[MPlayer-users] Black borders can damage widescreen TVs?? are they kidding?

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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:46:15 +0100
Nico Sabbi <Nicola.Sabbi at poste.it> wrote:

> "On an LCD TV the usage of 4:3 format for an extended period of time
> can leave traces on the borders of the left, right and central part
> of the monitor because of the different light emissions of the screen"
> 
> Are they kidding? It sounds totally crazy to me.

It will indeed.  Though, unlike phosphor burn-in, it is
generally a short-term effect that will go away if you just leave the
screen off for several hours (or days in serious cases).

> Yet, the worst part of this story is that an association for the
> defense of consumers' rights (supposedly) wants to lobby for the
> forced broadcasting in 16/9 format, rather than recommending to buy
> some tv not subjects to this aberration :))

Free DLP TVs for everyone!

Seriously, though, burn-in not a big deal.  Better plasmas will shift
the picture by a couple pixels every few seconds, to avoid problems
with static images.  Direct-view CRTs don't really suffer from
burn-in.  LCDs only have temporary effects.  etc.  Only the cheaper
projection-CRTs/plasmas have serious burn-in problems.