Help! I Burnt Out My Screen

[Chipstein22]

Alright I have a 46" Toshiba HDTV Widescreen. I couldn't stand having it cut off the top and bottom of the screen, nor could I stand it being stretched and fat. So I put it on Natural, which leaves the left and right gray. I left it on this way for quite some time... and now those areas where the gray was are much darker than the screen in the middle. So when I watch DVD's it has those areas darker and really takes away the viewing experience. Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks.

Chipstein22

[Forum Troll]

Burn-in is usually permanent.

[Raga]

Make a video with the middle part in the same gray and movie-strips on the edges, and then play it for the equivalent amount of time?

[Soopafresh]

You might want to post that question on AVSForum.com . Those guys are TV experts.

[Raga]

I'm pretty sure my suggestion will work, if all else fails. :P

[Teutatis]

The only way to repair screen burn in is to replace the CRTs. Very costly and not worth the expense.

[NiteLite]

Burn-in is usually permanent.

The only way to repair screen burn in is to replace the CRTs. Very costly and not worth the expense.

True and True...you can play full screen for an extended time and it may lessen the effect . Most likely not. Next time turn the contrast or white level down in the setup. It should usually have no use being above 60% max. Thats what caused it. TV's especially large rear projectors are made to watch in a dimly lit room and usually come with contrast turned full up as if watching outdoors in sunlight. In a netural grey room a 15 watt lamp placed behind the rear projector is suppose to be near perfect. I like total darkness..
Sorry to hear about your situation.
NL

[SatStorm]

Plasma screens do have this problem. That's why when you use them as 4:3 you must run everyday that demo program they have, to "refresh" the non used areas

LCD screens don't have this problem.

[RottenFoxBreath]

aye,and theres no way to fix it,once done,its like rear projection lcd/crt tvs,only way is a new screen or in your case,more probably,new screen and innards.
the burn in time for a rear projection,be it lcd/crt or dlp,is 100 hours,then after that really its owner usage entirely.
if its still under warranty,complain,if not,ooops!