I'm getting ready to purchase a big screen CRT TV (not lcd/plasma) so I've been asking the sales rep's and what-not, but I'm not really sure how knowledgable they are. One I talked to today told me big screen TV's worked in the same way monitors did, and that if I left an image on too long, it would burn in. Well I've left my monitor sitting with windows up for 20 hours straight multiple times with nothing changing, and it's never had a problem.
I had another one tell me that espn's sports ticker could burn in if I watched a lot of baseball (since games are ~4 hours straight).
Basically what I'm wondering is, how long does it really take? I'm mostly concerned about playing xbox on it...and if I could play for a few hours here, a few there, or maybe even a 4-6 hour stretch without causing any harm to the TV. It would really suck to blow a grand on a TV to have it get burned in after a week/month.
I had another one tell me that espn's sports ticker could burn in if I watched a lot of baseball (since games are ~4 hours straight).
Basically what I'm wondering is, how long does it really take? I'm mostly concerned about playing xbox on it...and if I could play for a few hours here, a few there, or maybe even a 4-6 hour stretch without causing any harm to the TV. It would really suck to blow a grand on a TV to have it get burned in after a week/month.