Plasma TV Burn-In

With the same image being maintained on the screen for a long period of time, especially true when you go on playing the same game for hours or watching the same TV channel, the still image on the screen of your Plasma TV creates a constant current flow in each of the pixels, which ages the phosphor wall of the pixels more in that area. The TV screen would have, by that time, lost the capability to produce true colors owing to the weakening of the phosphor wall. The condition of the burn-in effect will be such that, a weak shade of the picture will continue to be visible on the screen. Burn-in causes hindrance in displaying other images, as and when the affected areas of the screen want a change in pixel's color.

To avoid burn-in you should avoid display of static pictures on your TV screen for long periods of time. Modern TV designs have been able to add functions which would automatically avoid burn-in to a certain extent. However, many of us still have older models, where we need to take precautions to prevent burn-in from taking place. The best way to avoid burn-in is not to put your TV on pause for a long time while you leave your TV set switched on, watch diversified content and properly calibrate your TV.

The modern plasma TVs use anti-burn-in features like pixel orbiter, which keeps on shifting the image in order to reduce the effect of a possible burn-in. When burn-in occurs, it leaves a shadow image on the screen, which may be of a logo, computer icons, Internet browser frames, or an entire image which was left on for longer hours. This makes the watching unpleasant so you want to do your best to avoid getting burn-in on your plasma TV.

Very briefly, the screen in a plasma TV is made up of array of pixels, and each individual pixel contains a gaseous substance. The pixels receive charge from a set of electrodes producing photons, giving away ultraviolet light. The light particles generated fall on the pixel wall which is coated with phosphor. When you view the same channel for a long time, or play the same game on your Plasma TV for long hours, the phosphor on the pixel wall may age more in certain areas and start to produce lights of less intensity. At times, with continued lights from the phosphor, the screen is liable to get burn-in, leaving a shadow of an image on the screen. To avoid plasma TV burn-in, you will have to use your plasma TV in a balanced way and avoid leaving the same TV channel or playing the same game for many hours in a row.

This is one of the aspects that you would need to find out when buying a plasma TV. You must make sure that the features do mention about protection against burn-in when you make a selection for the plasma TV that you want or buy a plasma TV model from a newer generation because those are less susceptible to get burn-in. While handling your plasma TV, you must remember that it is prone to burn-in especially during the first 200 hours of operation. This is because the phosphors are fresh at the start, and intense burning takes place when they are ignited as you switch on your Plasma TV. Because of this, the first thing you should do when buying a plasma TV is to properly calibrate it, reducing its contrast and brightness settings. This not only makes it less susceptible to burn-in but it also increases the lifespan and gives you more accurate colors and a better overall picture quality.

Shopping for Money

Mystery Shopping has been around for some time now and is becoming a recognized valuable source of income. In a nut shell Mystery Shoppers are hired to evaluate a company, policies, customer service, cleanliness and many other specified areas within the company so the business has a better idea of its strengths and weaknesses. They use the reports or "shops" as a tool for training purposes for their employees as well. The company then can work towards perfection creating a better atmosphere for customers and employees. Because this system is working for businesses they are utilizing Mystery Shoppers every single day everywhere!

Secret Shoppers are being utilized by a wide variety of businesses from retailers to financial and is even being performed in the entertainment end of the business spectrum. To give you an idea of the types of "shops" which are available, they include, Retail, Storage Units, Leasing Firms, Apartment, Retirement Facilities, Automobile, Insurance, Financial Banks and Investments, Home Loans and more, the list goes on and on.

There are different types of "shops" which include Internet, Phone, Covert Video and In Person. The "shops" pay anywhere from $10.00 dollars to $100.00 or more! On an average a Mystery Shopper can expect to get paid more in the $10.00 dollar to $35.00 dollar per "shop" completed range. Meaning, that there are more jobs available that pay between the $10.00 to $35.00 dollars, however; there are a lot of "shops" out there that do pay in the higher amounts; they are just harder to come by.

Because Mystery Shopping has become popular and a well respected source of income, it has also been given a bad name because of the scams that are running through the internet! Too many people have fallen victim of the scams therefore have a bad sense of Mystery Shopping and believe it not to be a legitimate source of income because of their experience.

I have personally been Mystery Shopping for several years and love it! This is a great opportunity for many people but specifically stay at home mothers or college students! As a Mystery Shopper you are in control of when you work and what jobs you decided to take. The convenience of Mystery Shopping makes it an even better job allowing a person to do what they need/want to do and make money at the same time! So whether you are a stay at home mother looking for extra income or a college student hoping to make some money or even an actively employed individual needing extra cash to make ends meet, don't overlook this opportunity that is available to any gender, age, race and background. Once you start making money Mystery Shopping, who knows you may end up like me and never stop!

