Question What exactly does a plasma TV do if you hang one upside down?

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Funny that in the Pioneer 5090 TV manual it tells you to lay it on its side to put the stand on it.

I bet loads of people have laid it flat, so did anything happen to it?

Thanks
 
Funny that in the Pioneer 5090 TV manual it tells you to lay it on its side to put the stand on it.

I bet loads of people have laid it flat, so did anything happen to it?

Thanks

It's not advised because it can crack / shatter the glass due to the weight being pushed downwards. I've always made a habit of never doing it just in case.
 
Really?
When I first unpacked my Panasonic 50" just over 7 years ago, first thing I did was lay it flat on my bed to attach the table top stand.
Nothing ever went wrong with the screen.
 
Really?
When I first unpacked my Panasonic 50" just over 7 years ago, first thing I did was lay it flat on my bed to attach the table top stand.
Nothing ever went wrong with the screen.

"Can" being the key word. I didn't want to talk the risk. Laying it on it's front is far worse than it's back but if both can be avoided that is best.
 
A guy that bought my old 500A insisted on laying it flat in the boot of his estate car, screen facing up. I advised him of the risk in doing that but he was adamant it would be ok with some blankets and cushions placed around it. Didn't hear from him again so I assume all was ok for his 2 hour journey home.
 
A guy that bought my old 500A insisted on laying it flat in the boot of his estate car, screen facing up. I advised him of the risk in doing that but he was adamant it would be ok with some blankets and cushions placed around it. Didn't hear from him again so I assume all was ok for his 2 hour journey home.

It's a huge risk but more of one if he laid it glass side down.

I transported mine upright when I bought mine off here. :)
 
It's a huge risk but more of one if he laid it glass side down.

I transported mine upright when I bought mine off here. :)

Yep I've had 2 now and managed to transport them upright on the back seats with blankets over them and loads of pillows and cushions etc in front. My car is just wide enough with the 500A but would never get a 600A in it hence I couldn't "upgrade".
 
display the picture upside down im guessing ? :D
 
Early generation screens were so heavy that laying them down could cause them to crack under their own weight. Newer screens are about 1/5th the weight, so the problem steadily disappeared, with the final generation almost as robust as LCD.

I've worked commercially with plasma and LCD screens from the very earliest 640 x 480 resolution 60Kg 32" 4:3 screens up to the current 4K 80" beasts. I think in 20 years, we've broken one putting on a bracket - screws were too long, one that got the VIAGRA logo burned into the phosphor and one just recently which fell off a 2M stand and destroyed the screen!
 
My 2012 GT50 is about 30KG I think. Even the later ones are still heavy as hell.
 

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