Azuren said:
The easiest way to spot burn-in is a uniform red screen.
Every OLED is susceptible to burn-in, but they succumb at different rates due to irregularities from set to set.
LG OLEDs lose definition in blacks; LG OLEDs also suffer from shoddy upscaling and noise algorithms; image retention can get pretty ridiculous on OLEDs, staying visible well past ten minutes; and finally, standard LED TVs don't require extra care or conditions to use without compromising the picture; at least the 930E runs twice as bright on Real Scene Brightness; QLEDs have significantly more color volume; the SJ8500 and SJ9500 have significantly lower input lag; both Tizen and AndroidTV are more supported than WebOS; none of the models I listed suffer from half-lives; none of the models I listed suffer from burn-in at a rate anywhere close to OLED; should I go on? It's clear to anyone who's paying attention to OLED issues and not OLED contrast that the failure rate is high enough to avoid them altogether.
That's a strange decision that seems to defeat you stating you have no loyalty to OLED, as no one without loyalty would actively choose an already burnt-in TV over a TV that won't burn-in.
And it does, because it doesn't matter how good the rest of the screen looks: part of the screen is compromised in an unfixable way, making your TV pretty much worthless beyond that point. It's like people walking around with cracks on their phone screen; no one wants that, so why actively pick a phone that can crack by itself seemingly at random?
But it's your decision. If burn-in doesn't bother you, then OLEDs have the perfect contrast (which makes up most of what your eye finds appealing, not necessarily the perfect blacks). As for myself, I'll wait for self-emitting panels that lack burn-in. |
Whilst you definitely know what you're talking about when it comes to TVs you also have a bit of a flair for the dramatic...
If you want to compare the issue of burn-in on a tv with a comparable issue on a phone - then surely, rather than using an example of a cracked screen it would be a more even-handed approach to use the example of... I dunno... ummm... burn-in maybe? Comparing burn-in to a cracked screen is just hyperbole.
I've attached a pic of my tv running a uniform red - as you suggested - and unless I'm missing something there seems to be zero sign of any issues :)
My comment about choosing an OLED with a little burn-in over an inferior set without - was there to illustrate that that whilst it may represent an instant game over to you, to others it would simply be another piece of info used to weigh-up the pro's and cons of a tv. If, like the example I mentioned, the BBC icon caused some burn-in after a few years - the TV wouldn't immediately go from a 9/10 PQ to zero. Maybe it would drop to an 8.5 or an 8 - but that's just me - it's subjective... depends on the severity and how visible it is during normal viewing - not some test screen... and it doesn't instantly negate all of the advantages that the TV holds over it's competition.
Anyway - the completionist in me just wanted to post the photo to show that I'm not some OLED zealot in self-denial - I've had the set for 2 years and it still looks fantastic. If I make it to 5 years without any noticeable burn-in (as in noticeable during normal viewing) then I've made the correct TV purchase & no number of links will prove otherwise!
