Have plasma TV manufacturers solved the “burn in” problem?
Plasma has phosphors, which are essentially like a paint, which glows when bombarded with invisible ultraviolet light. CRT displays, and plasma as well, especially CRT based projection TVs, are susceptible to burning. This usually happens with extremely bright, high contrast, non-moving, or repetitive pictures. CRT based Projection, and Plasma are not well suited as data displays, or security camera monitors, etc. Newer video games have high resolution graphics, and have screen savers, virtually eliminating the problem. If someone walks away, leaving the display on, it should not burn. Shortly after 9/11, I had the distasteful job of informing some people that the manufacturers of their Projection TVs would not replace the burned CRT(s) under warranty. The very bottom of the screens were yellowish while watching a movie. The blue CRT seems to burn the hottest. They had their TVs on CNN, or other news channels, 24/7 after the disaster. The bright news streamer at the bottom burned the C
