Will a 360 mess up a HD TV?

My parents are planning on gettin one because our last tv broke and we need a hd dvd player aswell and i offerd up the idea of the 360 attachment because its cheaper...Now they said no because they heard the 360 messes up or decreases the life of plasma tvs LCD etc. etc. and thats another reason why i wouldnt be able to play games on it. Now while i think there just misinformed im just wondering if anyone has had trouble with their 360 on the HD tv. And proof of this not being true by link or some sort would be great so i could shove it in there face.

say what? I think your parents were just looking for an excuse not to buy you one.

My parents are planning on gettin one because our last tv broke and we need a hd dvd player aswell and i offerd up the idea of the 360 attachment because its cheaper...Now they said no because they heard the 360 messes up or decreases the life of plasma tvs LCD etc. etc. and thats another reason why i wouldnt be able to play games on it. Now while i think there just misinformed im just wondering if anyone has had trouble with their 360 on the HD tv. And proof of this not being true by link or some sort would be great so i could shove it in there face.

dysturbed

HA HA HA!! my mom did that to me when i was a kid back in the atri,sega,NES,SNES days. No my gamer friend the xbox360/PS3 will not hurt any HDTV. the HDTV and the game console are made for each other. just set the bulb settings to "low lamp" that will help.

CRT, LCD, DLP Projection, and LCD Projection cannot have screen burn.

CRT Projection and Plasma can have screen burn (of course it is only from static images over long periods of time.  I have a CRT Projection TV and I play my 360 on it a good bit with no problems)

Plasma: link

LCD: link

DLP/LCOS/LCD RPTV: link

There is your proof to show them.

only if you leave the xbox 360 on at the same screen for a long time; but, no, it wont hurt it while you are playingtennisacerg

Yea

say what? I think your parents were just looking for an excuse not to buy you one.

capthavic

there not buying me one its for the living room. i cant drop that kinda of money myself i have a cra and it goes into that. We dont have cable so its not like they would be using it that much. So Lcd tvs wont be hurt by the 360 and wont have burn in?

My parents are planning on gettin one because our last tv broke and we need a hd dvd player aswell and i offerd up the idea of the 360 attachment because its cheaper...Now they said no because they heard the 360 messes up or decreases the life of plasma tvs LCD etc. etc. and thats another reason why i wouldnt be able to play games on it. Now while i think there just misinformed im just wondering if anyone has had trouble with their 360 on the HD tv. And proof of this not being true by link or some sort would be great so i could shove it in there face.

dysturbed

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say what? I think your parents were just looking for an excuse not to buy you one.

dysturbed

there not buying me one its for the living room. i cant drop that kinda of money myself i have a cra and it goes into that. We dont have cable so its not like they would be using it that much. So Lcd tvs wont be hurt by the 360 and wont have burn in?

No console will hurt or damage any HDTV and that even goes for plasma.  They probably are thinking about the older projection standard definition TVs which could be harmed by a console, but with technology on newer plasma TVs the risk of burn-in is decreased so much that it is almost non-existent. The 360 was made to play on HDTVs like plasmas, LCDs, and DLPs so it will not harm them or decrease their picture quality.  Look at the Best Buy links and show them to your parents. 

If you leave anything on a Plasma it will burn it in. Buy an LCD tv, it just doesn't happen to them. Plus, I find the colors more brilliant anyways.

EDIT: The 360 isn't the cheapest HD-DVD player. You can get a HD-A2 for $299.99 at www.valueelectronics.com.  It comes with a free HDMI cable too.