Posted by Jules on 12/30/05 16:56

Hi Mark,

It does NOT mention anything about llowering the contrast in the manual, I
just reread the bloody thing and although it does mention screen burn it
does not mention any run in period or settings to avoid it,

It does howether state that it has automatic software to detect still images
and the screen will dull automatically to avoid burn.

My issue with the shop is that they were aware of these issues but failed to
mention them, When I put this to the manager he said, " if we told all
customers about this issue it would stop them buying our screens" go figure
!

I have written the shop asking for a replacement and await there responce

Jules


"Mark Richards" <markcr@wapthespamntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Does it mention lower contrast and initial running in period in the
> instructions? If not, then how would anyone know?
> "Damon" <d_shawcrossNOTTISBIT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns973C942DD89A6dshawcrosshotmailcom@130.133.1.4...
>> "Jules" <julian@julianporter.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:dp1h4g$qoi$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a 28 day old Poineer 436 XDE and I tonight noticed in the top
>>> right hand corner the discovery logo has burned into the screen, I
>>> only watch disco channel about an hour a night and every other day,
>>>
>>> is there anything I can do about this ?
>>>
>>> Cheers jules
>>
>> Jules, don't be hasty what you are talking about is almost certainly
>> image retention, not screen burn and it will fade and dissapear given
>> time.you didn't run the screen in using lower brightness, colour and
>> contrast settings as you are supposed to for the first 200 - 300 hours
>> viewing and people should keep the kids off Cebeebees and other logo
>> heavy channels for extended periods during the break in period, change
>> channel every so often or zoom the image every so often?
>>
>> Also, Seems a little unfair on the shop you got this from, that because
>> you didn't take known precautions they will now possibly take a loss on
>> this item.
>>
>> Check the AVForums plasma forum for threads about this issue and how you
>> should treat a plasma in the initial period.
>>
>> Also there is a batch that need a firmware fix to rectify a pixel voltage
>> issue that is partially to blame for this occurance. My 436XDE suffers
>> none of these issues from what I have seen but this is from a December
>> 2005 build with the firmware fixed out of the box.
>>
>> Damon
>
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