Has anybody ever actually seen burn in related to aspect ratio?

[dankgus]

I have seen burn in on old monochrome monitors used on mainframe terminals, and on even on some server monitors that are powered on 24/7 without a screensaver.

However, I have NEVER seen burn in related to aspect ratios. Has anybody here ever actually seen such an occurance?

Personally I don't worry about it much. For a couple years I watched many movies in 16:9 format on my 4:3 PC monitor, but never noticed any burn in effects. Of course I used the PC as a PC most of the time so the screen was full.

Any info or comments are welcome.

--Dan

 

[Kentstater72]

Dan,
Yes I have a Panasonic 47" projection TV that was originally hooked up to cable.
I began watching all SD in 4:3 and after a few weeks the burn was noticeable.
It was gray bars and since I got away from using the Panasonic 4:3 the burn has faded away.
I am still paranoid about watching anything in 4:3

 

[FunkyBoss]

I am looking forward to seeing the responses. I too am worried about burn-in on my Sony 65" RPTV. But it doesn't stop me from watching all my SD shows in the original 4:3 aspect ratio with the black bars on the sides. I have been watching it like this for about a year and a half now, and I haven't noticed anything yet. Although, I always watch more HD then SD now that I have Voom.

 

[Walter L.]

See these threads:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=356701

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=444258

 

[slacker9876]

Never seen, but I have heard ...

I have never seen, but I have heard that only the TV's with the grey pillar boxes do this. I have been running 4:3, 1080i upconvert for my SD for about a month now and have seen no ill effects on my 55" Samsung RTPV.

 

[agregjones]

I have a 48 inch Mitsubishi 48313 that has some small amount of burn-in on each side due to 4x3 programming. It does happen. This is a unit I bought in February of 2004.

 

[jimmykce1]

My wife works in the ER department where they use 40" Sony plasma tvs. I did notice burn of grid lines from the charting system they use on the monitor when you switch over to a different screen.

 

[barth2k]

that must be one rich ER! Must not be county

I have seen report on avsforum and hometheaterspot of pillar bars burn in even on a properly calibrated set (contrast turned down). So I think if you watch enough 4x3 stuff with bars w/o watching enough 16x9 stuff to even it out, you'll get burn in. Having contrast set too high just accelerates the process.

 

[DarrellP]

You should rephrase this to "Displays that have been properly calibrated" then the answer will be a lot less "Yes", unless they are a Home Shopping Channel addict, no further comment necessary. A coworker's screen actually got fried from this logo, he had an older RPTV and the logo was visible with the picture off.

 

[fredramsey]

Burn In and 4:3

Just got rid of a Toshiba 50" RP, stupid thing displayed light gray bars in 4:3. They burned in.

Not so with my Mitsubishi 62" DLP...

 

[shappyss]

I have seen burn-in on a sony rear projection where the black bars were on the side