Subject: Channel logos and screen burn
From: Sam Goldwasser
Date: 9/23/03 9:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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Turn the brightness down.


Actually, the contrast or picture (whatever they call it) is the most critical.
Most manufacturers ship the TVs with this control cranked to full on default.
The reason for this is that consumers viewing these TVs alongside competitors
units judge picture quality by contrast (like cranking bass and treble to full
on audio). On my PTV (which came at 100% from factory), the "picture" level is
best at about 20%. There are two benefits, it won't burn in, and the CRTs will
last twice as long.

John