NDUS wrote: ↑27 Nov 2022, 09:06
$1000 is a really rough price point for something that will undoubtedly get burn-in within 3-6mos of you using it the way it's intended (on competitive FPS) - thanks to static UI elements.
I think this is an overexaggeration.
There's been way too much kilowatt-amplified chicken-little squealing on this. (Instead of chicken-little, more like a cacophony of parrots doing chinese whispers based on older burn-in-sensitive panels).
Remember, LG is a WOLED, which is generally more resistant to burn in than RGB OLED. Also, if you dim OLED by 50%, the 1-year estimate can become a 4-year estimate. Some OLED panel formulations are now finally more resistant to burn in than CRT was, they are constantly researching on this.
Also, there are pixel orbiting features on upcoming OLEDs that will balance out the static-element image retention a little. Also, many OLEDs have pixel maintainer logic to balance out some image retention. There are two types of image retention to worry about, the temporary kind (similar to LCD), and the more permanent kind (real burn-in).
Little known to many, LCDs can also go through wear/tear, e.g. backlight dimming, and LCD GtG speed changes over its lifetime. A heavily used LCD monitor at high brightness can lose half of its maximum brightness in a few years.
I love the upcoming 240Hz OLEDs, given they have less motion blur than 360Hz LCDs -- brute framerate-based motion blur reduction looks fantastic on OLEDs if you dislike strobing.
Both LCD and OLED has their attributes, but the OLED burn in issues have fallen significantly, and OLED attributes risen significantly, as long as you do some best practices. The OLED burn in after 3 years can less visible than the splotchiness of many LCD 5% gray field -- it is easy to tolerate that, given the LCD cons too. The pros now outweighs the cons, even through the multiple years of OLED monitor ownership.
My current biggest worry is OLED lag (+1 refresh cycle time versus LCD), but they're working on that. Brute Hz helps a lot (240Hz = 4ms). You also have to compare it against the lag LCD strobe backlight too, since non-strobed 240Hz OLED is almost as clear as strobed LightBoost 10 years ago. And the non-strobed motion clarity is able to compete with a 500Hz IPS LCD, while only needing 240fps to achieve said clarity via brute framerate-based motion blur reduction (rather than strobe-backlight blur reduction).
The first 240Hz panels may not be fully appreciated by esports audience until it's realtime-scanout, but what my eyes have seen lately, OLED is going to make a very strong true entry into the general gaming monitor market in 2023 given the excellent of general-purpose use (PhotoShop, software development in Dark Mode, browsing, gaming, HDR, videos, etc). On these use Dark Mode, don't go max brightness, use taskbar autohide, use dark wallpaper or wallpaper slideshow, etc.
Thousands of us have pioneered PC use with LG OLED TVs for years.
No burn in on recent LG OLED TV for 3 years of nonstop Visual Studio use.
Just avoid the super-burnin-sensitive older panels such as C6.
Don't use RTINGS burn-in-tester settings, and stick to C9 or newer, and do proper hygeine.
Simple settings can slow down OLED burn by over 100x -- it's a logarithmic curve. Halving OLED brightness added an order of magnitude to burnin time, on certain panels.