Oh no I got burned

[earwig999]

well my TV has. It is a Samsung LE32R41BDX I have been watching the snooker for a few days. Anyway I just noticed there is a trapezium type shape burnt into the screen from how the cameras lock on the table. It is noticable on all channels now.

Does anyone know if there is a simple way to try and fix this or is it knackered?

 

[Devilfish]

On some plasmas there is an option to get rid of burnin. Check your manual. It may be an option to invert the colours or make it white for a certain period of time. Or it may randomlly splash colours on the screen to get rid of it.

Usually it will disappear over time, give it a few days.

 

[earwig999]

Forgot to say, its an LCD, so shouldn't suffer with burn in, should it?

 

[sargie]

do you not have to leave it on a white/bright screen for a few hours to get rid of it?

 

[sargie]

Forgot to say, its an LCD, so shouldn't suffer with burn in, should it?

yes lcd's can still get burn in m8

 

[nok1]

i had one the other day on my plasma. kids must have left peter kay dvd on the menu and i had a big cheesy bully from bullseye thing on there. it went after a couple of hours thanks god.

 

[earwig999]

I found that there is an option to get into the Engineers Service Menu:

On your remote press “Power Off - Info - Menu - Mute - Power On”

I did a complete RESET, but lost all my settings, but at least it has gone now.

Phew, and who says watching snooker is boring?

 

[huggi]

messing in the engineers menu can invalidate ur warantee m8

 

[hawkish]

next time just leave it on an untuned analogue 'static' picture - it will work out in an hour or so. This works for plasma and LCD. The white bars and things do take a lot of operating time off of the life of the units

 

[Hobbit77]

I'd personally pour water on the burnt area

 

[jkyle42]

same thing herre mate, left my dvd on menu and it burnt onto the screen, put tv onto a static channel and left it for 1 hour cleaned the burn no probs.