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Alas, Mine Is Too Far Gone

Posted by Luminator on August 31, 2006 at 09:46:13:
My Fujitsu monitor has a white screen that is supposed to combat burn-in. I've used it repeatedly. Furthermore, I've left the set unplugged for days. Turn it back on, and the pink 4:3 film reappears, unchanged. Fujitsu sent a tech out, and though he never saw anything like this, he confirmed that the phosphors did indeed lose luminosity.
My dealer insisted to Fujitsu tha the set must have been defective. After all, their demos are used much more than mine, and they have not been prone to the pink screen of death.
It's too bad, because the Fujitsu plasma does have the capability to be quite vibrant, smooth, and sharp. Try watching a nature show in HD. When the camera zooms in on a cheetah, the motion of the camera is much smoother than on, say, my 46" Sony Bravia LCD. And, when the focus is on the cheetah, and he bolts and starts running, the motion via the Fujitsu plasma is much more fluid.
BTW, I still have the Fujitsu. As long as we keep viewing 4:3, we don't really notice the pink film. But if the program goes to 16:9, you will notice that the outside strips are clear, while the inside 4:3 is slightly dulled. The Fujitsu rep didn't think it funny, when the dealer jokingly asked if there were a way to burn in the strips to the left and right.