Green Ghosts
retiree748
Newbie

I am experiencing ghosting on the right side of both standard and HD on all channels.  Never happened before.  The ghost is green in color.  What can be done to fix this annoying problem?

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Re: Green Ghosts
Hubrisnxs
Legend

that is sometimes related to the tv not be able to handle the resolution that is being sent to it,

you can try to change the video settings from 720p to 1080i and vice versa.    if neither of those make a difference, then it is like a color wheel or a bad bulb, both ard hardware problems and would require a tv repair man, you'd have to look in your yellow pages for a local - or if you have a warranty on the tv still, then you would call the people that do your warranty.  

to access the video settings, you can click on menu for your fios tv.

you'll see the fios menu

go down to settings

then choose video settings

then choose video format,    

it will likely be on 1080i and you would want to switch it to 720p.   or vice versa. 

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Re: Green Ghosts
Hubrisnxs
Legend

I Found something on wikipedia that may shed some light on it too

Screen burn-in

An example of a plasma display that has suffered severe burn-in from stationary text

With phosphor-based electronic displays (including cathode ray and plasma displays), the prolonged display of a menu bar or other static (fixed in place and unchanging) graphical elements over time can create a permanent ghost-like image of these objects since phosphor compounds which emit the light lose their luminance with use. As a result, when certain areas of the display are used more frequently than others, over time the lower luminosity areas become visible to the naked eye and the result is called burn-in. While a ghost image is the most noticeable effect, a more common result is that the image quality will continuously and gradually decline as luminosity variations develop over time, resulting in a "muddy" looking picture image.

Plasma displays also exhibit another image retention issue which is sometimes confused with screen burn-in damage. In this mode, when a group of pixels are run at high brightness (when displaying white, for example) for an extended period of time, a charge build-up in the pixel structure occurs and a ghost image can be seen. However, unlike burn-in, this charge build-up is transient and self corrects after the image condition that caused the effect has been removed and a long enough period of time has passed (with the display either off or on).

Plasma manufacturers have tried various ways of reducing burn-in such as using gray pillarboxes, pixel orbiters and image washing routines, but none to date have eliminated the problem and all plasma manufacturers continue to exclude burn-in from their warranties

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display

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Re: Green Ghosts
Hubrisnxs
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looks like it might self correct.

(2) Know that plasma screens are more prone to burn-in during their first 200 hours of use. When phosphors are fresh, they burn more intensely as they are ignited. This means that relatively new plasma display TVs are prone to "ghosting", which occurs when on-screen images appear to stay on the screen belatedly. This is a function of the high intensity with which new phosphors "pop," and this phenomenon usually "washes out" on its own, as the screen displays subsequent images. Displaying a bright, or moving snow image (as with a DVD or VCR with no input) will "wash" a ghost image from the screen in most cases. Many plasma manufacturers have installed anti-burn settings, which are monotone gray or snow screen settings which recalibrate pixel intensity levels uniformly - thus eliminating any image retention (ghosting). It is a good idea to run this type of program after the first 100 hours or so.

you would want to check with your manufacturer though

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