Supposedly plasma fades over many years. I’d be happy if someone could squash that as only a myth, because it kind of bothers me.
Thats what I have heard as well, and it makes me lean toward DLP. Sure the bulb burns out after 3 yrs but you can replace it
I used to feel the same way, until my son appealed to reason.
All TVs fade with time; always have, always will.
Plasma and LCDs just do it at one fourth the rate.
So where's the problem? I stopped thinking about it after that....
It’s a myth unless you are going to own the TV for 25+ years and watch it at least 8hours/day. The new plasmas have a life of 60000 hours, i.e that is how long it takes for the screen to lose half its brightness.
It is not a myth it is pure physics. Plasma drops to 80% of its original brightness in two to three years depending on the type of usage it gets. Most users are not aware of the gradual fade. Some users are bothered because of the lighting or angles in their viewing room.
That’s 17 years of constant viewing.
I went through 7 plasmas in less than year.
Two Hitachis, two Vizios, one LG, one Panasonic and one Samsung.
I will never buy another plasma again.
I went with LCDs, instead.
I now have a 37” Sharp Aquos [gorgeous] which I use as a PC monitor and a 42” LG which is pretty nice too but not as great as the Sharp.
Plasmas get “burn in” really fast if you’re not careful.
Mine all got “History Channel” perma-logos in less than a month and the Hitachi’s connections just simply “burnt out”.
Neither the Vizios or Samsung were anything to scream about, either.
The Panasonic was miserable to watch.
[Google “putty face + plasma”...it’s horrible to watch any movie with a lot of dark colors in it]
I will always buy the LCDs.
Just my tuppence tossed in.