Projection TV's and Video Inputs (Xbox, Computer)

[MattK]

Hey, I heard that you cannot plug a Video Game system into a big screen projection TV. Is this true?


Thanks
Matt

Um, where did you hear that?

Hrm RCA has a projection TV thats XBOX ready which means power it up and has special features to run the xbox from an on screen menu...so of course you can run them on a projection TV

[MattK]

Well see I saw this on the SEGA site

Projection TV warning

Still pictures or images may cause permanent picture tube damage or mark the phosphor of the CRT. Avoid repeated or extended use of video games on large-screen projection televisions.

And something similiar on Nintendo's

I found nothing on the Xbox site.

[AJ Quick]

You can run it on anything that you can plug it into. An X-Box looks best on a huge TV.. especially for games like Halo.

EDIT:

Originally posted by MattK
Still pictures or images may cause permanent picture tube damage or mark the phosphor of the CRT. Avoid repeated or extended use of video games on large-screen projection televisions.

Oh, well that is always a concern with TVs. If you leave a game paused or on a screen for too long, several minutes, it may be burned into the screen. (meaning you will always see the image, until it fades away). I don't really know what kind of problem it is with projection TVs. It is called "burn in"... it happens, but it should go away.


EDIT 2:

Check out this site:

http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[MattK]

Originally posted by AJ Quick
You can run it on anything that you can plug it into. An X-Box looks best on a huge TV.. especially for games like Halo.

EDIT:



Oh, well that is always a concern with TVs. If you leave a game paused or on a screen for too long, several minutes, it may be burned into the screen. (meaning you will always see the image, until it fades away). I don't really know what kind of problem it is with projection TVs. It is called "burn in"... it happens, but it should go away.

Yeah thats why there is a screen saver on a computer, but I am worried that some how (DONT ASK ME HOW, I AM A AV GEEK, BUT I DONT WANT TO BUST MY NEW BIG SCREEN) it will affect it more.

[MattK]

This is the TV I have, I cant find anything about video games on their site... do you see anything?


Matt

basically all that warning says is that to save the TV dont play your video games for long periods of time. Also you wont have to worry about ruining your mind...

Dont worry about the suggestion. There is no point in having a big tv if you dont use it. Also if something does go wrong, you bought a product replacement in case it breaks right?

[Harrison]

This is my TV:

http://www.sonystyle.ca/webapp/comme...2050&parent=TV

XBOX Halo in widescreen mode is so awesome (so is MechCommander).....heck, they're all awesome.

I'll say that Gamecube isn't as good on it (no widescreen mode, and less detailed graphics).

As for ruining the projectors in the TV, you can do it to any TV, Monitor, etc, if you leave a still image on it for extended periods of time (hence having screen savers on computers).

It is perfectly safe to play your XBOX on the big TV....just every so often (ie once ever 15-20mins) pause the game so the screen changes (or just beat the level in that much time). The only kinda stuff that would imprint on the projectors would be things like Health and Ammo stuff that is always on the same spot of the screen (but pausing changes the image, and solves this problem).

Enjoy your TV!

[Marc P.]

From a logical perspective, larger TV's (depending on the style, particularly projection, since it's not a big an issue with plasma) require more energy to move more photons/cathodes around a bigger space. I don't think the issue is so much with "burning into the screen" (since that became a non issue with the introduction of multiple scan rates, and higher quality monitors), but more an issue with the refresh, particularly in high/fast motion games like halo, unreal tourney, etc. where the TV is attempting to keep up with 90+fps of motion video at a scanrate between 50 and 60 hertz. Theoretically, if you push the cathodes to redraw the picture faster than it physically can, after playing for X amount of time, the cathodes gun will severely decrease in precision, resulting in blurred images, distorted pictures, and a general decrease in quality.

[Jnadke]

Basically, if you leave the same image on a screen for a long time, it will leave an "after-image" that you cannot remove.


Big Screen TVs are much more susceptible to this, but it can happen to any TV. You can go ahead and play your game, but choose one that doesn't display the same image for hours on end (Playing Pac Man for hours on end on your big screen is a no-no and will leave a nice Pac Man level on there).

Other than that, it's okay to hook it up to the big screen. It won't damage it at all if you're careful.