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Burn-in anyone else?

Anyone but me have this problem?

Haven't checked... and not going to do either.... as it's a non issue in normal usage (i'm seldom staring at a completely white screen just to see that the status bar area has aged the screen differently) and a "feature" of amoled technology
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It's there on most colors! I took white cause it is easier to see on a photo but it is there all the time! I'm not retarded!
And the worst part is that the little part that is whiter is the only part that is really sharp like it used to be, while the rest of the screen never is really white and sharp but instead has an uneven yellowish color. And it is worse than I could capture on photo.
I love my phone im not trying to mock it.

I'm not even gonna check
Because if I do, I'll notice it every single time I use the phone, and it'll annoy me to death.

If you don't see it you don't have it. It's there all the time. Of course it's only in games or reading stuff that is full screen. But anything except the black status bar!

Ditto problem.
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@marber45 I've observed the same thing a few weeks ago. I think already many SGS2's displays are suffering of this

I have this problem
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I noticed it just days before you made the post, interesting timing.

Hi All,
came across this thread when looking for a solution for SGS1.
it seems that Burn in is indeed a problem for AMOLED screens.
in my situation, I've found a burn cause by Waze (of course, any app that would leave the screen on would cause it).
sadly enough, my phone is only 6 months old and I use Waze ~30 min. a day - not much for a burn you think? wrong!
for now, I've set Waze to hide the point bar and the zoom control, but still many objects on the screen are static - including the notification bar.
does anyone has a good solution?

Same problem!
But in reality it is not a real problem..

AMOLED is still not ready for prime time, but at least Samsung is trying to improve on it with every iteration. Can't wait for 40"+ AMOLED HD TVs.

Before waranty goes off demand to change display..
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Hey there, might be interesting to know on which built your phone is operating?
Mine was delivered in may w/ 2.3.3, since I'm on a 2.3.5 based rom, I got better colors / sharpness and less side effects (greenish tint)
Maybe Samsung changed the way how to control the display? (hardware drivers)
just my 2 cents..

Yes
Just changed the screen last month
Now its ok
Dunno if it will be burned again
Also dunno what caused it
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Hey there, might be interesting to know on which built your phone is operating?
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Irrelevant. It's an AMOLED hardware-related thing, nothing to do with software. My screen has burn-in, your screen has/will, every screen does/will.
When somebody says their screen has none they just don't see it. Because really, all our phones one day or later will show it.

I don't use any apps that ever hide the status bar so even if I did have it, it wouldn't bother me.
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Hi
My notification area is a bit darker than the rest of my screen. It's only visible when screen is white, and I can't identify any leftovers from any icons like the battery or Wifi icon.
My SGS2 is about ½ year old, and in daily use it's no problem at all, but I wonder how it will look when my SGS2 is 1 or 2 years old

Update... Check this out.
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Update... Check this out.
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What do you want us to loook for ???

Vertical banding lines

Has anyone notice the vertical lines especially on gray backgrounds like the notification pull down?
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Yup. Easily noticeable if you put the phone on full brightness and drag down the pulldown menu.
My S2 had it much worse tho, was hoping it wouldn't happen with this phone. I guess all phone LCDs are like that?
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Girn said:
Yup. Easily noticeable if you put the phone on full brightness and drag down the pulldown menu.
My S2 had it much worse tho, was hoping it wouldn't happen with this phone. I guess all phone LCDs are like that?
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Yeah it sucks but I guess its better then blobs and dark black spots all over the screen like in amoled screens
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That's exactly what my s2 had. And yeah it's hardly noticeable if the screen isn't full brightness. I never have it on max anyway, I find it too bright and it ruins the contrast somewhat
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Yuuup I see it.
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Yep I have them as well but never noticed them before. I really had to look hard to see them, and only on full brightness. It's a non-issue for me.

i noticed this too...didn't have it as bad as my other n4 that i had to rma. i actually notice lines and blobs. mostly noticeable on grey backgrounds like jb menus. really hated the blobs on amoled screens but seems like lcd's get it too

One the biggest reasons I am hesitating to upgrade from my S3 is just that, defects... they seem rampant with this phone. I have not a single defect on my S3, and there are no screen oddity's to speak of.

