definitely not plunging it into your PC, my mom keeps telling me it burns out like that ,but i don't think so.
A "burn-in" is actually a physical damage to the phosphorous surface of the tube. The ONLY repair is to replace the tube.
Burn-in is the reason computer screensavers were invented. Burn-in happens when an image is displayed too long on a screen. This only happens with traditional CRT "tube" televisions and monitors and plasma TVs and monitors. It has been an especially big problem with rear-projection TVs. On these TVs and monitors, the tubes beam electrons onto the back of a phosphor-coated screen. If the images don't move for an extended period of time they can become permanently etched on the screen. FYI rear projection TVs now use light passing through an LCD. Burn in isn't nearly as big an issue with modern rear projection and LCD projection screens as it was with the older ones. It's also not nearly as big an issue as with plasma and LCD TVs, which have some pretty intense burn ins. The biggest problem you have to worry about with LCDs is dead pixels. Pixels die and just turn black, or sometimes white. The biggest problem with Plasmas is the fact that the actual plasma in the TV weakens over time and the brightness of the screen is drastically reduced over time. We have three at work that we bought about a year ago and they've lost approximagely 25-35% of their brightness already. LCD projection TVs have LCDs in them, so they can suffer from pixel death as well. Rear projection TVs without LCD projection can have their R, G, and B guns burn out - but those guns can be replaced (although it's sometimes expensive).
I'm not trying to be flippant, but your best bet is to call a TV technician. There's too may possible causes for the problem as you describe.
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Rear-projection technology allows for large displays; rear-projection televisions range from 42" to 80" on the diagonal. Furthermore, rear-projection televisions are comparably less expensive than similarly sized plasma televisions. The rear-projection television is also very simple to set up, as no drywall work is required.
The Xbox will work great with projection or DLP TV's.
Sounds like your projection lamp is about on its last legs. They do that because as they age, the quartz envelope inside changes shape and gets a bulge (usually at the bottom) and that causes the internal pressure to drop, which in turn makes it harder for the ballast to keep it lit.
The place that will give you the best deals on Projection Televisions is Best Buy. You can buy one here. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Televisions/Projection-TVs/abcat0101002.c?id=abcat0101002
Samsung's 63-inch PN63B550 was the largest rear-projection Tv on the market.
This questions is not really clear to me.Do you want to correct a dark projection screen in a rear projection TV or are you talking about a real projection screen?Thanks for clarifying.Otto TrommBeamax
If a plasma television is paused too long this can cause a burn. Other reasons are static images showing for too long, gaming and circuits that fail. If one watches a station like CNN for 24 hours, this can also cause a burn.
You can purchase rear projection televisions at garage sales and websites such as Ebay and Craiglist since they are not made alot anymore. They have been replaced by flat screen televisions.