I too am a LCD fan, not bashing Plasma or anything but in general people tend to get LCD as oppose to Plasma because of Plasma's "burnt out" on the screen. It does provide great contrast though, but now with OLED on the rise, it will be tough or even tougher for Plasma TVs to survive.
Again, with modern panels, burn-in just doesn't happen anymore unless you leave a high-contrast image in place for a really long time (many, many hours). If it wasn't a problem for you with CRT, it's probably not going to be an issue on a new plasma.
A more common condition is known as "image retention," which can occur after less time, but goes away quickly when viewing a full-screen moving image again. However, as I mentioned above, I have yet to see it on my plasma, and I've been watching for it like a hawk.
I totally agree with you, though, that once a 46-or-50-inch OLED set is available for around (USD $)2,500, plasma will be dead, and LCD will be buried right next to it. It's amazing. That little Sony XEL-1, with its mere 11 inches, truly knocked me backwards a step. That perfect image is within our grasp, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. I bought my plasma now because I believe it is going to take at least three years before such an OLED is available. Not that long at all in the grand scheme, but I was tired of waiting to replace my 27" Trinitron with an HD set, and the deal was too good.
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I too am a LCD fan, not bashing Plasma or anything but in general people tend to get LCD as oppose to Plasma because of Plasma's "burnt out" on the screen. It does provide great contrast though, but now with OLED on the rise, it will be tough or even tougher for Plasma TVs to survive.
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Again, with modern panels, burn-in just doesn't happen anymore unless you leave a high-contrast image in place for a really long time (many, many hours). If it wasn't a problem for you with CRT, it's probably not going to be an issue on a new plasma.
A more common condition is known as "image retention," which can occur after less time, but goes away quickly when viewing a full-screen moving image again. However, as I mentioned above, I have yet to see it on my plasma, and I've been watching for it like a hawk.
I totally agree with you, though, that once a 46-or-50-inch OLED set is available for around (USD $)2,500, plasma will be dead, and LCD will be buried right next to it. It's amazing. That little Sony XEL-1, with its mere 11 inches, truly knocked me backwards a step. That perfect image is within our grasp, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. I bought my plasma now because I believe it is going to take at least three years before such an OLED is available. Not that long at all in the grand scheme, but I was tired of waiting to replace my 27" Trinitron with an HD set, and the deal was too good.