LCD screen burned in images

[jcarter]

We LOVE our new Samsung LCD hi def TV!  I am so glad you all steered us to this brand and gave us a lot of great info.
But here is another question, in the Samsung info book, it says not to be using it in regular mode for more than 15% of viewing time, in otherwords, having those blackish gray bars at the end of the screen, while you are viewing the non-HD stations.   As these will 'burn in'.
I guess we can watch it in 'stretched' mode? Though it does distort the images.
Thanks again,
Jane

[jcarter]

My husband just called the store we bought the LCD from and the tech said thats a bunch of balogna for the LCD screens, its not a problem at all. And to ignore the Samsung worry page.
But I wont believe it till I hear from you all.
Jane

[sandbox]

Jane, I see no physical evidence of image burn-in.
I suspect the Warning you see is a general video Heads-Up.

If one were too deliberately try to burn an imagine (in) or not be cognizant of the phenomenon in video imaging, the possibility of a distortion may be slight, but I suspect this Warning is nothing more than an awakening to the remote possibility which may be found in the small print of all screen manufacturers product liability agreements.

QUOTE

Among the many advantages of LCD are these three of particular importance:

" No Burn-In: One of the most frustrating problems that plague traditional CRT televisions as well as plasma displays is image burn-in. Burn-in occurs when a portion of the screen displays the same image for an extended period of time. After a while, that image can get seemingly burned into the screen permanently. Common culprits of this phenomenon include channel logos in the corner, stock and news tickers that run across the bottom of certain channels, and black bars from watching 4:3 programming on a 16:9 display. Although temporary image retention can occur, permanent image burn-in is not typically associated with LCD.

http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/HomeAudi...ngUptoanLCDHDTV

[jcarter]

Thats what the salesman said, its just Samsung covering their **s.
And not to worry about it at all.
Whew!

Found that our remote from Comcast is not operating properly, a lot of the controlling has to be done with the Samsung remote, so Comcast is actually going to send a rep out to troubleshoot it.  (I should ask our grandson, he is an expert with remotes, maybe Comcast will hire him, well maybe not, he is only 6.  I do  remember way way back when our dog was a puppy and she chewed one remote to smithereens, and we were very embarassed when we had to ask for a new one. They gave us one for free, and we all laughed about it.)

Thats kind of interesting, as they said its 'not communicating with the box'.  They sure are helpful and polite, I am glad Comcast bought our old Adelphia cable co.
There isnt any waiting time on the phone either, seems a great company so far.
Jane

[beacher]

Hey Jane, the "no burn in" was one of the things that made me decide on the LCD rather than plasma technology.  The other was the fading, and the "no repair" (at this time) status of the plasma screens.  I also just bought a Samsung (LN-S4096D), after dithering about what I wanted for the last 6 months. . . I looked at all the recommended brands (Consumer Report/Guide. . . whatever!), but liked the Samsung picture the best.

[jcarter]

This morning, one of the Comcast reps came over in his truck, nice youngster.  He had to program the remote a little differently than the phone tech support people had me do. He actually pushed all the buttons on the cable box as well.  I did remember the store asking us if we needed someone to deliver and set everything up, I declined not knowing that there was a lot to setting up. Plus it would have been $80 and $25 if we wanted to take the old TV away.
 The kid said we set everything up properly, but not knowing how to "sync" the box and remote, that part was not our fault.
Then he gave us a 'lesson' with the recording of shows.  And showed us more of the capabilities of this system, wow there is a lot to it.
I am so glad we got this Samsung!  And I sure appreciate all the advice that you all gave us.
Jane

[Parker]

We keep our Samsung 40" LCD on 16:9 always, to stretch the picture to fill the screen.

They probably just copied and pasted that from the manual for the CRT, Plasma and DLP displays. I have never heard of LCD "burn-in"