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One the biggest reasons I am hesitating to upgrade from my S3 is just that, defects... they seem rampant with this phone. I have not a single defect on my S3, and there are no screen oddity's to speak of.
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You don't have lines or blobs on the s3? It's a amoled screen

I have an iphone 4 for 2 years and don't notice these line, Yet when I first got the Nexus I could see it right away, Looking at my old iphone 4 and no line at all. Most be a lg screen built quality.

Just got my n4 yesterday and it was flawless until earlier tonight while web browsing a vertical line appeared to the far left of the screen it sticks out like a sore thumb against white backgrounds like most web pages.its very irritating and even blinks in and out.I swore I'd never buy lg after the g2x screen disaster but had to its a nexus do I so sold my gs3 yesterday and now I'm stuck with this annoying line.even if I RMA it will take forever to get a new one.

Wait, the IPS+ on the Nexus 4 has vertical banding? I thought that that problem was exclusive to the Super AMOLED HD on the Galaxy Nexus. In fact, I exchanged 3 of them to get one with banding that didn't show on all backgrounds. So as I now understand it, this was not an AMOLED HD problem?
Could it be a software thing? My old Droid X's non-HD LCD never seemed to have these issues. Neither does the SLCD3 screen of the Droid DNA. Very weird.

ceejay83 said:
You don't have lines or blobs on the s3? It's a amoled screen
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Lol, I don't know what you've been reading about amoled screens but they're not as rampant with problems as everyone makes them out to be. I'm I'm my third phone with an amoled panel and they've all been perfect. No yellow tint, no blobs, etc. The only issue I ever encountered was the first s2i had, had a dead pixel. Aside from that they're incredible. Prefer them to any LCD screen personally, and I'm a full times graphics artist )
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Lol, I don't know what you've been reading about amoled screens but they're not as rampant with problems as everyone makes them out to be. I'm I'm my third phone with an amoled panel and they've all been perfect. No yellow tint, no blobs, etc. The only issue I ever encountered was the first s2i had, had a dead pixel. Aside from that they're incredible. Prefer them to any LCD screen personally, and I'm a full times graphics artist )
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I've had 2 S2 and 2 gnex. They all had lines or blobs

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I've had 2 S2 and 2 gnex. They all had lines or blobs
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I've had galaxy s 1,2,3 and gnex and none of them had lines or blobs in fact the only other phone I had screen problems with was also made by lg the g2x I exchanged twice all three had backlight bleeding

I have this too but very low, I have too be looking hard to see them. It's not very anoying but in the JB menu I can see them a little bit ... My last phone amoled was burning ...

I seeeeeeeee them thanks for pointing it out haha never noticed them before >_>
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So, is this normal or not ? I think so, but I'm not sure... Other report ?

I can hardly see them. You guys are really trying to be picky with the phone.
I started to agree with those who say if you don't like it, sell it on eBay.
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wngmv said:
I can hardly see them. You guys are really trying to be picky with the phone.
I started to agree with those who say if you don't like it, sell it on eBay.
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Yeah maybe your right. So i think every body have thèse line but very very hard too sée ? It's not really an issue ?

Is an AMOLED burn-in a big risk for the GS4?

I am thinking about getting a Galaxy S4 now that my contract is up. I'm a little OCD, and I already know a screen burn-in will annoy me. Will the screen last two years till my next upgrade? I mostly would use the phone to text, listen to music, and browse the web.
If a burn-in has a high risk of actually happening, do you have any suggestions for another phone I could look into? Thanks.

Never had this happen on any Samsung phone I owned before.

I have had both the Captivate and SGS2, never had any screen burn-in with either.

