Hi guys,
I recently picked up an ex-display Panasonic TX-42ST30B, obviously it's last years model but only cost me a bargain £280 It was from PC World and they also threw in 2 months of the extended warranty for free - reason being is if it developed a fault, they'd obviously still be liable but would probably chose to offer a refund, with the extended warranty it could be repaired.
The panel's in great condition and the picture is so much better than by old LG LCD. After checking the service menu, it has about 19k hours on it, consistent with being running 8 hours a day for the last year.
After getting it home, I noticed 2 lines across the screen - after thinking it was interference I realised it was obviously image retention from the cinema aspect ratio movie they had running on it. This cleared up after a few weeks of normal use.
I'm now beginning to notice more blemishes/inconsistencies in the image, especially noticeable on panning pictures. Annoying, as this was exactly the problem with my old TV! I just put some colour slides on there and the reds and blues are near perfect, but the greens are quite patchy and there's what looks distinctly like a Samsung logo shaped dark blemish in the bottom right.
So, given the hours on the panel, is this likely to be common garden image retention that I can get rid of with some alternating colour slides, or should I give the extended warranty people a call and get it repaired/replaced?
Thanks all
I recently picked up an ex-display Panasonic TX-42ST30B, obviously it's last years model but only cost me a bargain £280 It was from PC World and they also threw in 2 months of the extended warranty for free - reason being is if it developed a fault, they'd obviously still be liable but would probably chose to offer a refund, with the extended warranty it could be repaired.
The panel's in great condition and the picture is so much better than by old LG LCD. After checking the service menu, it has about 19k hours on it, consistent with being running 8 hours a day for the last year.
After getting it home, I noticed 2 lines across the screen - after thinking it was interference I realised it was obviously image retention from the cinema aspect ratio movie they had running on it. This cleared up after a few weeks of normal use.
I'm now beginning to notice more blemishes/inconsistencies in the image, especially noticeable on panning pictures. Annoying, as this was exactly the problem with my old TV! I just put some colour slides on there and the reds and blues are near perfect, but the greens are quite patchy and there's what looks distinctly like a Samsung logo shaped dark blemish in the bottom right.
So, given the hours on the panel, is this likely to be common garden image retention that I can get rid of with some alternating colour slides, or should I give the extended warranty people a call and get it repaired/replaced?
Thanks all