OLED displays users, how is the burn-in?

[ChickenTacos]

What's up!

For those of you using OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays, how bad is the burn-in/image retentiion? Looking at possibly getting into the OLED diplay game in the next year or so (2025-2026), and the problems with burn-in are the main detractor for me. Also, I read that text clarity can be an issue.

Comment?

[_I_]

Originally posted by ChickenTacos:

Originally posted by CaptObvious75:

No image retention whatsoever.

Yes, and how long have you had this display? How much do you usually use it?

and how often is a fairly static image left on the display?
sports scoreboard or game hud will be most likely to burn faster
since they are static image and not moving

[Corona Scurrae]

Originally posted by ChickenTacos:

Originally posted by CaptObvious75:

No image retention whatsoever.

Yes, and how long have you had this display? How much do you usually use it?

don't trust lg owners. they will tell you it's pouring despite it being sunny. I warned friends to avoid lg but they looked at reviews and all the positive press and bought themselves lg oleds. all of them developed nasty banding and permanent image-retention in mere months.

they looked up the issue and it seems it's pretty widespread. honestly I wouldn't touch lg even if they were to gift me their products.

[Obsessive Power]

I'd love an OLED monitor, but I'm not buying one yet. I work three out of five days at home, lots of static screens. I don't fancy my gaming display being damaged due to work.

I play many of my PC and console games via my LG C2 OLED, but only play games and watch TV and movies on it. Normal web browsing is left to my IPS monitor.

[C1REX]

Originally posted by Obsessive Power:

I'd love an OLED monitor, but I'm not buying one yet. I work three out of five days at home, lots of static screens. I don't fancy my gaming display being damaged due to work.

I play many of my PC and console games via my LG C2 OLED, but only play games and watch TV and movies on it. Normal web browsing is left to my IPS monitor.

Two monitors or a monitor + an OLED TV is a nice option. OLED used for fun stuff and LCD one for everything else.

[Guydodge]

ive read and heard alot of things these monitors and manually you can do to avoid burn in.
the fact that you or the monitors have to do this is concerning and pretty much says it all.

[ChickenTacos]

Originally posted by Guydodge:

ive read and heard alot of things these monitors and manually you can do to avoid burn in.
the fact that you or the monitors have to do this is concerning and pretty much says it all.

EXACTLY! And why spend all of that cash on what seems to be a BETA product with better versions on the way?

[kingjames488]

mine doesn't have an off button and has been running constantly for years... no burn-in but there's a couple lines of dead pixels that's probably more to do with the controller connnections than the LEDs.

[ChickenTacos]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

mine

Hello, friend!

To what are you referring to when you say 'mine'?

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by ChickenTacos:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

mine

Hello, friend!

To what are you referring to when you say 'mine'?

I couldn't say, you've only quoted the word out of context.

doesn't seem like a very friendly thing to do, "friend".

[ChickenTacos]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by ChickenTacos:

Hello, friend!

To what are you referring to when you say 'mine'?

I couldn't say, you've only quoted the word out of context.

doesn't seem like a very friendly thing to do, "friend".

Therefore, your comment shall be disregarded.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by ChickenTacos:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

I couldn't say, you've only quoted the word out of context.

doesn't seem like a very friendly thing to do, "friend".

Therefore, your comment shall be disregarded.

what are you talking about?

[Energist]

Light fade ( burn in) will always happen eventually. Nothing lasts forever.

All lights fade with use. If one light is used more than another, it will fade faster. Since each pixel is its own light in OLED, it's impossible for them to wear out evenly.

IPS lights also fade, but because the lights are used equally, they fade in a fairly uniform way. Even so, IPS screens degrade in their own way, and at fairly similar time scales as OLED. Rtings.com has an ongoing longevity test for IPS and OLED panels. There are casualties on both sides.

I've never had a phone OLED show signs of burn in, so I decided to get the new 240hz 4k Alienware.

Even when ( not if) you do get burn in, it may not be noticeable for a long time. By then, you'll likely want to upgrade it anyways.

We spend $40k on vehicles we know barely last 5 years on average. We shouldn't expect a $1000 monitor to last much longer than that.

If you want the best picture, OLED is the one true way. The tech continues to get better, but accept that it won't last 10+ years. It also comes with some maintenance overhead. That's the price you pay for it's unrivaled quality .

That shouldn't matter though. If you upgrade your PC every 3 to 5 years, but not your monitor , what was the point ? Your monitor is a bottleneck in your system same as your GPU and CPU. Expect to upgrade it on a similar cycle if you want to get the benefit of your current gen PC hardware. No point in having an rtx 4xxx if you're using a monitor from the mid 2000's.

[ChickenTacos]

Originally posted by Energist:

We spend $40k on vehicles we know barely last 5 years on average.

American vehicles last a lot longer than that, friend.

Originally posted by Energist:

If you upgrade your PC every 3 to 5 years,

Whoa. Let me stop you right there, friend. Maybe if you're building a low-end PC, you might expect it to wear out within that time frame. I like to build one high-end system that lasts at least 10 years. And lasts well, indeed, friend.

[CaptObvious75]

I have a Panasonic ST60 plasma. Had at VT50 plasma that I sold for a LG C1 that I currently run all gaming and sports on- never had any burn in. I don't play the same games all the time though and watch sports/other things on m C1 so makes sense why burn-in is a non issue for me.

Know your use case. If you only play one game all the time with static HUDs, then your chance of getting it is very high.