Do We Still Need To Worry About OLED Burn-In?

[gn]

Imagine you are paying 8000 bucks for a TV and this topic even exists.

[zionm]

LEDs for me, for as long as I can. Babying a tv is dumb.

[dustincook]

I used to work from home and while working, I played FFXIV on my personal computer. So basically, it would be on for hours. I noticed after 8 months of this, when i go to settings in windows 11, I have slight burn in on my Alienware QD OLED, from the map compass in FFXIV. I don't notice it any other time but its still there even after the long pixel reset.

[daibonehead]

"I am using zero precautions"

Words never to be said in some court cases.

[eagletrippin]

As an LG C1 owner, i *do* take precautions, as i use it not only for my PS5, but as my gaming PC monitor. I do so because I am also the owner of LG B6 that got severe burn-in after only 18 months that I got repaired. No burn-in on my C1, but, hey, I've learned lessons from my first OLED experience. That said, I do believe that current-gen OLED's are built to combat burn-in better than they did with early-generation OLED's like my B6.

[Wallrod]

Honestly i'm really not intersted in what you can do to it in the first year or two of heavy (ab)use. I don't like to throw thousands at new TVs every 3 years, i'd like to be able to buy a TV i know will last for well over 5 years and that i dont have to constantly be vigilant about the way it's being used

[tinobrown]

The earlier OLED’s were terrible with burn in. I had a B7 that had very bad burn in. Prior to that I had a B1 I believe. I had to get the B1’s panel replaced a couple times, because of burn in from gaming. Eventually I just gave it away. Currently I have a C1 that I’ve had for like two years, and no issues whatsoever. LG has really improved the tech on their tv’s. They’ve been getting better and better since the C9.

[Vincornelis]

It took 4 years for my C8 to start having some mild burn in around the subtitle area that's occasionally noticeable. Otherwise it's doing fine. I wouldn't worry with more recent models.

[mtx]

My first oled - 65inch B7 still has ZERO BURN-IN after 6 years of normal day to day usage

[matthewhardwick]

TV screens have built in methods of dealing with burn in especially the Oleds. I have an LG C2 as well and haven't seen any burn in. But you can activate screen savers on the consoles. For Xbox hold the guide button and press X to immediately start a screen saver. On PS5 you can set it to activate after 5 minutes of being idle from the console.

[barnuner]

The second gen QD Oleds use deuterium in the oled panel stack (like the LG EX panels) so the durability should be better. Phosphorescent blue oled should be coming in the next couple years which should be the huge jump in brightness and durability.

[otacon]

I’ve had a CX since early 2020, only ever used for gaming. Taken zero precautions, full HUD, 10+ hour gaming sessions and so far there have been no problems. Amazing TV btw, would recommend an LG C series to anyone.

[jaimywieanders]

Going for Mini-LED don't want headache with burn in... let micro-led come very quickly

[Joshda]

I've been playing on my oled everyday playing games on my ps5, xbox and pc at max oled pixel brightness and I've had my LG C1 since October 2021, no sign of burn in at all.

[kirankara]

Rtings seem to be more concernedb will oled, even high end ones, randomly dying within year or two

Seems like money doesn't guarantee quality these days, at least not for very long.

Worst part was I've seen tech YouTube sites discussing this and normalising that, like we should just accept you can spend several thousand and shit happens.

I miss the days where buying decent brand technology meant you got a long duration lifespan from it

[MaximumCarnage-]

I had horrible Burn-in on my LG C7 after 1.5 years. It was the Overwatch HUD ( the bright yellow dial for ultimate). It was terrible and I couldn't watch TV. Pixel refresh cleared it the first 2 times then never again. I only played after work and maybe half the week. Had other yellow things start to burn as well towards the end as well (FF14).

I had the panel replaced and I live in fear ever since with the OLED light at 15-30 when in gaming mode. I won't play games with bright yellow hud elements I can't move. The technician that replace it showed me tons of burn-in pics. Mostly Youtube/netflix/CNN logos and A LOT of massive blob burn-ins from people that watch tons of news (the skin of the news anchors burns in).

I love the picture quality but man it sucks to be scared all the time. Hopefully the tech is more resilient now because gaming at such dark levels sucks.

[lilpain]

Yes, I love OLEDs and own OLEDs but so many that own them act like its a none issue. Its an issue and its pretty clear its an issue with the amount of counter measure's to prevent burn in or slow it down massively. Heck for desktop use cases people recommend turning everything off ( which i have done as i use the AW3423DW ) and again if its not an issue why would i need to do that? I don't have to, but burn in is inevitable with static content, even with breaks. I hate when people say its not an issue... Yes it is. The majority don't even know what burn in is or how oleds work. Most people think its not possible to burn an aspects ratio into one that is how uneducated they are

[larzy]

I use oled as monitor, I've noticed the only burn in you get is at full field 5% grey in mild vertical streaks, but no image retention at all.
For reference it looks just like the 100% black on a good IPS panel.

[ChrisCarlos]

I take RTings data and tests and they pretty much show you have to go to some extremes to get any issue with the major models that if you fell asleep at the couch and power save mode settings turn it off a few hours later you're nowhere near burning out or making it burn in because of that single session. It will take many and for me personally it may never happen. My kids could leave the systems on overnight and I'll be fine.

I don't have an OLED yet but when my current one bites the dust I will likely make the move.

[chrisv]

If you plan to keep your OLED for more than 4 years than YES. Every single OLED TV I've owned was fine for the first 3 years, but after that the red pixels really do start to degrade, with green coming in second. The blue pixels surprisingly show no signs of degradation or uneven aging. If you want the best picture quality and are ok replacing your TV/monitor every 3 to 4 years than go OLED. If you want peace of mind without sacrificing too much in overall picture quality than buy a mini LED, that's what I'm doing next year.