RadiantFlamberge Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 https://www.zdnet.com/article/lg-oled-tv-suffers-burn-in-from-4000-hour-test/ An LG OLED TV suffered some burn-in after 4000 hours. Rtings has tested some 2017 LG C7 OLED TVs with a cycle of 5 hours on & 1 off, 4 times daily. This kind of shoots down LG's claims that one of their OLEDs can last 30000 hours, or roughly 10 years worth of use, without burn-in. What a bummer. One commenter on the video page had the problem within about 10 months on a TV that cost $3000, & swore off buying another OLED. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Seems OLED has become the new Plasma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Huh, I planned on buying an OLED to replace my older Sony Bravia in the near future, but it seems I may have to hold off and do some more research. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 OLED Is on sale a lot too here. bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Hyper Balls Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 my buddy brags about his OLED 55 inch all the time, then 6 months later a pinkish purple stripe showed up on the left side of his screen. he had to use up his 350 dollar warranty and bought a bigger one for 1,300 dollars more. I was like dafak bro you need a doctor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjoe1bkhjtqxm Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Luckily I buy only Sony TV ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakoom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Why would someone leave an OLED open on the same screen for 4000 hours? if you switch every hour or so this wil last 15~20k hours atleast... i have 4300 hours ( 1 year 6 months since purchase ) on my OLED B6 and i got no burn in and you know how much i spend time on games lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haysi_Fantaysee Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 34 minutes ago, Hakoom said: Why would someone leave an OLED open on the same screen for 4000 hours? if you switch every hour or so this wil last 15~20k hours atleast... What about gamers who use HUD? If they are expected to switch the TV over every hour to stop burn in that kind of negates the niceness of owning one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honor_Hand Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Lol As an LG TV owner I'd rather advise people to stay away from that brand as far as TVs goes. They are not exactly made to last. Have an LED TV myself that has had numerous issues in the past now and I'm pretty sure that, whenever I upgrade my TV, it is not going to be an LG one. That's for sure. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakoom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Haysi_Fantaysee said: What about gamers who use HUD? If they are expected to switch the TV over every hour to stop burn in that kind of negates the niceness of owning one. you wont leave a hud more than 3~5h on correct? sometimes you have to cut down on things you do with the tv like switch the chanel or game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Feral said: Seems OLED has become the new Plasma. Everyone always says bad things about plasma. I must have gotten exceedingly lucky. I bought a plasma TV on the cheap years ago, and it has been delightful for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmFanatic Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Just for the record, all types of screens can get burn-in including LCD screens however OLED TVs are more susceptible to it. I’ve had a 2017 LG E7 since July last year and I use it for 35 to 40 hours a week for gaming. I’ve never had any issues with ghosting or burn-in. When I was looking for an OLED TV to buy I didn’t read anything about ghosting/ burn-in in any review. I don’t remember where I heard about it first but when I did I had a read up on it there were a few people who got burnt in images on their TV however this was most commonly because they left their TV on all day long particularly on news channels with scrolling headlines at the bottom of the screen which are always there. It did make me think twice about getting an OLED TV but in the end I still got it and I am very glad that I did. Doing research before buying a TV will always be a good idea but personally I wouldn’t concern yourself with ghosting/ burn-in issues as the people who have this happen are few and far between compared to people who don’t have it happen. And the people who do have it happen weren’t treating their TV properly anyway. Also don’t go thinkng that this is solely an LG problem as LG supplies OLED panels for every brand of TV including Sony and Panasonic. LG OLED TVs come with software built into them to minimise the chance of image retention like pixel shift which preiodically shifts the image on a screen by one pixel so an image is not in exactly the same place the entire time that a TV is switched on. The last thing I’ll say is that if you want an opinion on whether or not to buy an OLED TV you are better off talking to someone who owns one and regularly uses it for gaming than going by someone who is testing one by using it in a way that you wouldn’t normally use it at home. I have my OLED TV on all day for gaming on weekends and I haven’t had any issues with it since I got it about 18 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantFlamberge Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/real-life-oled-burn-in-test Here's another test from Rtings with some uniformity photos. Set it to week 44 & you can really see the burn-in on CNN Live, especially at max brightness. This one is a little more realistic than their other test, & suggests that OLEDs can burn in after about 4000-5000 hrs. of use. I had a 42" plasma TV by Zenith, another LG brand. It wasn't bad, but it was only 720p. It was fine for PS3 or Xbox 360, but not too great with PS4. I switched to an LG LED 1080p/43" one. My original PS Vita with an OLED screen has not shown any issues, but I play it for 2 hours or less at a time & not every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPro-PS Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) I play on OLED LG 55". About 20 months. ~6 hours a day. No problems. New generation TVs restore everything in sleeping mode. Edited November 5, 2019 by iPro-PS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltdisneypixar Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Who is playing nowadays with OLED? I want one for ps5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltdisneypixar Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I have just bought LG C9. I was waiting for cx but it is inferior and no waiting for c11 in may 2021 without my ps5 So I just bought it 65 inches 1562 euros. Now i need the ps5 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) Quote from the stream (2:45): "This is a really extreme test that doesn't really represent real life usage." I was hoping for real, extreme torture tests at that point. Slightly disappointed. Conclusion: So burn-in isn't a concern unless you watch static images for thousands of hours. Same advice as plasma for however many years, got it. Again. Edited June 18, 2020 by DaivRules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladynadiad Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) On 12/7/2018 at 9:01 AM, Hakoom said: you wont leave a hud more than 3~5h on correct? sometimes you have to cut down on things you do with the tv like switch the chanel or game That can happen easily in games with trophies to play X amount of hours that is beyond the amount of playtime you'd need to finish everything or doesn't carry playtime over multiple playthroughs. Very often people just leave the game sitting to idle the remaining time. I had one game that required to be idled for 50+ hours because they thought a play 100 hours trophy was a great idea in an about 40-50 hour long game that doesn't carry over playtime across playthroughs. While it may not always be the HUD being left on, usually when idling its left on one screen or the in game menu. Edited June 18, 2020 by ladynadiad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltdisneypixar Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, ladynadiad said: That can happen easily in games with trophies to play X amount of hours that is beyond the amount of playtime you'd need to finish everything or doesn't carry playtime over multiple playthroughs. Very often people just leave the game sitting to idle the remaining time. I had one game that required to be idled for 50+ hours because they thought a play 100 hours trophy was a great idea in an about 40-50 hour long game that doesn't carry over playtime across playthroughs. While it may not always be the HUD being left on, usually when idling its left on one screen or the in game menu. Idle? You can turn the tv display off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 The follow up from a year later says pretty much not to worry for normal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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