Being an Early Adopter SUCKS - Trying to Fix Burn-in on my LG CX

I reviewed the LG OLED CX and LOVED IT but after daily driving for a few months I've already got burn in and keep running into a few other minor annoyances. So I'm gonna try to fix it!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Recap
1:40 Burn In
4:00 How Likely Is It?
5:00 Can We Do Anything?
6:05 Did it work?
7:20 Daily Use Issues
8:24 Service Remote
10:30 Results
11:50 Conclusion
14:20 Outro

[Sphyxx]

Imagine having "Activate windows" burned in on your screen XD

[CarthagoMike]

First he grew a beard, now his voice has deepened.
Linus truly has matured like his channel did.

[captainthunderbolt]

If burn-in wasn't a problem, then LG wouldn't have to ship TVs with an option to help fix burn-in.

If burn-in wasn't a problem, then LG would cover burn-in under warranty!

[NikolakiH]

Every single one of his ‘endgame solutions’ videos ends up getting an upgrade the following year

[LonelySandwich]

It feels weird hearing Linus with an adult voice

[OldBuford]

"being an early adopter SUCKS"

*Star Citizen Backer PTSD kicks in*

[andreprellwitz]

Based on my experience with my B6, I'm convinced LG tracks the total burn time of each pixel and compensates individual brightness. Sounds crazy but I saw rapid onset of burn-in of shows' logos only years after my kids stopped watching the shows. I could be wrong but I'm not willing to spend another $3500 to find out.

[Treblaine]

I think the difference is entirely because you can pull SUCH long hours in an office with SUCH bright elements which are just always always on and never changing. Even speedometers or health bars in a game are just not bright on in the same place for 8 hours every day, you're going to go into a menu or finish a race or have a loading screen and generally the trend is to "minimalist hud" these days anyway.

[lorincmate]

FYI: The original remote can be programmed for long press 1-9 to switch to a specific HDMI.

[katherinemorton]

Sounds like Linus actually hit puberty in the intro

[plamenski]

Some useful info here, thanks Linus 👍
So far my 2.5 year old 65 inch C9 has been great and I haven't had to deal with any burn in/img retention. I game 70%-75% of the time on it and the rest is 4K blu-rays and streaming shows & YouTube. I've only done the manual pixel refresher 2-3 times in total, I mainly try to avoid excessive brightness (vivid modes, ultra high brightness settings, etc) and it seems to have helped so far. Keep up the good work 🤘😎

[Viscte]

Make sure when using your OLED as a monitor you make the task bar auto hide, you use your web browser in full screen mode and get an extension for your chromium browser called scroll bars which allows you to hide them when browsing. In games, if you have the option make sure to hide your hud. Also it helps to set windows to high contrast dark mode. Set a screen saver to run after 30 seconds and if you must have a desktop background have it as a slide show or a moving one.

As I've stated, Ive used my b7 for years as a monitor.

[MarkusArkus]

"Back to you Steve!"
that gave me a good chuckle

[bwjclego]

I chuckled along with Wendell when he said "Back to you Steve".

That will never get old.

[CaliberBlue]

I just bought my very first OLED TV (55” LG B2) for our living room, and I’ve been having a lot of anxiety about it burning in, especially because I use it for PS5 gaming mostly, and this video has helped me feel much better about it. It seems like the modern newest OLEDs only have major issues when they’re used as a main monitor. I really love mine. I’m so glad I bought it!

[MrChancebozey]

Here is the reality. 100% of OLED panels will burn in. It can be delayed with technical tricks but there is no stopping the eventuality of it. No one wants to hear this but that is reality. Great vids and content :)

[RedButterflies]

With almost everything on screen being so static, an OLED as a PC monitor is probably the fastest way to get Burn In versus other daily or so uses. I would sweat every time, I could never..

[andrewt]

"The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long." ~Scruffy, The Janitor

[audnu-vanced]

Everytime when I'm itchy about getting an OLED tv as my monitor, I come back to this video

[lizichell]

For how expensive they are the screen damage over time would be a deal breaker for me