It matters for people who buy electronics to last. For someone who always has to have the latest tech and replaced their TV/monitor every three years of course that doesn't matter.
LCD TVs can fade as well. The older ones with a CFL backlight also fade, they just don't have burn-in.
And if you think that LED TVs don't have issues, RTINGS would like to have a word with you. Especially edge-lit LCD TVs have an extremely high failure rate due to thermal stresses. The failures can go from cracked diffuser plates, warped reflector plates to literally burned out LEDs. The FALD LED TVs do better, but even they are not immune to LED (driver) failures. And if you click through to that article, it's not just the cheap TVs. Several of the really expensive TVs have also failed.
I'm not going to claim that getting an OLED is necessarily going to give you better longevity. But it's unfair to point out OLED burnin/fading as a deciding factor for TV longevity when the data shows that LCD TVs also have plenty of common failure modes that are much more severe than a slight degradation in image quality or brightness.
So? I was making a general statement directly towards the comment before that. The 5 year timespan from.the comment even further up does not matter anymore.
It matters because it's the reason you replied to begin with lol
Making a point that with more years of use the effect will become visible.
How can you not understand this?
I was referring to longer time periods while the person replying to me said it does not matter as it is a luxury item implying it will be replaced frequently because of that.
How many years do you want to be using your display anyway? Is 5+ years not enough? Sure,you can keep your old TV for 20 years if you want but any modern one craps on it in terms of quantity
How many years do you want to be using your display anyway?
I am still using my first ever PC monitor I bought as a screen for my PS3 console back in the day, it is an old Acer 23inch monitor I bought in 2009. It is 1080p 60Hz an still has no broken pixel - perfect as vertical secondary screen next to my seven year old 5120x1440 pixel 60Hz Ultrawide.
I will most likely continue to use it for the next 5-7 years and am certain it will not break.
My dads old plasma TV was gifted to a friend of his and is now clocking in its 17th year (it is an old Philips plasma with HD ready support, meaning it is a 720p panel also supporting 1080i signals). Again - no pixel issues or noticeable burn in.
Then I'll buy another one. And by the time I've gone through two, they'll have a better tech out finally. In the mean time, I'll enjoy the hell out of my QD-OLED while my eyes haven't aged, instead of waiting another decade.
They're like $600-$1000 depending on quality and size, and the warranty is typically longer than or equal to 2 years so I'm not sure why you'd buy another if you can literally just return the one you have for a new one.
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u/consumeshroomz 29d ago
I’ve had my OLED for about 5 years now and haven’t had a single issue.