Didn't see any from S1-S4.
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amoled screen dont burn, at least not in the traditional way plasma do
One day, i left my S3 on my charger because i was going out of the country for 3 weeks, for some reason, my screen stayed on and it never shut down, it was on for 3 full weeks, the phone was pretty hot but there was never any impact on my screen quality

Well people on YouTube tend to say it burns in...
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I've had all the Galaxy S phones and both Galaxy Notes, I've only seen burn in on my GS2. It was on the wifi/network signal portion of the status bar and was only noticeable if I really looked at it.
But then again I didn't have any of them for two years.

no such animal as burn-in. get it. you'll love it

Burn ins do exist....but they typically happen in areas you will never notice
On my Samsung infuse, I got a burn in on the status bar...it was only visible on a pure whit background, and even then it wasn't that noticeable...and since the status bar is up 99% of the tome you would never notice...I didn't notice it until I had my phone for about 2-2 1/2 years
It also got a slight burn in from the Samsung logo on bootups, but this only happened due to my constant flashing of roms and kernels I was compiling...self testing...and a lot of times they wouldn't boot...they would get stuck at the Samsung logo...and often times I would leave it at that logo for hours (pure black screen with Samsung written in bright white)- so three years of development on my own cause a screen burn in...this would never happen to anybody but those who are constantly flashing things they know probably won't boot
So do burn ins happen? - yes
Is it likely you will get one in two years? - no
If you get one will it be noticeable? - most likely not
Do burn ins happen quickly? - no
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Nah, you should be fine. Unless you leave the screen on for hours with static image on it on higher brightness, you should be fine. And I'd assume it should be much better with newer AMOLEDs when it comes to life span of the screens.

Doesn't seem to be a problem except under extreme circumstances. This is my first OLED phone and it is amazing. I use mine in bed in the dark a lot and the blacks are glorious. I've been spoiled. Don't think I can go back to LCD now.

[Q] Galaxy S4 screen burn-in probability?

So. I'm trying to decide between the Galaxy S4 i9505 and the HTC One, and the only thing that bothers me with the S4 is the fact that AMOLED screens are capable of screen burn-in. I didn't see a single thread about S4 screen burn-in, but I know that for example the S3 had issues with screen burn-in too. I never used any smartphone except for Xperias, which always use TFT screens, so I don't have any experiences. My question is: Should I worry about screen burn-in or is it fixed? I would use the Google Edition rom which has black statusbar if that matters. Thanks in advance, ChongWiz

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So. I'm trying to decide between the Galaxy S4 i9505 and the HTC One, and the only thing that bothers me with the S4 is the fact that AMOLED screens are capable of screen burn-in. I didn't see a single thread about S4 screen burn-in, but I know that for example the S3 had issues with screen burn-in too. I never used any smartphone except for Xperias, which always use TFT screens, so I don't have any experiences. My question is: Should I worry about screen burn-in or is it fixed? I would use the Google Edition rom which has black statusbar if that matters. Thanks in advance, ChongWiz
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Hello friend, I too hate the screen burn-ins of SAMOLED screens. The screen on the S3 definitely had screen burn-ins (especially visible in dark rooms showing black images) but on my S4 I havent seen ANY screen burn ins at all. Yes the whites looks blueish and yes there is purple smear but the display still is amazing and doesnt have burn-ins :good:

Owned all versions of the galaxy series and I've never had permanent screen burn. Lots of screen on time keep most devices 2 years and no noticeable dimming either.
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Thanks for the answers, now I'm sure I will get an S4 asap. Good day for everyone!

all OLED screen will burn in by design, include AMOLED, the different is just how serious, my 2 years old S2 have a little burn in at the notification bar (for the battery icon and clock area)
p.s. the blue color is the worst one, and green is the least, due to the material in use

In the video in the review below, the reviewer said that she had started to see burn-in on her S4 are only 1 month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_APG3kLiYs
EDIT: though i have never see any burn-in on my S3 after several months, though i kept the brightness low and did not keep the screen on for an extended time with a static image.
John.

never heard this issue in samsung galaxy s4 in my country (indonesia) i think its fixed

satzuke said:
never heard this issue in samsung galaxy s4 in my country (indonesia) i think its fixed
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That's not possible -__-
Me Gusta!

