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Plasmas in general are fairly susceptible to screen burn in. In small bouts it never seems to be permanent in my experience and fade away quickly. If it doesn’t, there should be a signal pattern you can turn on for a while to help remove the burn in, provided it’s not too serious. Generally a good idea to not leave static images on your screen for long periods of time. If you have to pause a movie/game or what not and go do something, it’d be good to turn off the actual set.

Plasma’s are pretty big power suckers as well. Noticed a spike in the power bill after we got ours. Doesn’t hurt to turn on the various energy saving features. I’ve been told it helps to not turn up your contrast and brightness too high, as it can shorten your TV’s lifespan.