OK, long story short...does it hurt a modern LCD TV to be stored upside down?? Just moved and the packers had my TV in the box upside down, so it has most likely sat that way for 3.5 months. It's unpacked and working just fine and the picture is still perfect, but when the screen is black, like during the time you're waiting for a DVD to load or when there's no input, there's some light spots in the corners. Never noticed it before and you can only notice it when the room is really dark.

Any thoughts or concerns here??

 

No scientific basis, but I wouldn't think it would hurt it. Prolly one of the things that was always there, but now you notice it b/c you are looking for something wrong.

For $50 I'm willing to do a long term test for you.

 

I'm pretty sure that only affects plasma TVs.

 

and DLPs

 

Not really, Patrick.

While it's true that Early (1st gen) DLP's did not have the geatest black levels ( and it varied widely with manufacturer and how much they deviated from Texas Instrument's implementation standards). But the newer DLP's (3rd gen and above) have terrific, uniform black levels.

Additionally with the elimination of that mechnical rotating colour wheel & Lamp, and the use of multi-coloured Leds instead, you could store a DLP rotating continously through three axes with no ill effects.

And - With no chemisrtry involved in the screen at all, DLP is actally the least prone to storage effects including temperature extremes. No screen burn-in, no 'screen-door' artifacts...

DLP's got an undeserved bad rap - it's not sexy any longer with the advent of 1" thick LED LCD panels.

MGD