ChongWiz said:
Thanks for the answers, now I'm sure I will get an S4 asap. Good day for everyone!
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Based on what??? All Amoled screens will burn in. All... of... them... Yours will as well. Apparently not everybody sees it but it will, 100.00% sure.
It remains an awesome screen though :good:

meh, had S3 for 7 months, not a single trace of burn in (checked with RGB full screen tests). i think people who get burn do too much of same stuff, if you message all day long and nothing else, messaging interface might burn in and such.
if you are a "normal" user, who doesn't get stuck up on one particular task all the time, you'll be fine.

I actually owned the whole Galaxy Series SGS1 to now SGS4 and i never had the burn-in issue yet to date, i owned every phone about a year and sold them to got friends of mine and still if i look at their phones i can't notice burn-in at least on the SGS3 i was last week, my GNex which had AMOLED too has a bit of a burn-in but not that you may say "omg that looks awful", you really have to look very closely, i actually think in that time where burn-in gets a serious issue you have a new phone anyway.

I had horrible burn in on my Note I.
Could see the full keyboard like a shadow.
Same with the top bar. Could see the battery icon & alarm icon.
finally got it replaced (screen only).
Burn in came back though.
Screen was noticeably brighter when replaced.

What burnin looks like? Mura effect?
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Mandeep148 said:
What burnin looks like? Mura effect?
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Its like a faint blue hue over the affected area in the begining stages of burn in which isn't noticeable unless you go into a display test app and look for it.
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I actually owned the whole Galaxy Series SGS1 to now SGS4 and i never had the burn-in issue yet to date, i owned every phone about a year and sold them to got friends of mine and still if i look at their phones i can't notice burn-in at least on the SGS3 i was last week, my GNex which had AMOLED too has a bit of a burn-in but not that you may say "omg that looks awful", you really have to look very closely, i actually think in that time where burn-in gets a serious issue you have a new phone anyway.
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Go to a local shop and look there (those demo units). They are all burned in, i owned a galaxy s1 and mine burned in as well (screen was on for 30 min!). My little sister has a S3 and is using whatsapp alot with her friends, the entire keyboard is burned in and the top bar too.

My galaxy nexus has pretty awful burn in at the nav and status bar as they are always there
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My galaxy nexus has pretty awful burn in at the nav and status bar as they are always there
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Mine doesn't have any major burn in just a mild blueish hue on the status bar and I've had it since launch day.
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Its like a faint blue hue over the affected area in the begining stages of burn in which isn't noticeable unless you go into a display test app and look for it.
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Omg.. I made this thread.. because I have that problem.. read it.. is that mean colour burnin?.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349481
Aby app to fix it?
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Realised my screen has burn in yesterday

Mandeep148 said:
Omg.. I made this thread.. because I have that problem.. read it.. is that means colour burnin?.
Aby app to fix it?
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If you honestly have burn in on a device this new I wouldnt bother with any apps and head straight to Samsung and get a warranty fix.
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AMOLED burn in

Do you think that's going to be an issue with the status bar and apps like twilight?
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gwertheim said:
Do you think that's going to be an issue with the status bar and apps like twilight?
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I really don't think so-material design is a good thing for amoled displays since the notification bar isn't just black anymore...I have had my Nexus 6 for almost a year now and I don't have a burn in of the notification bar-there is some retention of the signal and battery icons but it goes away after a few minutes.
Now the navigation bar is a different story-I got mine disabled and I don't have any burn in or image retention there and I will be doing the same once I get my Nexus 6P.

