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It does a appear to be a fundamental problem with OLED displays. AFAIK, every OLED screen ever made has burn-in issues, and every manufacturer of OLED screens t
by lewisl9029 9y ago
It does a appear to be a fundamental problem with OLED displays. AFAIK, every OLED screen ever made has burn-in issues, and every manufacturer of OLED screens takes care to explicitly exclude display burn-in from the warranty terms.
I made the mistake of buying an OLED TV to use as a computer monitor last year, and today there are multiple areas of the screen where burn-in marks are visible from things like the taskbar, window title bars, window separators from tiled arrangement, etc.
It's a real shame because OLED has otherwise terrific properties as a display technology, and looks downright mind-blowing in a dark room where the infinite contrast from the lack of a backlight shines through. But because of the burn-in issues I've experienced, I can't in good faith recommend it as a long-term investment for use cases where you're likely to have static images on the screen for prolonged periods of time (smartphone and computer displays).
Anyone aware of other promising display technologies that can achieve the same levels of contrast without the downsides of the burn-in risks associated with OLED?
- sundvor 9y agoThat's a great point, and I'm glad my HTPC screen was a Samsung SUHD over an LG OLED now. The Samsung's uniformity and edge bleed isn't great but I think I'd take that over the permanent burn in I'd inevitably get from eg Win10' screensaver not kicking in. I noticed the burn in on my button bar of my Samsung S8, and finally understood why they didn't let me have a fully black navbar. I had installed a custom Navbar app to make it black; now that area is lighter than the rest.. fortunately not too be yet, but I'll be careful about apps like Google Auto going forward.