Terri is a full time stay at home mother who writes and mystery shops on the side. She has recently finsihed an eBook called "Mystery Shopping Madness". For more legitimate income opportunites you can visit her site at:

http://www.momsmoneymaker-website.com

The PZ800 series meets the THX Certified Display specifications, signifying the highest standards of performance and quality. The PZ800 Plasma televisions feature an improved native contrast ratio of 30,000:1; Game Mode; VIERA Link; a PC Input, four HDMI connections and an all new one sheet of glass design concept.
Customer Review: TH-50PZ800U - review from an engineer's perspective
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV June 28, 2008 Owned for 45 days PICTURE QUALITY I can not say anything negative about the picture quality... it's a ten for today's technology. SOUND I dealt with a Panasonic rep when I made a deal on the 800U and he indicated that the sound was superior to the PH-50PX60U I already had... yeah, it's a tad better but not by much. My 14 year old Sony KV-27HFR tuber still blows them away in sound. But I guess most people don't use their flat panel TV for sound like I do... this ones in the bedroom and I don't have an audio system hooked up to it. BEAUTY The cabinet is nice... much nicer than I expected. It's got that sheet of glass front rather than several inches of bezel protruding around the glass that most flat panel TVs have nowadays. There is maybe a 1/4 inch low-profile black bezel around the glass front... very new looking. There is still a 3-inch bezel surrounding the picture tube (if that's what they still call them) - but it's underneath the sheet of glass front so when the TV is off it looks much nicer than that standard bezel look. ANTI-GLARE SCREEN The anti-glare screen is better than my PH-50PX60U... but not much. Don't expect it to be much of an improvement. One thing I did notice is that from the side, you don't as much depth in the double images... not much to comment on but it is another improvement. Cleaning the screen can and is hard to do. I used regular Windex after testing a small area. Using a soft micro-fiber cloth, it took a lot of reapplying Windex to get the finger smudges off the screen. Our hands left a lot of finger prints from hanging the TV. If you don't get the fingerprints completely cleaned off - then they leave an iridescent sheen on the screen that quite visible. This kinda reminds me of the anti-glare coatings on camera lenses. MPG VIEWER The TH-50PZ800U has a decent MPG viewer... it's not great but it's a step better because it "can" fill the screen now. Pictures don't get shrunk - they just display as-is. I've started cropping mine with ACDSEE or Photoshop at 1920x1080 so they fit perfectly. This year is a big improvement over the older viewer SW they had before. Controls via the remote are minimal... seems like you can start, stop and move forward & backward... and set the slide show delay in seconds. The picture viewer on my old PH-50PX60U sucked. Even though I would feed it a 2272x1704 picture - it would shrink it down to about 1/2 the size of the screen... grrr. Guess back then they didn't have any good SW engineers working at Panasonic. TV ERGONOMICS About as nice as you can get for a plasma today. Black rounded back that doesn't look bad when seen from the side. The front panel that folds down so you can access the SD memory slot is ok... but again, I give Panasonic a ding in the design - why did you not recess the SD slot a bit more so I could close the door when the SD memory card is inserted but not pushed in? Why oh why Panasonic guy??? This means that I can not store my SD card with my reformatted pics "in" the TV's SD slot... unless of course I leave the door cover open. Oh well. And why don't they give us a little slot under the door that holds a dozen or so of the SD cards... I've got 10 or so now and would like to use the smaller ones to organize my pics... and keep them in the TV. Oh well. WHAT'S BEHIND DOOR NUMBER 1 The front panel swings up to expose some external connectors and the important TV controls - just in case the dog carries the remote away. Menu TV OK/Video v-Vol-^ v-Channel-^ 1-S-video connector 1-Video L-Sound-R (RCA PLUGS) 1-HDMI connector 1-SD memory card slot SERVICE & MY DOG EARS Don't know if it's just me or what - but after the TVs been on a while, I begin hearing a high pitched noise coming from the TV. Kind of like a low pitch noise you hear from a transformer outside - but at the high frequency end. Mute the sound and it's less but still there. Turn up the sound and it louder. In fact, this is why I have the 800U... the noise from the old 60U was driving me crazy. But I must say that the local Panasonic customer service rep was great and he replaced the TV for me near the end of the 1 year warranty. I just paid a couple of hundred dollars and upgraded to 1080p. Again - Panasonic service was top notch! But if you haven't seen inside a 50 plasma yet, let me tell you - there's a whole lot of 2-inch high voltage capacitors in there... enough to make some serious high pitched electronic hum for sure. Don't let this sway you from a decision on this - no one else hears it but me... hence the dog ears. CONNECTIONS It's got everything I want... just check the published specs. The only thing I would recommend they change next time is to angle the connectors on the back down a bit so things like the HDMI plug don't stick out so far. This would allow the tilting wall mount to tilt down a bit more - right now it's resting the connectors against the wall. Not a big deal just a suggestion for Panasonic next year. REMOTE The remote mostly sucks in the normal remote ways, ie, the ergonomics, functions and button positions are poorly laid out. And where the frig did the sleep timer button go - it existed on my PH-50PX60U remote. So guess what - I'm using my old remote for the new TV... just for the sleep timer function... that's the only reason I pick it up. For everything else I use my FIOS TV Motorola QIP6416-1 DVR remote... but like most all remotes - it does not have a sleep button either - grrr. FINAL CONCLUSION Overall TV satisfaction... a 10. Suggestion for next years model - get some decent ergonomics engineers on staff and build the worlds first award winning remote :)
Customer Review: Excellent TV. Excellent buying experience
I could not be happier with my TV and the total buying experience from Amazon. It is rare when I get a chance to say, "Everything worked perfectly"! The TV arrived 3 days earlier than the original delivery date. I received a call from CEVA to schedule the delivery for the next day and they showed up right on time. The picture and colors on the TV are fantastic and the sound is great when run through a surround system