OK, maybe a misleading title, but what I mean is...
Any prospective plasma buyer like myself (and, I'm sure existing owners) must be frightened to death about all the posts about screen burn, logos, display life etc.
As there is still loads of television output in 4:3 mode which will result in vertical black bars if it's shown "correctly" are TV transmissions ready for plasma? Just how "bad" for plasmas versus CRTs is it to show black bars on a regular basis.
There again, even when "all" TV transmissions are in 16:9 we'll still have (horizontal) black bars when showing 2.35:1 DVDs and other material - so is the question really "is plasma technology ready for TV?"
For the "techies" out there is the issue of screen burn and permanent damage an unavoidable product of plasma technology, or is it something that we can expect to get better it time?
Finally, I suppose before I lash out a minimum of £3,000 on a new screen what I really want to know is - is this a real problem for a "normal" watcher, or am I worrying too much!
Regards,
Simon
Any prospective plasma buyer like myself (and, I'm sure existing owners) must be frightened to death about all the posts about screen burn, logos, display life etc.
As there is still loads of television output in 4:3 mode which will result in vertical black bars if it's shown "correctly" are TV transmissions ready for plasma? Just how "bad" for plasmas versus CRTs is it to show black bars on a regular basis.
There again, even when "all" TV transmissions are in 16:9 we'll still have (horizontal) black bars when showing 2.35:1 DVDs and other material - so is the question really "is plasma technology ready for TV?"
For the "techies" out there is the issue of screen burn and permanent damage an unavoidable product of plasma technology, or is it something that we can expect to get better it time?
Finally, I suppose before I lash out a minimum of £3,000 on a new screen what I really want to know is - is this a real problem for a "normal" watcher, or am I worrying too much!
Regards,
Simon