[Hadi]

Just got a new samsung series 5 plasma and bought mgs for it, whilst watching the guy smoke about a 100 cigarettes while it was installing a load of warnings come up and one of them mentions burn in on plasma tv's, so when the game is running there are a few icons in the corners of the screen, sonow im paranoid about burn in on the tv, so am i worrying over nothing

[bianco]

You're a little paranoid but that's normal.

I'd limit my time playing at least for the first 100 or so hours of the panel. Also make sure the contrast and brightness are turned down to reasonable levels.

[shagaboopon]

Given the number of cutscenes spread into the action its probably a game thats least likely to give you issues if you use it normally. The first poster got it spot on though just be careful for a while so it can settle down. With modern plasma's even if you do get some tiny screen burn they can usually be resolved easily without needing repairing.

[Hadi]

Cheers guys, how do you know how many hours you have had it on ? is there a timer thing in the settings or just guess the hours its been on, i guess i like most other plasma owners will get funny looks form now on staring at the screen when its switched off looking for images burnt in

[caz2005]

I was totally paranoid when I first got a plasma. You just have to remember that burn-in is normal. For instance when I get home from work I know if my girlfriends just been watching Animal Planet all day because I can see the logo in the top right hand corner.

Same for gaming, especially rev counters from racing games.

But! Not to worry. As an earlier poster said the first hunderd hours or so are when burn-n happens the most so I really would limit gaming a lot. To speed up your hundred hours leaving it on the burn in screen saver when you're not watching TV. Also, you should get a 'break-in' DVD. It's just different colours that stay on screen changing putting the TV through a sort of initiation test if you will.

Just google for one.