My Galaxy S3 doesnt have notification bar burn in after 3 year. So i think it depend how you use your device

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My Galaxy S3 doesnt have notification bar burn in after 3 year. So i think it depend how you use your device
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more so with the panels they use imo. Most Nexus 6 phones had burn in very quickly. Mine included

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Do you think that's going to be an issue with the status bar and apps like twilight?
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Personally i wouldn't be too concerned. I've had a Galaxy S2, S3, S4, S6, and Note 4. None of them ever had a screen burn in.

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more so with the panels they use imo. Most Nexus 6 phones had burn in very quickly. Mine included
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You can't make the claim "most." Mine never had any burn-in whatsoever.
Don't use sweeping generalizations like that because you've visited a location (forum post) where the main topic was complaining about the burn-in. That does not mean "most" had burn-in problems.

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You can't make the claim "most." Mine never had any burn-in whatsoever.
Don't use sweeping generalizations like that because you've visited a location (forum post) where the main topic was complaining about the burn-in. That does not mean "most" had burn-in problems.
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umm, ok.

I've used AMOLED since the Galaxy S and never seen burn-in yet. Had 7 AMOLED phones (currently on Nexus 6) and 2 tablets (7.7 and Tab S) and have yet to experience even a hint of this burn-in phenomenon. The only time I've personally witnessed burnt OLED is on a Samsung Captivate demo unit.

I don't see it being an issue. I have used many panels with amoled including this Nexus 6 since release.

burn-in is based on usage. i have a '13 X and the nav bar def has some image retention. i also see the fade of the notification bar. it has to be in the right background to see them, but they are there.
don't leave your screen on all day and on the same app and you shouldn't have issues.

I noticed it very quickly on my nexus 6. I believe IPS screens get image retention, which is temporary and can go away. AMOLEDS actually get burned in and it is permanent. Google's insistence in using onscreen nav buttons are why I don't liek them.

I was very excited for the Nexus 6, despite it's AMOLED screen. It was love at first sight when it finally arrived and heartbreak a week later after returning it due to burn in with moderate use.
I was quite unhappy to hear Google was going AMOLED again. This would have been an immediate buy for me but now I just don't think I can do it.
Despite it's beauty I just think AMOLED is a flawed technology. For the price we pay for most of these phones a screen that can degrade or burn in just a few weeks to a year is unacceptable to me.

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I was very excited for the Nexus 6, despite it's AMOLED screen. It was love at first sight when it finally arrived and heartbreak a week later after returning it due to burn in with moderate use.
I was quite unhappy to hear Google was going AMOLED again. This would have been an immediate buy for me but now I just don't think I can do it.
Despite it's beauty I just think AMOLED is a flawed technology. For the price we pay for most of these phones a screen that can degrade or burn in just a few weeks to a year is unacceptable to me.
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I have rooted my Nexus 6 and disabled the navigation bar-using lmt and still do-no burn in here...Will be doing the same with the 6P...maybe you can consider the same?
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I've not seen any burn in at all on my Nexus 6 and with every new panel generation the problem diminishes. I've got some on my old galaxy nexus that is now used by my Grandmother but that's acceptable imo considering it's age.

Android Police just did a review and said they noticed slight screen burn-in after only a week?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/10/26/nexus-6p-review/

My Nexus 6 has no burn in after a year.

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I've not seen any burn in at all on my Nexus 6 and with every new panel generation the problem diminishes. I've got some on my old galaxy nexus that is now used by my Grandmother but that's acceptable imo considering it's age.
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'It's'?! She's your Grandmother, show some respect!

it's going to depend greatly on your specific panel. My N6 has no burn in at all and i've had it since launch. I even tested it on the app used in the AP review and don't see any burn at all. Typically, people come to forums to complain about an issue. Not too many people go running to the forums to tell everyone that their screen is fine. I look at it like this: Google has a pretty damn good policy on defective devices. If my screen has issues, i feel confident that Google will send me another free of charge.

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Android Police just did a review and said they noticed slight screen burn-in after only a week?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/10/26/nexus-6p-review/
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i need to know if they're confusing burn-in with image retention.

640k said:
i need to know if they're confusing burn-in with image retention.
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He does mean slight retention I believe
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