Consequences of playing 360 on old big screen.

accomplished · 24-12-2007, 07:52 PM

Tomorrow morning I will get to open my xbox 360. My problem is, I have a few tvs in the house, non of them HD, and I don't know which to play it on. We have a 61" Magnavox big screen that is years old. I heard playing video games on old big screens like this could cause problems. Would it be safe to play on at all?

Other than that I have a 15" off brand lcd and a 32" crt. What would you recommend I play it on?

BTW, we're looking to get a new LCD HDTV before May of this year so hopefully I won't have to go through the pains of playing my system on a mediocre t.v. for too long.

friedkarma · 24-12-2007, 08:04 PM

If you're going to replace the big screen in May, go ahead and use that as long as the picture is fine.

accomplished · 24-12-2007, 08:18 PM

the big screen will be moved, not replaced...

hollywood21639 · 24-12-2007, 10:51 PM

Old big screens have a problem with images burning into the screen. Things like a health bar or any image that is fixed on the screen for a long period of time would still be visable after you stopped playing.

Kona Palangi · 25-12-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hollywood21639

Old big screens have a problem with images burning into the screen. Things like a health bar or any image that is fixed on the screen for a long period of time would still be visable after you stopped playing.

Some Plasma televisions still have this problem. If it wasn't for the 360 auto-dim I'd have a picture of my dashboard burned in.