Does video gaming ruin plasma screens?

Answer 1

Plasma televisions suffer from an effect known as plasma burn. It can happen if a static image is displayed for extended periods of time. The phosphors in the screen are slightly damaged over a period of time and the result is that the image is burnt onto the phospor permanently. It has been known to happen within a few days if, for example, a logo is left permanently displayed for several hours each day. Therefore, any games console that has fixed images on the screen may cause the problem, especially if the same game is being displayed continually. It is worth reading the user manual for the television carefully and following the advice. Normally, this effect is not covered by warranties. Avoid leaving static images on the screen. Avoid having high contrast or high color static images and don't set the brightness adjustments too high. As long as you are sensible with the use of games on a plasma, there shouln't be too many problems.

Answer 2

yes, but not always. the "mess up" is a thing called burn in. it's whan a picture gets stuck on the screen and won't come out. the wii has burn in reduction to keep the picture from burning in.

Answer 3

Playing Video Games on a modern plasma screen will not ruin the display. There are some precautions that can be taken to prevent 'burn-in' on a plasma display.

As long as you mix up the game titles or use the TV to watch television broadcasts or movies, there will be no constant image in one area of the screen that can cause 'burn-in'.

Don't leave a paused game on the screen for more than an hour, and don't pause DVD's for more than 20 minutes.

Be sure to configure your game console to display the image across the whole screen at the maximum resolution your TV will support (1080p, if you can).

Answer 4

No except maybe the easy to mess up early plasma HDTVs