Do I really have to worry about burn-in or uneven aging if watching too muc h 4:3 material, or too much CNBC, etc. on an LED-backlit LCD TV?
I haven't been getting "burn in" or anything else on my plain-old LCD monit ors....is LED backlit really more subject to burn-in and uneven-aging than plain old LCD with flourescent bulbs as the backlight?
From the user manual:
_____________________________________________________________ Wide screen format TVs (with 16:9 aspect ratios, the ratio of the screen wi dth to height) are primarily designed to view wide screen format full-motio n video. The images displayed on them should primarily be in the wide screen
16:9 ratio format, or expanded to fill the screen if your model offers this feature, with the images constantly in motion. Displaying stationary graphi cs and images on the screen, such as the dark sidebars on non-expanded standard format television video and programming, should be limited to no m ore than 5% of the total television viewing per week. Additionally, viewing other stationary images and text such as stock market crawls, video game displays, station logos, web sites or computer graphics and patterns, should be limited as described above for all televisions. Dis playing stationary images for more than 5% of total viewing time can cause uneven aging of your TV and leave subtle, but permanent burned-in ghost ima ges in the LED picture. To avoid this, vary the programming and images, and primarily display full screen moving images, not stationary patterns or dark bars. On LED models that offer picture sizing features, use these con trols to view different formats as a full screen picture. Be careful in the selec tion of television formats you use for viewing and the amount of time you v iew them. Uneven LED aging as a result of format selection and use, as well as burned in images, are not covered by your Samsung limited warranty.Still image warning
Avoid displaying still images (such as jpeg picture files), still image ele ments (such as TV channel logos, stock or news bars at the screen bottom et c.), or programs in panorama or 4:3 image format on the screen. Constantly displ aying still pictures can cause image burn-in on the screen, which will affe ct image quality. To reduce risk of this effect, please follow the recommendat ions below: ? Avoid displaying the same TV channel for long periods. ? Always try to display a full screen image. ? Reduce brightness and contrast to avoid the appearance of after-images. ? Use all TV features designed to reduce image retention and screen burn. Refer to proper user manual section for details. ____________________________________________________