Why do old people think video game consoles will "mess up" your tv?

[Dragonfly Jones]

My uncle (who is 60+) is a huge football fan recently bought a 55" Samsung to watch the games.


He also recently bought a used Xbox 360 with Madden 15 to go along with it.


Yet he prefers to play the 360 on his old CRT tv because "it messes up your tv" as he puts it.


Is there any truth behind this or is this just another example of old people being stupid and overly superstitious as usual?


This isn't the first time I've heard someone say something like that

 

[kevm3]

plasma tvs can get image retention/burn-in. Play a game with a bright, static HUD for a long time and it can stay on the screen.

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

he has a lcd tho

 

[BasedPrime]

Old nikka knows which side he be playin on

:gg:

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Old tube and projection tv's were very susceptible to burn in from game consoles.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Burn in used to happen a lot from pausing the game and walking away from the tv for hours with out doing the common sense thing of turning the TV off.

 

[ORDER_66]

He's still thinking about the image burning in the tv.... Educate him on the new tv's they can handle the new ssystems no problems....

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Funny thing is, it was never the games. You get the same burn in if you leave a movie paused.

 

[ORDER_66]

Funny thing is, it was never the games. You get the same burn in if you leave a movie paused.

I know....

 

[King Sun]

this been going back to the days when I used to visit my auntie in montreal. She got that brand new sony crt back in 1995 and didn't want me playing my systems on the tv

 

[Ruck]

He's still thinking about the image burning in the tv.... Educate him on the new tv's they can handle the new ssystems no problems....

nah, let the man be. sometimes we have our own quirks or superstition. im sure when i get that age imma be doing something similar having youngin's be like

 

[ORDER_66]

nah, let the man be. sometimes we have our own quirks or superstition. im sure when i get that age imma be doing something similar having youngin's be like

I cant believe i had to teach my mom how to send a basic email, dont fall behind dude.... stay ahead of technological advancement...

 

[Ruck]

I cant believe i had to teach my mom how to send a basic email, dont fall behind dude.... stay ahead of technological advancement...

breh, im in the it field. i don't think you got the gist of what i was saying so

 

[ORDER_66]

breh, im in the it field. i don't think you got the gist of what i was saying so

I was making a comparission. im always up on my tech shyt im not gonna be an old person who cant do a basic email...

 

[BasedPrime]

this been going back to the days when I used to visit my auntie in montreal. She got that brand new sony crt back in 1995 and didn't want me playing my systems on the tv

The same CRT you still play on?

#brokenikka