With many superlative qualities that make television viewing enjoyable exercise, plasma technology has earned accolades of the consumers ever since it was invented, developed and offered in the market.  But it was always haunted by a spectre known as burn-in which invited critical comments from product watchers.  Many consumers were apprehensive of plasma television despite the innumerable benefits it has bestowed on them.

Burn-in is a phenomenon that occurs in plasma display screens due to burning of phosphorus.  Image blurs and ghosting appears as a result of this malady.  The burn-in damages the pixels and causes negative impacts on the durability of screens in the long run.  Damaged pixels glow with reduced brightness in the midst of other surrounding pixels on the screen to produce blemishes.  It is therefore obvious that the reason for the burn-in has originated from the technology adopted in its manufacture.  The manufactures had no other alternative but to find foolproof solution to prevent this inherent problem, without which the future of the product will be in jeopardy.

Almost all plasma television brands have adopted anti-burn setting to prevent the problem.  One of the methods employed by the manufacturers is known as ‘motion adaptive anti-burn’ which involves moving the images slowly around the screen in order to make the burn-in invisible to the eyes. Along with such techniques the quality of phosphorus gas is improved to make the system more resistant to burn-in tendencies.  The manufacturers also advice the users to adjust the contrast settings at about 50 percent lower, at least for a period of first two hundred hours of the new plasma television.  Such an arrangement will allow phosphorus to glow more intensely in the initial periods, reducing the risk of burn-in.

Another suggestion is not to leave a static image on the screen when not viewing the television.  Some of the users keep the device switched on while attending some other work like answering phone calls etc.  Switching off the television without allowing a static image to remain on the screen will definitely help to reduce the problem of burn- in and to enhance the lifespan of the screen.  Intensive efforts of the manufacturers to incorporate anti burn-in settings in the plasma television sets and to render useful tips to the users have yielded positive results.

Now a days, none of the popular brands of plasma television has serious burn-in problems thanks to the techniques adopted by the makers.  Samsung has incorporated advanced anti burn-in technology in their products.  Panasonic, Sony, Philips, Hitachi and LG have their methodologies to prevent burn-in problems in plasma television.  Auto pixel shift of Panasonic, Anti ageing circuit of Philips and AliS type panels of Hitachi are some of such techniques adopted. Use of green phosphorus is an effective remedy in this context.