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SvennoJ on 30 March 2016
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TomaTito said:
SvennoJ said:

Not a good idea yet, they still have issues with burn in. At least according to cnet
http://www.cnet.com/products/lg-eg9600/
The manual reads: "If a fixed image displays on the TV for a long period of time, it will...become a permanent disfigurement on the screen. This...burn-in is not covered by the warranty." It advises owners to avoid displaying 4:3 aspect ratio images and other fixed images for longer than an hour at a time. I didn't actually "test" burn-in in my review sample, but it didn't seem to retain static images as badly as plasmas I've tested in the past.

Was not aware of that, thanks for the tip. Guess I know who to bother whenever I need to buy a new display!
It's always best to wait with technology, but sometimes you have to buy something and if I had to right now I would get an OLED.

Still like you mentioned before, waiting for 4K/HDR/etc to be more extent, mainstream and standard would be the best option to go.

And better get the flat version, curved is just marketing.
http://www.cnet.com/products/lg-ef9500/

yeah flat is better, my walls aren't curved!

They did also say that it is the best display they've ever tested, yet when I drop 3 grand on a tv I would like it to last. I have had the burn in problem before with the Panasonic TH-50PX75U. There was still lots of 4:3 content on HD cable back then and I didn't like zoom cutting of the top and bottom or that ugly stretch mode. Result, two visible side panels in 16:9 mode, darker than the middle of the screen. Fading at a different rate I guess. The sides have faded too by now since all content changed to 16:9. It's certainly not as nice anymore as it was 7 years ago. Which is also a problem with OLED, how do they look after 10,000 hours or 20,000 hours.

OLED is the best for a dark room though, I wish I had those black levels on my projector. Yet for day time living room environment you might be better of with an LED HDR screen as they can get much brighter. Black levels won't get you anything with a lot of ambient light.

OLED for home theater, LED for day time always on TV. CRT for gaming :p