Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

HDTV CRT burn in

by 67chevyss Mar 18, 2006 2:10AM PST

Okay, I've been trying to determine whether I need to worry about burn-in on my new HD CRT. I don't really like the stretched zoomed look and would like to just watch normal 4:3 when that is what the signal is. I've been told that after about 100 hours of just using the thing with the whole 16:9 screen filled that I can watch the 4:3 with no worries. Will that do it? I watched movies for years on old CRT that was 4:3 and had no burn on it from 16:9 format but then it was probably several years old before wide-screen DVDs came out. I am not a gamer so that is not an issue. Do I need worry that my new TV will have ghostly shadows of black if I watch 4:3 pictures? or should just put it on a wide-screen HD channel and leave it that way for about four or five days and not worry about burn in again. Thanks for the help Arty

Discussion is locked

4 Posts
- Collapse + Expand Details
- Collapse -
should not be problem
by stewart norrie Mar 18, 2006 2:42AM PST

Unless you had the brightness and contrast up all the way and never watched 16X9 programs. Also you may be able to change the side bars from black to gray use gray

- Collapse -
Wrong again Stewart
by kena10 Mar 30, 2006 2:42PM PST

Contrary to Stewart's suggestion, CRT is not prone to burn in. you have nothing to worry about. Unless you have a plasma, that's when burn in is an issue.

The other thing is that most of the shows people watch are not in HD (meaning that the only person who watches HD programming 24x7 is Stewart; hey let's face it, I have HD service but there are other channels in SD that I also like to watch), so when you're looking at other channels in SD you won't have to worry about changing picture aspects.

- Collapse -
Thanks -Why not more HD?
by 67chevyss Mar 30, 2006 11:51PM PST

I'm not sure it's much of an issue; so far it's okay.
I really don't like stretching the picture from 4:3 because it makes everything look really strange. I really am enjoying my HD but I wish there were more HD programming; when is that going to happen? I think everything should be 16:9. Arty

- Collapse -
uh.....images could burn into crt tubes........
by masterying01 Mar 31, 2006 5:58AM PST

its a lot harder to do then on a plasma...but it is possible.

Back to TVs & Home Theaters forum

CNET Forums

Operating Systems
Software
Electronics & Gadgets
Hardware
Tablets & Mobile Devices
General Help
Brand Forums
Roadshow Autos
Off Topic

Other Forums

Forum Info