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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Samsung wins accidental burn-in test

It's 2012, and while many thought plasma TV technology would have died out by now, it's still going strong. Meanwhile, burn-in, the No. 1 perceived problem with the technology, is all gone, right? Well, not exactly. As we found out inadvertently, one plasma out of the Panasonic VT50, Panasonic GT50, and Samsung E6500 performed better than the others. But there was hope, as with a bit more use we were able to remove artifacts from at least one other.
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Samsung wins accidental burn-in test
It's 2012, and while many thought plasma TV technology would have died out by now, it's still going strong. Meanwhile, burn-in, the No. 1 perceived problem with the technology, is all gone, right? Well, not exactly. As we found out inadvertently, one plasma out of the Panasonic VT50, Panasonic GT50, and Samsung E6500 performed better than the others. But there was hope, as with a bit more use we were able to remove artifacts from at least one other.

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