Burn Image on new Plasma TV

[Osmo]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

[Ketsueki]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

Return it and get an LED/LCD. lol I'm guessing you paid around $500-$700 for that TV at like Best Buy or something. You should have never gotten a Plasma. They just suck all in all. Otherwise I would call the Manufacturer and b*tch them out til they do something for you to make it right.

Hope that helps in the slightest.
If you have any kind of questions, ask me?
I'm pretty good with electronic devices like TV/PC/VG Systems and Etc.

Ketsueki

P.S. I have a lot of personal experience w/ products not working and getting stuff for them and the OG item replaced all in all.

[x5ga]

once an image is burned in - it's burned in. I have a samsung 52" plasma and have never had any problems with it (yet). usually an images gets burned in after a day or so, not after 5 minutes.

Return the plasma, it's obviously got some big problems.

Dunno about getting a LED-LCD, i have one of those too (also samsung), it's good but the plasma is better. This is a strictly personal opinion though.

[nijmoy]

It's quite rare for newer model plasmas to get image burn in, but it is, however, not that uncommon for them to get image retention.  

Here is a nice faq/article about break-in, burn-in, and image retention for Samsung plasmas
 http://samsungplasmatvfaq.com/index.php/Break-in,_burn-in,_and_image_retention
 
If the image is indeed burned in you should take it back and get an exchange/refund because there is definitely something wrong (as was previously posted), you should be well within the return policy.

[fohfoh]

I hear newer plasmas are far harder to burn in than earlier ones due to different chemical composition and software built in that should keep it from burning in (ie: Gamer mode). You got a shit tv. Return it like others have said.

Seriously though, it would have to be hours of the same image, not 5 mins.

[halfelite]

image retention is pretty normal for a plasma but should go away as soon as you tune to a different channel with moving images.

[fohfoh]

image retention is pretty normal for a plasma but should go away as soon as you tune to a different channel with moving images.

Extended period of time, yes. 5 mins, no.

My bro put a nice "+" on ours back in the day by playing Halo for hours and hours and hours. It took a good few days to get rid of it by watching regular programming. That was over a year ago, the tv still works fine.

[mgz]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

Return it and get an LED/LCD. lol I'm guessing you paid around $500-$700 for that TV at like Best Buy or something. You should have never gotten a Plasma. They just suck all in all. Otherwise I would call the Manufacturer and b*tch them out til they do something for you to make it right.

Hope that helps in the slightest.
If you have any kind of questions, ask me?
I'm pretty good with electronic devices like TV/PC/VG Systems and Etc.

Ketsueki

P.S. I have a lot of personal experience w/ products not working and getting stuff for them and the OG item replaced all in all.

eh your statements are only partly true.

Plasma tvs are some of the nicest looking screens you can get for the money. The burn and slightly higher heat output are some of the major downsides to them

[raandomer]

Plasma tvs are some of the nicest looking screens you can get for the money. The burn and slightly higher heat output are some of the major downsides to them

+1 colours are usually better on plasma but another downside is that the colours fade

[rostheferret]

I always took 40" as being the line between LCD and Plasma. Larger, get a plasma. Smaller, you probably won't notice the difference (excluding the heat and the energy bill) between a Plasma and a decent LCD.

[Tatsujin]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

That's the problem. Go with Sony, Toshiba or LG.

[NaRu]

You got a cheap Plasma. Good Plasma TV cost alot more then you would spend on. This is one of the best Plasma sets you can get
http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-PRO-151FD-built-widescreen/dp/B001CE0594

[kitamesume]

if you really hate burn-in that much just wait for the LED-TV to improve(about a year or two some more) they use the same concept of plasma screens, using multiple light source of different colors(more like microscopic florescent tubes) on a single pixel to produce a multi-colored pixel while LED-TVs uses LED as an alternate.

that stuff doesnt have a burn in, brighter output, doesnt get dimmer as time passes, has superior color quality and super efficient!(LED backlit LCD hybrids was already efficient, scaling from 10watts[15" screens] to 30watts[32" screens] average, think of it eliminating the LCD part and using purely LED that could be turned dimmer or totally off individually for greater blacks while saving electricity )

[fohfoh]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

That's the problem. Go with Sony, Toshiba or LG.

I don't know whether to argue or not. Samsung makes some damn good LCD/LED. Not sure about plasmas.

But that's not my issue. Panasonic and LG are supposed to be good plasma makers. I don't know of Sony being in that area, but Sony is pretty good at LCDs. Toshiba I've always seen as a weird one. It usually has decent mid grade stuff, but not great for the price.

[mgz]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

That's the problem. Go with Sony, Toshiba or LG.

I don't know whether to argue or not. Samsung makes some damn good LCD/LED. Not sure about plasmas.

But that's not my issue. Panasonic and LG are supposed to be good plasma makers. I don't know of Sony being in that area, but Sony is pretty good at LCDs. Toshiba I've always seen as a weird one. It usually has decent mid grade stuff, but not great for the price.

before pioneer stopped making plasma tvs they made good ones

[morrefule]

SAMSUNG PS50C680 50" Plasma

I've had it for a week and I keep getting burn image.... We used the laptop on it and the task bar is still burned in a day later. I left an image on there for 5 seconds and the image is on there....

Any help? thanks...

That's the problem. Go with Sony, Toshiba or LG.

I don't know whether to argue or not. Samsung makes some damn good LCD/LED. Not sure about plasmas.

But that's not my issue. Panasonic and LG are supposed to be good plasma makers. I don't know of Sony being in that area, but Sony is pretty good at LCDs. Toshiba I've always seen as a weird one. It usually has decent mid grade stuff, but not great for the price.

If for some odd reason you got a burn in on a plasma watch a movie like finding Nemo, or some thing with a lot of blues. It helps to wash the plasma field on the screen. But new plasmas rarely have burn in problems unless it is an el cheepo. Panasonic, Samsung and LG are all great brands. Personally I'm a panasonic fan since they are using pioneer technology in their tv's.

But believe it or not at this point I see more LCD tv's with burn in damage thane plasmas. It's because people believe you can't burn an image in them and leave them on ESPN or the news all day everyday and then after a month or two change the channel and BAM!!! Burn in.

Edit ~ iPhone post failure. :-/

[Meomix]

RETURN THE TV!