Burn In? Is burn in a real problem?
748768
"Plasma tvs are a big no no for videogames" -- is that from personal experience with this model, or did you just read that somewhere?
1301378
I personally use this item and can vouch for it. The only way this is a fire hazard is if people do not use it correctly. Yes there will be defective units, yes there may be accidents, but overall most fires started by these are caused by people who shouldn't even own pets. Putting a towel over this device or putting stuff around it is not smart at all and is in fact dangerous. The device itself as far as I have seen does not catch fire, and in fact does not produce enough heat TO catch on fire. I put blame on the users, not the item or manufacturer except in the case of defective units sold. Hope this was a reasonable answer. I love this product. UPDATE: Adding to my previous comment, it seems as though there was a curse on this company as a whole bunch of people got faulty devices, poor things. Mine is still working great, no shorts. Seems to me like there were assembly issues within the manufacturer building or they got some terribly made pieces to construct these with. I am only glad that mine was not one of the ill-fated defects!
81487
Yes. Absolutely, and if anyone wants to argue differently, I'll be happy to forward the pictures of my burnt out Bestek and the charred internal control board. Nothing but a laptop drawing current when this happened. If the manufacturer is reading this, experienced a control board fire in the vicinity of capacitors 2 & 14, and Diodes 6,7,8,9. Yes, my breaker tripped at the box, but not before the damage, and it was anything but overloaded. The fire literally shot out of the *grounding receptacle* (bursting capacitor maybe?), which burned a hole in my sleeve and another on my thumb. There's a good chance your fire insurance is invalidated by using non UL listed products -and as I discovered today, for good reason. I've permanently retired all three of mine and won't be looking back.
372866
Yes, I experienced this. I purchased dimable LED bulbs that don't burn as hot and it fixed the problem. A little pricey, but worth it if you want to use the light.
628046
I have used it for this, yes. No problems. I did let it "burn in" for about 10 hours of use first though.
622742
"Burn in" is pretty much a thing of the past. It baffles me why belief in it persists. "Image retention" is more common, which is a temporary faint "ghost image" of a static image that will fade quite quickly and will not be noticeable except when viewing a uniform grey screen or something similar. You'd have to go through some pretty extraordinary measures to get true burn-in in any plasma from the last several years. Go the tech site CNET.com and search for their articles on plasma and "burn-in" for some expert writing.
914772
If you get enough in them, yes. I wouldn't recommend it though. It's more of a dry irritation then a burn, but seems to last when it happens.
938917
No.I've grabbed many burning logs with no problem. Great oven mitt for sure :)
2247578
I have not experienced this on my system. Are you properly vented? This is important.
622738
I have not had a problem at all with "burn in" with my Panasonic 60" plazma and I have been using it a lot. I don't use vivid on the picture mode. We are really enjoying the sharp picture on this TV. Check out this on line article: http://hometheaterreview.com/plasma-burn-in-is-it-still-a-cause-for-concern/
1510828
No. I happen to be a charge nurse that has worked in a burn unit for 20 years and have seen many products and trends over the years regarding scar management and therapy
789144
Yes there are settings in buried in the menu, you can do a color wash to help with burn in image. I keep ESPN on a bit and play video games and there aren't any issues. The first month there were little issues but would disappear but after a couple months there are not.
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I think that M. Brown is correct but I doubt that the manufacturer would recommend it themselves because of the liability. There would be inherent danger from setting any kind of a moveable open flame burner on a counter top, so you would want to use extreme caution, especially around children or pets. We are used to making sure that there are no flammable objects like towels or paper around our regular stove, but with a unit like this you would need to be especially thoughtful about placement and conscientious when cooking. If I needed to use mine indoors I would not hesitate to do so myself, but I would stay right there with it. I think that M. Brown is correct but I doubt that the manufacturer would recommend it themselves because of the liability. There would be inherent danger from setting any kind of a moveable open flame burner on a counter top, so you would want to use extreme caution, especially around children or pets. We are used to making sure that there are no flammable objects like towels or paper around our regular stove, but with a unit like this you would need to be especially thoughtful about placement and conscientious when cooking. If I needed to use mine indoors I would not hesitate to do so... » Read More I think that M. Brown is correct but I doubt that the manufacturer would recommend it themselves because of the liability. There would be inherent danger from setting any kind of a moveable open flame burner on a counter top, so you would want to use extreme caution, especially around children or pets. We are used to making sure that there are no flammable objects like towels or paper around our regular stove, but with a unit like this you would need to be especially thoughtful about placement and conscientious when cooking. If I needed to use mine indoors I would not hesitate to do so myself, but I would stay right there with it. « Show Less
1798791
Nope, I never felt a burn at all or anything else, did you have a cut on your skin?
1240233
I am utilizing the image burn in protection, which is set to "on" as the default setting anyway for this tv. I haven't seen any burn in issues even though i have watched movies close to 2 hrs long with the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.
2133569
I dont see why not. Mine is getting worn in a couple of spots and I havent had a problem with it burning.
168853
So far, no. There has been no such problem. Have you contacted the manufacturer about it? If not, why not?