[p1necone]

I agree calling their display tech QLED is pretty shady, and clearly just intended to confuse people. But I'm glad their high end display tech is not OLED yet, because nobody seems to have solved burn in satisfactorily yet (if you play a lot of games or use them with a PC).

[dota_fanatic]

I've been using an LG OLED for 5 years with an HTPC. Lots of gameplay and leaving it on all day with eg a web browser open. I haven't experienced any burn in.

[ndiddy]

Would you mind taking a photo of your TV showing a 50% gray screen?

[dota_fanatic]

https://imgur.com/a/mMuy5fj

Poor lighting in this room, taken w/ an iPhone 12 Mini. Just grabbed the first result of "50% gray screen" from youtube.

I can see some vertical stripes if I look closely, but that seems to be general aging and not burn in. At least I can't think of any images that could have burned in that pattern with what I've used the screen for. Tbh this picture makes it look worse than it appears but you'll just have to take my word on that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This TV has gotten a lot of (ab)use, much more than a typical home I would think.

I'm glad you suggested this test because now I have some fuel for upgrading in 2022. ;) I wouldn't say the aging I can see from this test is noticeable in most cases, but it's a tool I'll use in the future to see how the striping worsens.

[pcurve]

oh god, I shudder at the thought of trying this test on my old screen because I know what the result is going to be like.

[tbonebrad]

My 3 year old 65” LG OLED is having the red pixels burn out already and it looks horrible. My 85” Samsung looks just as good to me (even better some times because it gets brighter).

[dota_fanatic]

That really sucks, especially given how expensive these things are. Mine is a 55" fwiw. :/

I went ahead and ran a pixel test and they're all working fine still. Maybe LG has been cutting costs as their OLED lines have matured? Or it could be bad luck of the draw.

[thetinguy]

There’s an lg oled soon to be released that “solves” the problem by basically underscanning and using the unlit pixels at the edges to allow for much more significant pixel shifts. It’s this one, but I can’t find the review. https://www.dpreview.com/news/0394947539/lg-new-32-4k-ultraf...

[MikusR]

Oled tvs have had Screen Shift for years.

[thetinguy]

Yes but oled TVs don’t have the same spare pixels as the monitor.

[hajile]

I'm really starting to believe that mini-LED displays are generally better for long-term use.