stupid station logos burnin on HD broadcast?

The local affiliate Digital broadcasts of CBS NBC And ABC insist on putting
their transparent logo on the bottom right of the screen which NEVER goes
away.

Will this burn in on my HD TV set?

If so, could there be a "class action" lawsuit to prevent this? I mean if
this can be proven to damage your screen, would not they be liable for that
damage?

Really becoming a pet peeve of mine.

thanks

Mango


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"Mango" wrote in message
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The local affiliate Digital broadcasts of CBS NBC And ABC insist on
putting
their transparent logo on the bottom right of the screen which NEVER goes
away.

Will this burn in on my HD TV set?

If so, could there be a "class action" lawsuit to prevent this? I mean if
this can be proven to damage your screen, would not they be liable for
that
damage?

Really becoming a pet peeve of mine.

thanks

Mango



Theoretically, YES. In actual practice, I haven't seen it. I guess it
would depend on how many channels you watch, and for how many hours per
week. I'm surprised I don't have the History channel logo burned into my
set yet. Interesting point. I've never thought of the logo damaging
the display equipment. But it certainly could do that, just like any other
image displayed for long periods of time. -Dave

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"Mango" wrote in message
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The local affiliate Digital broadcasts of CBS NBC And ABC insist on
putting
their transparent logo on the bottom right of the screen which NEVER goes
away.

Will this burn in on my HD TV set?

If so, could there be a "class action" lawsuit to prevent this? I mean if
this can be proven to damage your screen, would not they be liable for
that
damage?

Really becoming a pet peeve of mine.

thanks

Mango



Theoretically, YES. In actual practice, I haven't seen it. I guess it
would depend on how many channels you watch, and for how many hours per
week. I'm surprised I don't have the History channel logo burned into my
set yet. Interesting point. I've never thought of the logo damaging
the display equipment. But it certainly could do that, just like any other
image displayed for long periods of time. -Dave

Most of these logos are semi-transparent, which should
prevent any burn-in (unless by some miracle, the background
behind the logo stays black or another single color for many,
many hours at one time).

The "logos" that drive me nuts are the ones that completely
replace the lower portion of the screen (e.g. SpikeTV,
when they first came on the air).

Rick

On Sat, 15 May 2004 22:10:24 -0400, "Dave C." wrote:


"Mango" wrote in message
...
The local affiliate Digital broadcasts of CBS NBC And ABC insist on
putting
their transparent logo on the bottom right of the screen which NEVER goes
away.

Will this burn in on my HD TV set?

If so, could there be a "class action" lawsuit to prevent this? I mean if
this can be proven to damage your screen, would not they be liable for
that
damage?

Really becoming a pet peeve of mine.

thanks

Mango



Theoretically, YES. In actual practice, I haven't seen it. I guess it
would depend on how many channels you watch, and for how many hours per
week. I'm surprised I don't have the History channel logo burned into my
set yet. Interesting point. I've never thought of the logo damaging
the display equipment. But it certainly could do that, just like any other
image displayed for long periods of time. -Dave



It will probably have bunny ears on it when it does get burned in.
No, not rabbit ears...

Burn in? Probably if watched long enough. But that might be beyond the
life of your TV which makes it a not a problem.

As far as a class action suit, it's about as good of a case as the one where
fat people are sueing McDonalds for making them overweight. Bottom line is
that you are in control over your TV set, not the TV stations.

"Mango" wrote in message
...
The local affiliate Digital broadcasts of CBS NBC And ABC insist on
putting
their transparent logo on the bottom right of the screen which NEVER goes
away.

Will this burn in on my HD TV set?

If so, could there be a "class action" lawsuit to prevent this? I mean if
this can be proven to damage your screen, would not they be liable for
that
damage?

Really becoming a pet peeve of mine.

thanks

Mango


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Will this burn in on my HD TV set?


I'm not as worried about burn in as I am annoyed at stations like FOX
KTTV-DT here in LA where they have TWO HUGE station ID's on all the time
and they are well within the main part of the frame (not at the edge).
Absolutely ridiculous!

Rick wrote:
Most of these logos are semi-transparent, which should
prevent any burn-in (unless by some miracle, the background
behind the logo stays black or another single color for many,
many hours at one time).

The "logos" that drive me nuts are the ones that completely
replace the lower portion of the screen (e.g. SpikeTV,
when they first came on the air).

Rick



If you can see the logos, they WILL burn in both CRT and plasma
technology. They may not do it as quickly as solid logos, but they will
eventually.
I don't understand why they don't move the damn things around instead of
leaving them in one spot.
Clay

Gary, I disagree. If Mcdonalds was putting a food addivte that would hurt
100% of the people...you bet they could be sued. If a tv station is
broadcasting a banner that can be shown to burn in 100% of the tv sets...you
dont think they are liable for damage?....I would think they would be and I
think that it could be proven, easily in a court of law.

Mango


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The "logos" that drive me nuts are the ones that completely
replace the lower portion of the screen (e.g. SpikeTV,
when they first came on the air).

Rick


What about the logos that go ANIMATED all over the frickin' screen in the
middle of the best part of your favorite shows? Yeah, like I really want to
watch my show with dancing dinosaurs IN THE FOREGROUND. -Dave

...
Burn in? Probably if watched long enough. But that might be beyond the
life of your TV which makes it a not a problem.

As far as a class action suit, it's about as good of a case as the one
where
fat people are sueing McDonalds for making them overweight. Bottom line
is
that you are in control over your TV set, not the TV stations.


Does that mean we can turn the bug off to prevent burn-in? -Dave