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OLEDs have a 4th white sub-pixel, comes in handy for white on-screen logos.
My idea is that if an OLED can last around 3-4 years without burn in which affects mediau consumption I'll be happy and likely upgrade anyway.
I know its a bad way to think about it but realistically thats where I'm at.
That is a very beneficial post BAMozzy. I bought an OLED C9 as it was the best I could afford and have a living room game set up, wireless keyboard, mouse, headphones and a pretty powerful PC. I was however unaware of the burn in issue at purchase. I am not too worried as I reduce opacity on logos that allow or turn others off that I don’t need. I game max 2 hours a day if that and watch maybe 2-3 hours of TV on average. But most of the games I play I do have HDR on like RDR2, Forza 4, Gears 5, COD Modern Warfare which again, many say not to use excessively. Which defeats the whole point of having it if you are told not to use it as the pixels will wear even faster. If I can get a few years out of it I will be happy.
I've managed just 7 months of an LG C8 and now have image retention from just 1-2 hours a day of playing FIFA (burnt in hud elements). Sadly now that I have noticed it I see it all the time.
What screen settings did you use for FIFA?
Yeah defaults to HDR (I use HDR Game mode). Have contacted LG so just waiting a response with regards to still being in 12 month warranty and keeping my fingers crossed.That seems to have worn much faster than many tests have seemed to indicate. Is Fifa a HDR game?
Yeah defaults to HDR (I use HDR Game mode). Have contacted LG so just waiting a response with regards to still being in 12 month warranty and keeping my fingers crossed.
They will replace it within the 12 months regardless, they've even recently been repairing panels over 2 years old free of charge, even though they are out of warranty.HDR does cause faster wear as the sub-pixels have to be much brighter. If you continue to play with the HUD elements but in SDR, you will still get more wear on those areas but at slower rate so it won't deteriorate as fast. You can't reverse it though.
It would be great if LG will do something for you but I fear they could be difficult - not covered by warranty, classify it as 'abuse' or your fault rather than a fault or issue of theirs.
They will replace it within the 12 months regardless, they've even recently been repairing panels over 2 years old free of charge, even though they are out of warranty.
They will replace it within the 12 months regardless, they've even recently been repairing panels over 2 years old free of charge, even though they are out of warranty.
Loads of cases on here recently of burn in, with the panels being replaced free of charge by LG out of warranty, and it's been known for years that its covered within the first 12 months, lg have stated this themselves plenty of times.For this type of issue?? That's good if that is the case and then maybe they should make ot known that they have a warranty that covers the panel for such. I know they have replaced issues of banding and vignetting but not heard that they will replace a panel with uneven wear/burn in. Its often been the retailer (those more inclined to look after the customer) that have authorised replacements despite the fact that the warranty doesn't cover burn in.
I don't know if there's any small print, but there is plenty of owners on here who have had their panel replaced for screen burn within the first 12 months with LG telling them its covered, there's also plenty who have had it replaced outside of the 12 months now too.Can you direct me to the small print where LG say this?
Thanks.
It is not burn in like that, it is the red pixels fade faster than the others, in laymans terms, therefore having the black bars will not really be a problem. Unless you are watching a film of pure red.
We are seeing sets where there is dark patches in the middle where people's faces have been.
When the content is static the set darkens that static logo etc. So I disagree, static images are not actually an issue, it is aeras that use 100% red that are the issue. Red and bright Yellow graphics, and graphics that are moving more so.
Black bars would be an issue, if it were a full red/yellow field everywhere else, but this doesn't happen, therefore it is not.
We are seeing sets where there is dark patches in the middle where people's faces have been.
When the content is static the set darkens that static logo etc. So I disagree, static images are not actually an issue, it is aeras that use 100% red that are the issue. Red and bright Yellow graphics, and graphics that are moving more so.
Black bars would be an issue, if it were a full red/yellow field everywhere else, but this doesn't happen, therefore it is not.