Most movies and TV I watch have some sort of letter boxing either to the side or up &amp; down. Will this be an issue for burn in for the first 100 hours?
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This tv goes to a screen saver after so many minutes so I have experienced no such problems. One can also set the tv to shut off after a certain amount if inactivity. I love this tv!
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I was careful not to pause the screen at all or to air a channel for more than fifteen minutes with fixed logos or borders (history channel, CNBC, ESPN). Usually the programming takes care of the situation with commercials. Some people recommend running commercially available burn-in slides before you start using your TV. I chose to just be careful (more careful than I really needed to be) and have had no issues with ghost images. Wonderful TV for the visually obsessed.
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I've found that with upconverting machines, if you are playing back in the 720P/1080I/1080P modes the 4:3/letterboxed image will be "stretched". You need to reset the playback to 480i or 480p for these images. I have four such machines of different manufacturers and they all work this way. My HD-DVD and Blu-ray machines, though, do play 4:3/letterboxed images in the correct ratio format, even when I'm set to the hi-def modes. Hope this helps.
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HD is so good that it is going to magnify low resolution and you are going to see the defects. The best way to minimize this is to not stretch programs that are in the 4:3 ratio. Go to HOME, SETTINGS, SCREEN SIZE and then set 4.3 default to "Normal". If you set it to anything else, it is going to stretch the screen and make things worse. Also make sure your cable box is set correctly because you can change how it outputs from the cable box. The third thing you need to watch is to use the correct mode with the correct program. For example, the vivid mode can cause eye strain. Reserve this mode for the simpsons and other similiar animated programs. Use standard for standard programs. Use cinema or customize the setting for sports. If you picture is too sharp for sports, you are going to see a fuzzy screen. If you reduce the sharpness and the brightness, the picture will look smooth and give you a better sense of motion. Also, even though it has nothing to do with the picture, be sure the crank the voice boost feature and the sound is incredible when you do this. Hope this helps.
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I can not say yes or no. Did not see anything like that when I signed up. If someone throws something at the screen I would doubt it would be covered since it wouldn't be a result of the tv failing
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i have this tv and if you leave the tv on with the same pause screen it will start to burn in. like the golf channel it put a golf logo at the button of the screen at it has burned a logo on my screen.
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Only had TV a couple months and have never seen that effect, but will watch closer and see if it happens. Thanks for the info.
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The experts say not to watch 4:3 movies for the first 100 hours, but I did and I did not have any retention problems. In fact, I have a 2011 plasma and that shows ghosting after minutes of programming, but this 2012 shows nothing at all.
959126
I believe what you are referring to is local dimming. Parts on the screen that have content are lit up and parts without content are dimmed down or even turned off. I've noticed that when turning on the TV the bottom left corner is brighter than others which may appear like bleeding but I'm guessing it's related to local dimming. I wouldn't worry about it. I watched dark movie scenes and I don't notice it, the picture is perfect.
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If you are asking about the FORMAT or ASPECT RATIO, look on the remote about mid-way top to bottom.There's a row of horizontal buttons (Mute/Format/Info/Favorites). I couldn't find anything in the manualif you don't have the remote...
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Thank you for your question. No matter the format that is being up-converted, up-conversion only works to a degree. It can't make programming not shot in 4K look as clean as true 4K material. It will do something to slightly improve the quality but it can't perform magic to programming not produced in the format. Thanks again very much.
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I have a Phillips 47" with "HD Natural Motion" and one of the first things I did was turn it off. Like you said everything looked "live". I don't know why anyone would want to watch their tv like that. I watched part an episode of Law and Order before changing it and it looked like it was on court tv. At first I thought it was some sort of special episode that they made look like that, as if they had a news crew filming them. Then I realized it was that setting.
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That depends a little on the individual, I guess, but I'm well past my prime, and I can read it. I would not call the screens "well lighted." The lettering is easy to read. I wouldn't mind if they were a little brighter. The background is green, as in the picture, and the lettering is black. My eyesight is not as good as it once was.
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Okay guys I got the player yesterday and had the same problem so I did some massive googling for 2 hours and found the solution: Press Display, and then use the Up and Down arrows to scroll through the different display options. When you see the timestamp go off, just let it sit there for like 4 seconds and the display will go off. I had to do this once for divx videos, and once for dvd videos and have not had a problem since.
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This TV has a "QAM" tuner in it. Many/most cable companies broadcast the local network channels unencrypted, in HD. Do a channel scan, the TV will find them if Charter is sending them. This doesn't cost a penny more than what you are paying, you just plug the cable from the wall right into the TV. The channels will probably show up as "3-1, 6-1, etc" and on my samsung says "DTV Cable" instead of "Cable" before the channel. And to the above post by D. Snope, LCD TV's don't have the issue of "burn-in"! No worries about leaving pillar bars on the sides.
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Absolutely not! I even tried a still image for about half an hour then checked a white screen afterwards. No IR or burn-in. I have had mine for about 2 months. I'm glad that I saved some money by going with 720p.
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If facing the "fire" display, there is a dial on the right side of the box. Off, low, and high.