Screen
Burn SummaryThis
is probably the most important section
to read. Failing to prevent screen burn will render your plasma or LCD
TV as useless, it will not be covered by the warranty and it can occur
within a few hours of getting it home. Not only that but some of the
most likely causes are NOT what most people are on the lookout for.
Screen burn CAN be prevented almost completely.
What Is Screen BurnScreen
burn is where an image you were
viewing on the Plasma or LCD
screen remains there either temporarily or eventually permanently even
after we have finished displaying it. The result in minor cases is that
an annoying ghost image appears when we are watching our favourite
program and in the worst case the retention is so bad that the display
is totally unwatchable. If
you want to try
something now to remove
screen
burn then check out 3 popular methods for removing LCD or Plasma Screen
Burn. PixelProtector
Screen Burn RemoverThere is a
commercial DVD we sell for just such problems. It is called
PixelProtector
(Pixel Protector) and retails for about £25.
Use
The PC For Screen Burn RemovalIf you
can
hook your PC up to your screen
burn affected TV try this. Create a folder in 'My Documents' called
'Screen
Burn'. Now open up a picture editor like
'paint' available on all Windows PC's. When you run 'Paint' a blank
white document is what you should have in front of you. That is exactly
what you need. Select File – Save as and name your picture
'white'. Be sure to save it in the folder you just created.Next
you need to click on the 'black'
section of the colour pallete at the bottom of the 'Paint' window.
After you have selected black click on the 'Fill' icon (a tipped paint
pot) on the left. Now simply click in the middle of your white picture
and it should become totally black. Select File – Save as and
name you picture 'black'. Again be sure to save it in the folder called
'Screen Burn'. You don't need paint any more so you can shut it down. Now right click on the Windows
desktop an
select Properties – Screen Saver and using the drop down list
select 'My Pictures Slide Show'. Now to configure the slide show. Click
Settings and configure as follows. Slide the bar to 'More' so that
pictures change frequently. Slide the next bar to 'Larger' so pictures
fill the whole screen. Now click the 'browse' button and find the
folder you made called 'Screen Burn'. In the next set of options:-
Check 'Stretch Small Pictures', Uncheck 'Show File Names', Check 'Use
Screen Transitions' and finally uncheck 'Allow Scrolling Through
Pictures With The Keyboard'. Save the options. Different versions of Windows might
have slightly different
configuration options but as long as the result is a completely filled
(no borders), alternating white and black screen with no writing then
it will probably help. Now
let your screen saver run. Leave this for a at least a few hours to see
some results. If you use your TV for the
PC then it might be a good idea to use this as your regular screen
saver and run it frequently. This
method gets slower results than JScreenFix but is more screen
'friendly' and it shouldn't matter how often you run it. Once again the
only annoyance is the headache of connecting the pc to the TV if you
need to do it regularly. Avoid
Screen Burn By Calibrating Your TVThis
hopefully simple to follow tutorial will teach you how to get the very
best, most realistic image possible from your HD TV while at the same
time significantly reducing the chance of getting any screen burn. Calibration
tutorial.
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