blowy111
Active Member
I have Got a 14 month old Panasonic VT30 50", i have owned from new and I have used the set for 10 hours a week at the max
(i work a lot, and sleep a lot!). We mainly watch Sky on the set, with the occasional Blu-Ray.
It now seems to have the 'ghost' of the Sky HD 'Pause / play' icon in the lower right corner. This is mainly visible as bieng slightly darker than the background on white/cream or light coloured solid scenes.
When i got the plasma i educated my other half on the 'correct' treatment of them and asked her not to leave the set paused for a extended period , i am sure that the absolute maximum this has been on pause ,is about 10 minutes (the icon also appears when you fast fwd etc though, so is on screen at other times). To be honest, we have 'babied' the set, particularly for the first 6 months.
I have tried a couple of measures to get rid of it (i noticed the ghost image 3 weeks ago), including 6 hours of solid colour slides - via USB (found on this forum somewhere) and 6 hours of my friends Disney WOW Disc on the Pixel Flipper, both were split sessions of 3 hours x 2. We have still been watching Sky as normal but not pausing the set at all and pressing 'back-up' where possible to remove it from the screen as soon as possible.
The set is on 'normal' with contrast and brightness midway (and was when i took the above 'failed' measures). The wife says she can barely notice the image but se acknowledges its there.
My question's are please, will it go? Surely when we keep watching Sky we are 'topping it up'.
Should the slides/pixel shifter be run with increased brightness and contrast to help move it? Is this a 'normal' thing to happen to this set?
Im worried that i have spent a lot of money on a 'faulty' set, where the fault is specifically excluded from its 5 year manufacturers warranty.
If anyone can offer good advice or reasurance it would be appreciated, most of the threads on this relate to channel logos etc, not the icon which is on screen for a relativley short amount of time.
(i work a lot, and sleep a lot!). We mainly watch Sky on the set, with the occasional Blu-Ray.
It now seems to have the 'ghost' of the Sky HD 'Pause / play' icon in the lower right corner. This is mainly visible as bieng slightly darker than the background on white/cream or light coloured solid scenes.
When i got the plasma i educated my other half on the 'correct' treatment of them and asked her not to leave the set paused for a extended period , i am sure that the absolute maximum this has been on pause ,is about 10 minutes (the icon also appears when you fast fwd etc though, so is on screen at other times). To be honest, we have 'babied' the set, particularly for the first 6 months.
I have tried a couple of measures to get rid of it (i noticed the ghost image 3 weeks ago), including 6 hours of solid colour slides - via USB (found on this forum somewhere) and 6 hours of my friends Disney WOW Disc on the Pixel Flipper, both were split sessions of 3 hours x 2. We have still been watching Sky as normal but not pausing the set at all and pressing 'back-up' where possible to remove it from the screen as soon as possible.
The set is on 'normal' with contrast and brightness midway (and was when i took the above 'failed' measures). The wife says she can barely notice the image but se acknowledges its there.
My question's are please, will it go? Surely when we keep watching Sky we are 'topping it up'.
Should the slides/pixel shifter be run with increased brightness and contrast to help move it? Is this a 'normal' thing to happen to this set?
Im worried that i have spent a lot of money on a 'faulty' set, where the fault is specifically excluded from its 5 year manufacturers warranty.
If anyone can offer good advice or reasurance it would be appreciated, most of the threads on this relate to channel logos etc, not the icon which is on screen for a relativley short amount of time.