Owners of plasma televisions enjoy some of the richest and most colorful images among flat panel displays. Unfortunately, these devices historically have been prone to image retention, ghosting, or burn-in caused by static images. Although plasma technology has improved since the early days, plasma televisions still can suffer from burn-in and ghosting. And not all owners of plasma televisions are ready to run out and buy a new one.

Image retention in plasma displays is usually the result of uneven aging of the phosphorus sub-pixels. Although this condition can occur at any time during the life of a plasma display, it is most common — and damaging — during the first 100 hours of use. As a result, many plasma televisions have a built in white wash feature. Periodic use of this feature is believed to reduce and even correct the impact of uneven pixel aging.

PixelTuneup treats and corrects uneven aging of phosphorus cells in plasma televisions, regardless of whether your television came with a white wash feature. The signal produced by PixelTuneup creates a perfectly calibrated distribution of color and light intensity for every pixel in the entire display. Unlike plasma television white washing, PixelTuneup can be used for long periods without causing damage.

The quality of flat panel televisions has come a long way in recent years. Resolutions as high as 1080p in LCD, LED, and plasma displays have made quality home theater accessible to just about everyone. Although early model suffered from chronic issues with burn in, the latest high-end devices are less prone to this phenomenon, and some even include features that treat or prevent long term image retention. Unfortunately, not all brands perform at this level, and many of us who already have flat panel televisions are not ready to replace them.

Over time, the pixels in the display device can develop flaws that prevent them from accurately reproducing the colors and light intensities exactly as instructed by the input source. This phenomenon is known as image retention, burn-in, or ghosting, and has been a factor in the performance of display devices from the earliest cathode ray televisions and computer monitors to modern LCD, LED, and plasma televisions and display panels.

PixelTuneup is a self-contained solid state device specifically designed to produce the video signals necessary to exercise the screen pixels. It produces an electrically calibrated coding that improves the quality of your TV or monitor picture. The voltages and current for the color and light intensity signal are designed to produce the precise colors and intensities necessary to optimize the output level of each pixel, so that they are consistent and uniform for all pixels in the pixel field.