[darkpuppet]

dad,Jan 11 2006, 09:11 PM Wrote:blah , blah, blah.....

I have a Samsung 42 hdtv plasma,....kids play games on it for hours on end , picture is great , it does not heat or buzz......absolutely no burn

pretty sure you just got a lemon .....

have a freind with the same unit for some time now....no problemo....

good luck on your purchase
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True, there are plasmas that are better than others... two years ago, they consumed nearly 300 watts of power, nowadays, they consume around 170 watts... and they have improved the lifespan to a point. But you can't deny the inherent weakness of the phosphors on plasmas. Their lifespan is horrendous, and if you do only one thing on it for an extended period of time, it will burn in.

For every hour of static image projected on a plasma, you should have about 2 hours of moving images to even out the burn. So you're two hours of porn every day evens out the kid's 1 hour of videogame playing ;)