I asked this question several times, on many different forum and many different stores that sell TVs but I haven't tried it here...so lets give it a try...
Basically I had a samsung LCD, and every time I used HDMI I would notice that when I switch from a channel that shows a bright picture to a channel with a dark scene, a inburn of the bright channel would be visible on the dark scene of the new channel...so for example if I was watching the discovery channel and they showed an eagle flying and the sky was very blue this scene is very bright, then if I switched to a second channel and lets say they were showing a night scene I would still see the eagle almost burned in (sort of grayish) on the black and then once a new scene comes it disappears.
So I though the tv was messed up, then about 6 months later (bout a year ago) I got another LCD. This time I was confident this problem wouldn't happen, got home plug it in...bam same problem.... does anyone have any idea why this happens.... I asked my friend who has the same samsung if he has this problem and he said yes. I am planning on getting a new LCD, probably from SAMsung since they make great gaming LCDs but I this might make me switch to SONY or someone else if I cant use HDMI without this crap in burning...
If you know why this is happening please let me know, I would appreciate it so much.
P.S The HDMI cables I used were top quality Monster HDMI, not some cheap ones.
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SAMSUNG TV HDMI Burn In
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A discourse on human vision, phosphor or LCD/Plasma image retention and more would have to be done. As you described it, there is nothing busted, broken or bad (BBB!) The image in many display systems would exhibit such a ghost so we may have to wait many many years to find a technology without ghosting. OLED may be the answer here but look at the cost involved to get that today.
The real problem is finding someone to explain all the areas why this happens. The next problem is filling heads with enough information why it's a limit of the technology, human eyesight and your wallet.
Bob
SO this is pretty much going to happen on any LCD I get, no matter what size, or brand?
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EXCELLENT. PLASMA BURN-IN IS A THING OF THE PAST; WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE
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