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by blitmap 3007 days ago
I was excited circa 2016 for OLED displays in laptops but that seems to have died. They were only 2560x1440 panels - I was hoping for 2160p to follow.
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Me too! I was so hyped up about it that I got myself a ThinkPad X1 Yoga with an OLED display. But wish I'd realized sooner that putting an amazing display in a shit laptop still leaves you with .... a shit laptop.
I don't understand in general why OLED is taking so long to be mass produced for TVs and monitors. It's like just now becoming mainstream, with what seems like two actually purchasable products.
I have an LG OLED TV, and I would recommend against purchasing an OLED for monitor use.

Burn-in is still a huge issue. I've used mine for about a year and the red channel is full of distracting burn-in patterns from still elements on my screen from things like wallpapers, tiled window borders, taskbar/docks, HUDs from games, etc.

Does anyone know if MicroLEDs could suffer from burn-in as well? I.e. do they also degrade over time based on usage?

LG oled TVs are all white with a color filter.
That's news to me. Any idea what would explain the red channel exhibiting much more burn-in than others then?

I've tested this by filling my screen with each color, and burn-in is by far the most visible with a red fill.

I don't have any knowledge of LEDs, but I believe that the burn in problems in OLEDs are due to them wearing out due to them being organic, which presumably wouldn't affect artificial micro leds