown first came out for the 360 I played for 4 to 6 hours straight and forgot about the t.v. When I turned it off it did have screen burn but over time it has disappeared.
boatofcar
11-19-2007, 07:49 AM
When Crackdown first came out for the 360 I played for 4 to 6 hours straight and forgot about the t.v. When I turned it off it did have screen burn but over time it has disappeared.
How old is your plasma tv? Can you describe the burn in? I'm curious as I too thought plasmas were no longer susceptible to burn-in.
UniHamachi
11-19-2007, 04:06 PM
http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasmatv-burnin.html
You can burn in today's plasma set, although it is more resistant than it used to be. There is nothing in the article specifically regarding video games.
As a rule of thumb, if you're smart about it, it will never happen. Unfortuately, as a rule of thumb, you are always susceptible to doing something dumb. YMMV.
The problem RPG_Fanatic describes is not really burn in. From Wikipedia:
Plasma displays also exhibit another image retention issue which is sometimes confused with burn-in damage. In this mode, when a group of pixels are run at high brightness (when displaying white, for example) for an extended period of time, a charge build-up in the pixel structure occurs and a ghost image can be seen. However, unlike burn-in, this charge build-up is transient and self corrects after the display has been powered off for a long enough period of time, or after running random broadcast TV type content.
dave2236
11-19-2007, 05:35 PM
I've been playing on my 50 inch samsung for 6 months now, halo 3 every night.
No problems.
AceAerosmith
11-20-2007, 09:54 AM
Playing 360 on 42" Samsung plasma. No trouble.