Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

[Alastair E]

The highest Ive seen still giving a great picture was a Samsung with 25,000 odd hours on.

They say the panels are good for 60-100 thousand, time to half-brightness...

Whats the highest times have you seen? At these high times--what picture issues could have been due to just old age did you see?

[tom66]

Re: Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

I think Freakaftr8 had a Pioneer with 70,000 hours on it but it needed high VSUS to work (240V+)

Me personally I have had one with 16,500 hours, Panasonic 42" PZ8B, not a lick of burn in or maldischarge, had 10 blinks (PSU fault.) It looks just as good as my 46" PZ80 with just 3,500 hours on it.

[freakaftr8]

Re: Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

Indeed. The pioneer I had had crazy hours on it. 70 thousand and some change. A quick vsus adjustment brought it back from the grave. The screen literally didn't fire and if left o. For 30 mins you would see the outside light up around the frame only.

[tw2005]

Re: Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

Indeed. The pioneer I had had crazy hours on it. 70 thousand and some change. A quick vsus adjustment brought it back from the grave. The screen literally didn't fire and if left o. For 30 mins you would see the outside light up around the frame only.

I top out at about 10 000hrs. There's roughly 8760hrs in a year so 70000hrs plus equates to 8 continuous years of use minimum!

Must have been a TV junkie or commercial display?

[sgeorge]

Re: Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

i have a 43" pioneer with about 12,500 hours on it. has an excellent picture.
also have a 64" pioneer rear projection 2003 year. still has a fantastic picture on it also. steve

[Jester11]

Re: Whats the highest Use time you've seen on a Plasma set?

I had no idea the panels lasted this long. Very good information to know!