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I'm noticing some sure signs of temporary image retention on a family member's Samsung LCD. It's out of warranty, and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this problem first hand or has heard of such an issue on LCDs? What is the fix/replacement? Will it be expensive?
Last week, we were watching a news station for almost an hour...it might have been on that channel longer - not sure...Anyway, after switching to a different channel, it was quite noticeable that the news logo still remained on the screen (albeit faintly)...and was noticeable in light colored backgrounds.
Similarly, just the other day we were watching 4:3 content with black bars on the sides....after I changed the channel to a HD movie, I again noticed that there were faint lines still faintly observed on both sides of the TV against various backgrounds.
Also noticed the DirecTV menu's cells (little rectangular boxes - the outlines) can be seen for a split second after exiting/changing the menu screen. Could this be a DirecTV issue? I'm baffled...and being out of warranty I'm hoping this isnt expensive and that it doesn't get worse...Backlight was at 10 but has since been turned down to 3 and the signs are still showing up...
Last week, we were watching a news station for almost an hour...it might have been on that channel longer - not sure...Anyway, after switching to a different channel, it was quite noticeable that the news logo still remained on the screen (albeit faintly)...and was noticeable in light colored backgrounds.
Similarly, just the other day we were watching 4:3 content with black bars on the sides....after I changed the channel to a HD movie, I again noticed that there were faint lines still faintly observed on both sides of the TV against various backgrounds.
Also noticed the DirecTV menu's cells (little rectangular boxes - the outlines) can be seen for a split second after exiting/changing the menu screen. Could this be a DirecTV issue? I'm baffled...and being out of warranty I'm hoping this isnt expensive and that it doesn't get worse...Backlight was at 10 but has since been turned down to 3 and the signs are still showing up...