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Edited by Multi sKills:
11/20/2014 4:49:53 PM
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Plasma Screen HUD Burn-In
Destiny is console exclusive, which means almost all players play on a television, not a monitor. Many of these players play on plasma screens, millions in fact. The average play session of Destiny is logged by Bungie at 4 hours. I fall around that mark, and that's about all I've used my TV for lately, as I'm sure is the same for many players.
This leads to a huge problem, one that may have already permanently damaged my near $3K TV, the HUD is burnt into my display.
I'm a very proud owner of the "65in Panasonic VT60, and I paid a very pretty penny for it. Millions of others also playDestiny on plasmas, and the fact is no matter how "worn in" a plasma is, it is still prone to burn-in or image retention.
Either can occur after a static image is left on the screen for an extended period of time, like say, playing Destiny for a few hours a day, with no other content appearing on the TV in between.
From my recent average playtime, I now have a retained image of the bottom left HUD area burnt in my display; super bar, all 3 weapon slots, among blur where ammo is counted and so on.
I left my TV wiping for 12 hours, and the image is still there.
(Update 11/19) My TV has been wiping for almost 24 hours, and still has the HUD clearly burned in.
(Update 11/20) My TV has been wiping for almost 48 hours straight. The HUD is still there, but instead of a dark gray shadow, it seems to be a tinge of pink. This is a bad sign)
There is a simple solution for preventing this, and still being able to enjoy long play sessions. Battlefield 4 got this perfect right off the bat, they added the option to adjust HUD opacity in the video options. This completely stomped the possibility for image retention, and even after hundreds of hours of gameplay I never had a problem.
For those who don't know, this option would make it possible to have your HUD slightly see-through so the pixels are being stimulated.
This is a very big deal, and has the potential to ruin many plasmas, only from playing Destiny for an average play session, even with days in between.
BUNGIE PLEASE, add a simple HUD opacity slider and put all your plasma owners at ease.
Love, every Destiny player with a plasma.
Please comment to get this noticed.
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Bump so this gets noticed. I think it is a simple fix, bungie. This error on your part can physically damage your customers equipment. I know it is easy to overlook this while your nerfing this or nerfing that...but come on guys.
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6 RepliesSame Tv, same burn in. I know bungie has said they are working on it, but this needs to be fixed asap.
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2 RepliesHow long have you been living in a cave for? Plasma TV's? Popular? Lel
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The new UHDTVs look like a safer alternative. They are currently extremely expensive though.
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Edited by BLAZE: 11/16/2014 7:17:04 AMthis shouldn't be a problem for anyone who can tell that a hour has passed and to turn off your shit and wait a minute. but you. lmao. you. you, do 4 hour sessions and can't regulate a moment to give it even 10 seconds rest. hahaha you deserve it. also you messed up buying that tv in the first place. all my friends had the same problem and i let all my sammys go all day when they over and just laugh at them
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Battlefield 3 happened to my old plasma. Not worth it
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I love how everyone without a plasma tries to derail each topic on these forums. It's almost as bad as Bungie not acknowledging this issue at all.
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2 RepliesEdited by DrumMonkeySib: 11/5/2014 1:23:43 PMI socond this totally. It seems all Bungie games have this searing HUD that is a death blow for gamers with Plasma TVs. Please Bungie, make the HUD so it can be dimmed by the user to their preference, and also a selection for an "auto-off" after 'X' seconds of no use or something like that. This can't be that hard to do. As the above poster states, Battlefield 4 has this functionality and it works wonderfully. I never had any image retention from hours on end of play with B4. But with Destiny, it's terrible. The super bar and the gun/ammo counters are just too bright! An option for the coloring of these elements too would be a huge improvement. Searing white and yellow are killers on Plasma TVs. Thank you very much in advance.
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3 RepliesI personally feel LEDs are better for this exact reason.
