# Plasma tv burn in **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072 "2013-01-23T04:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaketheweight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jaketheweight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaketheweight)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/1 "2013-01-23T04:57:05Z")
Hi, I have a 60 inch plasma tv and I just fell asleep for aprox 2hs and 45min and now the tv has burn in, never had a problem like this. It’s a white screen with a blue print that says this program has ended, you can see it clearly. Is there a way to get rid of it? I can’t seem to find my owners manual it’s late i’ll have to check tomorrow to see if I can find it ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/2 "2013-01-23T05:11:08Z")
I think most plasma sets have ‘anti image retention’ settings, or some such in the menu. My Panasonic ST30 has a setting that scrolls a white bar across a black screen for 15 minutes to help reduce/prevent burn-in. Usually such images go away after a short time, the longer the static image, the longer it takes to get rid of. I had severe burn-in on my set from playing too much Skyrim on my Xbox, but it’s slowly disappearing (I can still just barely see the level progress indicator after removing the Xbox several months ago). ---
**Author:** ![jaketheweight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jaketheweight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaketheweight)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/3 "2013-01-23T05:16:37Z")
I’m looking at the image now, it’s a white screen and blue lettering, should I do the white wash feature on my tv? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/4 "2013-01-23T09:24:22Z")
At this stage it’s not burn-in, as that’s permanent. It’s [transient image persistence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in#Plasma.2C_LCD_and_OLED_displays), which can be fixed using the handydandy feature to cope with it in your settings, or just watching regular TV for a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/5 "2013-01-23T16:09:49Z")
Yeah, I’d leave the TV running on a channel while you’re at work today. It should clear up by within a few hours. Good luck, and let us know how it goes, **jake**. ---
**Author:** ![jaketheweight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jaketheweight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaketheweight)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-burn-in/648072/6 "2013-01-24T05:56:34Z")
Hey update, I did the white wash feature on the tv, left it on this for 20min then I switched to regular tv channel and left it on for about 30 min then I turned the tv off and back on and it was completely gone.