I have a problem with a Samsung plasma TV that I had for five

Is there anything I can do to fix this and what caused it in the first place?

>TV will have image retention in less than a minute
>impossible to pause the TV
do you mean the tv freezes up?
you could take it apart and see if any capacitors are leaking and/or blown. anything more than that and youll need at least a multimeter

>>369515
Your panel might be dying. It is pretty old for a plasma. You could try turning the contrast down a bit, as the bulk of image retention is caused by bright pixels staying bright.

>>369886
Maybe google words you don't understand before replying?

>>369898
>Maybe google words you don't understand before replying?
uh? if you are referring to image retention it doesnt go away, once its there its there for good, so, perhaps, you should take your own advice and maybe re-read the op too, before trying to be a "smart guy"

>>369935
>it doesnt go away, once its there its there for good
That's burn-in, not image retention, "smart guy".

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=burn+in+vs+image+retention

>>369944
>That's burn-in, not image retention
>lmgtfy
burn-in is literally permanent image retention, once the phosphor is gone it is gone
but if you had read the op you should have seen that op mentioned that the tv becomes inoperable, so it might be a logic board issue, if it isn't then tough luck

>>369970
>burn-in is literally permanent image retention
Yeah, no. Not only is the mechanism different, but CRT can't get image retention, and CRT came before any other screen technology. There's no way for burn-in to be some kind of "permanent image retention", because burn-in was happening half a century before image retention was even a thing.

>the tv becomes inoperable
It doesn't say that anywhere in OP. All OP says is that the image retention makes it impractical to play games or pause the TV [because that will cause the severe image retention].

If you're saying it says anything different, you're making shit up.

>>369898
How low should I put the contrast?