Gaming on Plasma

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GJohn

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50" of pure heaven...i was trying to compare it to my 2405fpw...on 2405 the picture is like dead, but on the plasma you can feel that the picture is alive!! Its so nice...i dont know why camera shows those lines?? because you can't see any line with eye, and pics don't do justice...it truely amazing

I don't know why i but i could not get HL2, BF2, POP3 to run...

oh and pr0n looks good too, maybe too good









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I don't want to rain on your parade but be very careful with that plasma man - they DO burn.

I had a customer destroy a 50" Runco he bought for $15K (a couple years ago) in ONE weekend playing Halo!
 
Do you have PC inputs on that thing?

I just run my XB360 music visualization after extended gaming sessions. Works for me.
 
LCD for PC and gaming. That's why i bought one.

Plasma gets burn in... New ones supposedly don't but... I don't trust. That's why I decided on LCD.

Be careful

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I'll stick with my plasma though I suppose I should've got one with PC inputs!
 
GJohn said:
but why?
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Each pixel of a plasma display has phosphors. In a plasma display, when a pixel remains at maximum brightness for several minutes without interruption, it gets hot and a thin surface layer forms over the phosphor. This thin surface layer resists the penetration of the UV light that excites the phosphors during operation and so the pixel shines less brightly.

Since pixels at maximum brightness cause burn-in, the most effective precaution is to set the white level correctly on the plasma. If use an incorrectly high white level (for example, in a setting with high ambient lighting), then you severely risk burn-in.

Many manufacturers feature pixel-orbiting technology to help combat burn-in. Pixel-orbiting is an improvement but does not eliminate the danger. Pixel-orbiting may work against bright lines but will not work against bright solid blocks. Pixel-orbiting blurs the edges of burned-in blocks so that they appear less objectionable.

On a positive note, there are many reports of apparent burn-in disappearing with subsequent normal use in seconds, minutes, or even hours. The trade calls this milder form of burn-in “shadowing” or “image retention”. The cause behind shadowing is not well understood.

The potential for burn-in is greatest during the first 100 or so hours of use, during which time you should keep contrast rather low (less than 50 percent) and avoid showing static images or letterbox bars on the screen for hours at a time. After this initial phase, plasma should be as durable as any television technology.

In my experience, the danger of burn-in has been greatly exaggerated but can still be an issue.

There was a decent report I read about this a couple months ago here:
http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasmatv-burnin.html

I bet it looks awesome man...I just wanted you to be aware. :D
 
Yeah definately watch out for "Burn In" Ive seen it while I was working at BB not long ago. A Pioneer we had hooked up to Comcast had lost the signal and displayed"Channel will be available shortly" on the screen for about an hour. Finally I switched it to another source and could see the image left on the screen. Now it washed away after a bit. But definately woke me up to yet another drawback to Plasma screens.
 
I knew about that when you leave one image on for long time, it gets hot...but while playing game your constantly moving so i dont think it should be a problem?
 
I was actually considering Plasma until I read how easily they can burn in, even the station logo's that sit in the corner of the screen when watching cable is a problem on plasmas , you never hear crt / lcd / dlp etc. users complaining about this , considering it would've been used mainly for gaming I decided against it based on this reason alone..

I also didnt know plasmas have motion blur in the form of green ghosting (or trails) , mainly noticeable with faster paced games,theres a large thread with users of all sorts of models saying it occurs although apparently not very noticable to some ,sort of like the rainbow effect on DLPs.
 
most consumer grade plasmas (like ones at BB and CC and CostCo) are all jacked up as far as contrast and brightness go. This is opposed to some of the boutique shops actually calibrate all their displays.

So the burn in with plasma is greatly exaggerated, but can occur with those settings. I would get the display calibrated via Avia or professionally. I personally use my Spyder PRO, because it is so easy and relatively inexpensive. May not be as good as a professional setup, but then again, my display is not professional grade.

I think that once you get used to the calibrated display things will look less "vibrant," but have more image fidelity. It will look so much better, and then non calibrated displays will almost hurt and look garish.

The end result is better image reproduction and better on your plasma.

Oh, I also had my 2405 digitally calibrated (the values being loaded into the video card, not on the actual display) and the difference is night and day with image quality.
 
GJohn
I knew about that when you leave one image on for long time, it gets hot...but while playing game your constantly moving so i dont think it should be a problem?
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Plasma does look nicer but not worth it if you play PC games and use as monitor as I do.
DLP is the worst of the bunch unless you wan't to keep buying bulbs.
 
Screensavers for the win?

Guys, remember when we had screensavers for a reason other then athstetic pleasure? :D
 
Plasma is nice. Only drawback other than burnin seems to be the relatively low resolution (720p) which to me seems a dealbreaker for PC usage.
 
mathesar said:
I was actually considering Plasma until I read how easily they can burn in, even the station logo's that sit in the corner of the screen when watching cable is a problem on plasmas ,
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My panny Viera gets heavy digital satellite TV usage, which most channels have logo's in corners or 'red buttons', even with these static images on screen for a long time no sign of burn in even after nearly a year and a half. I think another thing not to do is go for a cheap one. Yes I know only a handful of companies actually make the panels, but there are differences thru the price range. My bro in law bought a Hyundai panal and compared to a Panasonic it's embarrasing.....

Get what you pay for a guess.

Old plasma's get burn in. Newer ones don't for normal use. In this case the only time you'll get burn in is if u leave your desktop on 24/7 for a cpl of weeks solid, and if you do that then u get what you deserve.

It WAS a massive problem with older plasma screens, but the tech is there to stop it now under normal circumstances (something to do with rotating pixels, not 100% sure on the technical side but it does work). Have a reasonable contrast/brightness settings and be sensible and you'll have no problems. IMO they aren't suited to PC gaming anyway, it's more for a console/film enthusiast I'd say. Sitting too far away to read anything isn't really ideal for a PC.

I'll add that theres is also a way of getting rid of burn on older sets to a certain extent by playing a white screen for a long length of time. Seen it mentioned on a few av enthusiast forums and seems to get favourable results.
 
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