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It's definitely incorrect to say that backlit LCD screens don't wear out. However, it's definitely correct to say that quality OLED screens wear out much, much

It's definitely incorrect to say that backlit LCD screens don't wear out. However, it's definitely correct to say that quality OLED screens wear out much, much faster than quality backlit LCD screens. And as always, garbage-grade screens [0] fall to pieces much, much faster than good ones. You might also be interested in this follow-up report that was published about a year later than the link you posted: <https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updates-and-results https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updat...>. Also interesting is a video that RTNGS made a little while back that I cannot currently find where they took some of the TVs from this test with failing screens that looked SUPER bad in the pictures, and showed them in the video with moving pictures, asking the question "So, hey, can you spot the problem?". For some the answer was an obvious "YES", but for others, no, not at all. [0] Like dreadfully thin edge-lit ones: <https://www.rtings.com/research/thin-lcd-tvs-break-faster-under-prolonged-use https://www.rtings.com/research/thin-lcd-tvs-break-faster-un...>

jeffbee 2y ago
Some of those look pretty bad but I feel like having a news chyron on-screen for 10000 hours indicates something deeper than having bought an imperfect TV.
- nine_k 2y ago
  Just a TV somewhere in the lobby of a doctor's office, or some such, that permanently shows news, interspersed with some short information pieces from the medical establishment. It would also usually run closed captions at all times, also at about the same area of the screen.
  - simoncion 2y ago
    Yep. The test they're running is exactly this scenario. In one of the articles related to the project, they talk about how they considered handling the fact that the 24/7 news channel they selected for the test significantly changed something about the bottom bar (the logo? the crawl design? both? I can't remember.). IIRC, they considered running a lengthy pre-recorded loop through the screens, but decided against it because that might not be representative of real-world programming decisions or whatever.

jeffbee 2y ago

Some of those look pretty bad but I feel like having a news chyron on-screen for 10000 hours indicates something deeper than having bought an imperfect TV.

nine_k 2y ago
Just a TV somewhere in the lobby of a doctor's office, or some such, that permanently shows news, interspersed with some short information pieces from the medical establishment. It would also usually run closed captions at all times, also at about the same area of the screen.
- simoncion 2y ago
  Yep. The test they're running is exactly this scenario. In one of the articles related to the project, they talk about how they considered handling the fact that the 24/7 news channel they selected for the test significantly changed something about the bottom bar (the logo? the crawl design? both? I can't remember.). IIRC, they considered running a lengthy pre-recorded loop through the screens, but decided against it because that might not be representative of real-world programming decisions or whatever.