Quote: Neil HFC "I've been looking into plasma/lcd aswell, and have been advised (by the owner of a plasma, and also the blokes at Richer Sounds) that if you'r going to have static images on the screen for a while (my main concern was my kids playing games on it, or the wife pausing sky+ and then forgetting about it for a while) was image burn. Not sure how quickly it forms, but they both said I'd be better going for LCD/LED given the probable use of the set.'"
Not really an issues, it comes completely down to the quality of the plasma panel. For example, Samsung/LG plasmas suffer heavily with this but Panasonic not so much. They actually have 'inbuilt' protection against this where the screen will go dark after a period of 'still' time thus eliminating the risk.
In any case, the issue is hardly noticeable and NEVER permanent!!
In a good quality 'like for like' comparison, plasma will always out last an LCD.