There have been topics on this in the past but does anyone have recent info as to whether video games will burn in on the new Plasma's?

I heard the new games are using different percentages of white, as well as movement, to address this issue.

Also the Sony models allow you to lable an input "game" and have screen orbits.

Any of your latest discoveries/articles is greatly appreciated.

I always advise client to keep Video games OFF of plasmas. Its true that the newer games are not nearly as hard on TV's as they used to be, but Inevitiably, when I return to a clients home I find a Plasma on and Paused on a game screen for who knows how long....

Parents dont watch and Kids dont care...... Bad combination........

I have a customer who insists on watching 4:3 images and wants the black side bars removed under warranty!!!
Burn-in occurs even from the simplest things (ie broadcast logos )

The newer games may not be as harsh but who's to say the customers don't have older games they like to play?

If you alow for video games you're just asking for it.

Any type of image that will remain static on the screen even for a short period of time will create burn in.

The only display that will not burn in 'currently' is LCD.

Whatabout the input labels though?

are the manufacturers trying to tell us it's OK to play?

Most of the displays allow you to disable the inputs labels. Also most of them have a feature that when enable(comes disable from factory) moves the image around to avoid the burn in.

I have been installing the xantec ir2rs232 box.
When "game mode" is selected on the remote I send a command (we install nec plasma) to the ir2rs232 to turn on the screen wiper and pixel orbiter, this solves most problems. Then when a different "mode" is selected it turns it off.

Thanks for the input guys

That last thing is what was referred to as orbiting. Don't relax, though: it will blur the edges of burned-in areas, and they still might be visible, but less easily seen.

Flcusat, disabling the input labels is not the issue. If the manufacturer labels an input "Video Game," that will be seen before the label is changed, and a person will correctly assume the input can be used for video games.* That is a clear implication from the manufacturer that the product will not be ruined if used that way. Does anybody know anything about this issue?

*of course, this is not always true: in all versions of ProntoEdit, even the NG versions, there is a "cancel" button that can be hit during a download to the remote, because the software writers put it there, but doing so causes the remote to be screwed up until you get into Hyperterminal and do some magic. Sometimes stupid labels are put on things.

My guess is that they use the same lables on all their tv's.They leave them all the same to cut costs to design new menu's