[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] fatal 0Efx People concerned about burn in over black bars. Let me ask you this. Why are you not complaining about the static GUI components that are a part of your HUD? If you're concerned that you'll be playing long enough for the black bars to have burn in, what about the nice burn in you get from say, the outline of your Motion Tracker, for instance? [/quote] because plasma tvs have a process called "pixel shifting" that causes static areas to move around an unnoticeable amount to prevent burn in. However, you can't shift 10" bars on either side, therefore you will get burn in. [quote] have an additional comment about burn-in. Since many dismiss the potential burn in that WIDESCREEN MOVIES pose due to the same black bars[/quote] widescreen movies only last a couple of hours, and that isn't long enough to cause burn in. but when playing halo 3 for 6 hours or more (and who didn't play that long the day it came out?) burn in becomes a real factor.