Well I see lots of Sansung Plasma Owners complaining about IR. If anything it's the Majority of people out there having a problem and only a few that don't. That's how I see it. Which is why I almost right away rules a Samsung off my list of HDTV"s to buy.
I don't worry about IR on my Panasonic. Hell I've left a Static Image on the screen for Hours and yet no IR at all. Quite a few times in fact. Channels Logo's is nothing to worry about, besides when the Commercials come on they go away. I really didn't do anything special to break in my plasma either. Mostly full screen stuff. I've read so many new messages here and they are complaining about IR, and I think that it must be another Samsung, and Sure enough as I continue reading the message it is, Well golly, another Samsung and IR problems. One after another. If you got a Samsung and your happy with it, great. I'd never buy one. At least so far. Maybe the next new Models will be better.
For me, for Plasma's, it's Pioneer or Panasonic. That's it. I know in my Family alone we all have 50" Panasonic Plasma's. In fact my brother and I end up getting the same one and my Dad ended up getting the Costco version. I didn't say a thing about HDTV's to ether of them. I don't HATE Samsungs, I'd just never own one. To me Bad Reputation for getting IR and easily, and well I game on mine. No thanks, I don't want to risk it and I should'nt have to put up with it. Who cares if it goes away fast, it's better if it wasn't there to begin with.