We just bought a 57" Sony HDTV Projection Screen. I remember hearing that you can't use the PS2 on these types of tv (projection types), but I don't know why. Could someone please tell me? Or am I wrong?

It would be sooo nice to see it on the big screen.

no you can. you just need to be careful not to keep the games paused or keep the same images onscreen for too long since projection tv's can burnin over time if the image remains static.

2183.50 from best buy

i missed it

The danger comes from Phosphor Burn-in of the sensitive CRT's of RPTV's

First Calibrate your screen with Video Essentials or Avia if you have not already

Lower your white level (Contrast) as low as you can tolerate for "games" to help reduce phorphor burn in and try not to play for more then a couple of hours at a time and then switch to another game or movie for awhile.

This should keep the risk to a minium.

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when was the deal? i missed it too!!!!! Circuit City has the price match gurantee...am I too late? I bought it for $2999

I heard this burn it also applied to those cporporate logos (foxnews, nbc, mtv, etc) because they remain static on your screen for so long.

Anyone know if this is true?

It applies to anything static on the screen. So, if your tv is tuned to Fox 24 hrs/day, eventually the logo will burn into that part of the screen, and you'll see it all the time. If you've ever seen an arcade Pac Man/Ms. Pac Man machine, if the machine is old enough, the burn-in of the mazes will be visible.

Projection tvs are more susceptible because the three cathode ray tubes (crts) run brighter (hotter) and the surface is smaller (5-9" diameter per tube).

Plasma flat screen displays also have the same burn-in issue, because plasma displays use phosphors like crt's.

I've been playing games on my 53" Sony XBR since the Saturn days and I just make a note to take breaks if I'm playing a game with static images on screen, like Halo's status bars. I've also adjusted my screen so the contrast & brightness are lower than the factory presets.

If you can find the Video Essentials dvd that is a good tool to use to tune your set.

Cool, thanks for the reply.

I also have video essentials and my brightness/contrast levels are pretty low (well, not low as in bad).

What i wonder is, how much of a "break" do you need to take. I am never playing games that long on my 57 inch tv, so its not a big issue, but is just changing the input from game to television good enough? You dig what i'm saying? Is that 1 sec of non-static image good enough to prevent a burn in?

I don't know how many times I end up playing for 5 hours straight and wondering where the time went. As long as you don't leave the game paused or are in a game with static images (like fighting games' health bars) you'll be okay. If you do play games with static images, just take a break every once in a while and let the TV put some other colors up.

It was a few day price mistake. like an idiot I was in Best Buy and could had bought it on Thursday 4/11. I decided to look around since it was bigger than I wanted although the price was right. I checked back the next day to get it and it turns out to have been a company wide pricing error that went for about 2 days.

I was not happy with myself. I should have got it. the new price was 2855 I think. maybe you could check at best buy and if they have it for the 2855 you could at least get that pricematched at circuit city.

All I've ever done is switch the tv to a normal channel while taking a break (food, bathroom, etc)

I do the same thing as happy pants.... change the input from v.game to cable. I figure that it works kinda like a screen saver.