Televisions have an issue called Screen Burn-in. It happens when your television shows a still image or an icon for so long that its “ghost” remains on the screen. It is premature aging of pixel cells due to static images. For example, if a stock ticker or a news crawl continuously runs along the bottom of your display, that strip may be burned into your set.

LCD technology is not prone to screen “burn-in” or “ghosting” due to the nature of the technologies “twisting crystals.” But with plasma displays, static images will begin to “burn-in,” or permanently etch the color being displayed into the glass display element.

The time it takes for this to occur depends greatly on the anti burn-in technology of the manufacturer. Recent improvements by plasma manufacturers have certainly extended the time it takes to burn in a plasma pixel cell they have also included screen savers to prevent static images from ghosting the screen. So while pausing a DVD for 15 mins may not leave a permanent ‘ghost’ on your screen it can be washed out with grey static, leaving static images for longer periods of time will eventually lead to permanent burn-in. It is said that plasma technology is improving their anti burn-in times really fast and this is not so much a concern as it was a year ago.

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