Just for the record: if anyone is considering a Plasma TV bear in mind that screen
burn does happen. When buying mine early this year almost all the press were
saying that it barely happened with old models, and is the same a CRT for the latest
generation of Plasmas. Well with pretty light use (we don’t even have cable!) my Plasma
is already showing a faint impression of the xbmc menu + pause/ progress box
during power-off.
This is no big deal for me it was caught in time and I set the xbmc screensaver
to stars with a one minute delay. The default is dim (to 20%) after
three minutes which obviously was not doing the trick.
I am the safety officer for an electronics recycler. We are investigating the dismanlting of both CRTs and Plasma screen TV and computer monitors. I am trying to find detailed information on how to do this safely. Can you offer any guidance or other websites where i might find appropriate detail.
Thanks,
dennis
Your best bet is to probably call a TV repair shop – I am sure one of them will help you out.
Certainly with CRTs there are VERY high voltages inside which must be discharged. I doubt there will be any serious issues with Plasmas, but I do not know for sure.