Comments on: Can playing video games on an hdtv break it? http://dragonaltar.com/dragon-alter/can-playing-video-games-on-an-hdtv-break-it Dragon Altar Games - exciting games creation is our main passion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jf http://dragonaltar.com/dragon-alter/can-playing-video-games-on-an-hdtv-break-it#comment-1674 jf Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:13:59 +0000 http://dragonaltar.com/dragon-alter/can-playing-video-games-on-an-hdtv-break-it#comment-1674 The only thing playing video games, in regard to just them, does is add hours to your TV. But it adds the equal amount of wear as watching TV would. HDTVs are typically rated to some number of hours (a Sony of that class I would guess 60,000 - 80,000; which is 20-25 years at 8 hours a day 365 days a year). But if you have the brightness or contrast cranked really high that can add additional wear and tear to your set. So I would make sure to optimize my set to also help reduce some of the wear and tear on it. Lastly, make sure its well ventilated. You don't want it right up against a wall and you don't want any vents/fans it has blocked. Make sure its allowed to breathe and that there's room for the heat it dissipates to move away from the TV.<br><b>References : </b><br> The only thing playing video games, in regard to just them, does is add hours to your TV. But it adds the equal amount of wear as watching TV would. HDTVs are typically rated to some number of hours (a Sony of that class I would guess 60,000 - 80,000; which is 20-25 years at 8 hours a day 365 days a year).

But if you have the brightness or contrast cranked really high that can add additional wear and tear to your set. So I would make sure to optimize my set to also help reduce some of the wear and tear on it.

Lastly, make sure its well ventilated. You don’t want it right up against a wall and you don’t want any vents/fans it has blocked. Make sure its allowed to breathe and that there’s room for the heat it dissipates to move away from the TV.
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