CompuDude
12-31-03, 02:03 PM
I have a VERY expensive rear projection HDTV by Mitsubishi. Many others in this forum are doubtless in the same basic boat I am in: Fear and dread of burn-in from on-screen elements.
My friend has a Sony RPTV (4x3, but HD ready) with a Dish 508. He has had the TV for two years. Despite him being very careful, his roommates were less careful, and as a result, his $3500 Sony big screen has a ghost of the blue pause button permanently burned into the screen.
I've only had my TV for a year. And I have been even more careful than he has. And I've kept as tight a rein as possible on my roommates, but I know they have been careless a LOT. I do NOT want a pause button burned into my TV, or a guide screen, or anything else. PLEASE impliment some sort of floating display elements that enable us to move the position of the various on-screen graphics. A screen saver (such as the early DishPlayers had) would help, but better would be the ability to actually move the graphics.
If for nothing else, then the pause button, as that is the most common static image, and the one most likely to be left on for long periods of time. (Ever hit pause for a phone call that ended up taking hours instead of the 3 minutes you thought it would?) Perhaps a selection setting so it can be moved to four different positions (top, bottom, left right)? That would enable us to at least delay the inevitable by manually moving the position periodically. But if the graphics automatically drifted a bit, or switched on their own, that would be best by far.
Please help protect my investment, as that investment is what keeps me investing in your company's products.
-CD
My friend has a Sony RPTV (4x3, but HD ready) with a Dish 508. He has had the TV for two years. Despite him being very careful, his roommates were less careful, and as a result, his $3500 Sony big screen has a ghost of the blue pause button permanently burned into the screen.
I've only had my TV for a year. And I have been even more careful than he has. And I've kept as tight a rein as possible on my roommates, but I know they have been careless a LOT. I do NOT want a pause button burned into my TV, or a guide screen, or anything else. PLEASE impliment some sort of floating display elements that enable us to move the position of the various on-screen graphics. A screen saver (such as the early DishPlayers had) would help, but better would be the ability to actually move the graphics.
If for nothing else, then the pause button, as that is the most common static image, and the one most likely to be left on for long periods of time. (Ever hit pause for a phone call that ended up taking hours instead of the 3 minutes you thought it would?) Perhaps a selection setting so it can be moved to four different positions (top, bottom, left right)? That would enable us to at least delay the inevitable by manually moving the position periodically. But if the graphics automatically drifted a bit, or switched on their own, that would be best by far.
Please help protect my investment, as that investment is what keeps me investing in your company's products.
-CD