"Only minor".
Also I did the math, it's 125 days of runtime.
Its inappropriate for any display to damage itself within one year of doing its only job.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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Any burnin with modern screens is going to be miniscule for everyone who had a CRT or plasma.
My OLED TV disagreed apparently. Put on a certain fireplace video one winter for a few hours per day for about a month. Burned the crap out of my reds. I'll never get an OLED again, but still use it because TVs are expensive and it still technically works.
Personally, the improved picture and response time are worth the risks to me. I have had an OLED monitor for 3 years now and haven't experienced any burn in at all.
I’d have to see it for myself but “minor” burn in after only 2 years doesn’t sound acceptable at all
You should watch the video. "Minor" is an overstatement. It's completely invisible in normal use, and only barely visible if you put on a blank blue or grey background and squint really hard.
I dunno I’ve noticed blooming and other effects normally described as invisible or hard to see
Sometimes sure it’s either extremely rare or hardly noticeably but it’s still often a near constant enough annoyance
And what happens after 2 more years?
Are you using the same monitor? Blooming is not an affect of burn-in. If you want to know, watch the video. If you don't, don't. I don't care.
No not for this monitor that was just an example of something recent I’ve seen on other monitors where people say the effects were not noticeable but they were to me and especially if the panel was dark
Ive noticed slight oled burn in on other peoples devices but I think it’s mostly them going blind to it because it’s part of their default setup so they’re extra unlikely to notice
I have outright tortured my screen for the last 2 years and "minor" literally means it can only be seen at 0% brightness on a flat grey screen, and only if you know where it is already. If you go up even a single notch on the brightness it disappears completely.
You will get 10+ years out of them easily, just run the brightness at 25-50% instead of full blast all day.
I have a Gigabyte AO48U and one of the common complaints about it is that it auto-dims when a white background is on but I absolutely love this feature because fuck white backgrounds to death.
Sounds like you won’t get close to 10 years if after 2 the burn in starts
And I gotta keep my brightness down all day too just to be safe?
Lmao that’s simply why I’m not buying one 🤷♀️
Thousand+ dollar monitors degrading after a few years of normal use and that’s somehow acceptable to people…maybe when I’m rich lol
And 3000 hours is 10 hours a day of on time for 300 days...how long are people using their monitors to stretch it to 2 years? I use my PCs and monitors for work, which is usually 7-8 hours a day, if I game later, then add another hour or two. That means burn in for normal use is in under a year.
Yeah this post is a delusional ad disguised as a review
The internet is dead
I agree, my monitors have 10+ years and it’s now at a point to be a good value. 2 years is nothing.
Let’s be generous and say it actually takes 4-5 years for noticeable burn in
Maybe I’m looking at the wrong model but this appears to be a $1400 monitor lol
That’s an absolutely insane value degradation but I suppose the target market are simply rich people and legitimate screen addicts
My oldest monitor is only a little over 10 years old and I think of it new. And it was less than a third of the cost.
Reposting for the 3rd time
TLDR: I took the plunge on OLED TV in 2021 as a primary monitor and it's been incredible
I've been using an LG C1 48" OLED TV as my sole monitor for my full-time job, my photography, and gaming since the start of 2021. I think it's at around ~~3000~~ ~~4500~~ 8500 hours of screen time. It averages over 10 hours of on time per weekday
It typically stays around ~~40~~ 90 brightness because ~~that's all I need~~ I now have a bright office, being fairly close to my face the size. All of the burn-in protection features are on (auto dimming , burn-in protection, pixel rotation) but I have ~~Windows~~ Mac set to never sleep for work reasons.
Burn in has not been a thing. Sometimes, I leave it on with a spreadsheet open or a photo being edited overnight because I'm dumb. High brightness and high contrast areas might leave a spot visible in certain greys but by then, the TV will ask me to "refresh pixels" and it'll be gone when I next turn the TV on. The task bar has not burned in.
Update in 2026 at 8500+ hours: there is minor garaininess to midtone, flat grays. Not distracting or even a risk for photo sensitive work, but I can find it if I know to look for it.
Experience for work, reading, dev: 8/10
Pros: screen real estate. One 48" monitor is roughly four 1080p 22" monitors tiled.The ergonomics are great. Text readability is very good especially in dark mode.
cons: sharing my full screen is annoying to others because it's so big. Video camera has to be placed a bit higher than ideal so I'm at a slightly too high angle for video conferences.
This is categorically a better working monitor than my previous cheap dual 4k setup but text sharpness is not as good as a high end LCD with retina-like density because 1) the density and 2) the subpixel configuration on OLED is not as good for text rendering. This has never been an issue for my working life.
Experience with photo and video editing: 10/10
Outside of dedicated professional monitors which are extremely expensive, there is no better option for color reproduction and contrast. From what I've seen in the consumer sector, maybe Apple monitors are at this level but the price is 4 or 5x.
Gaming: 10/10
2160p120hz HDR with 3ms lag, perfect contrast and extremely good color reproduction.
FPSs feel really good. Anything dark/horror pops A lot of real estate for RTSs Maybe flight sim would have benefited from dusk monitor setup?
I've never had anything but a good gaming experience. I did have a 144hz monitor before and going to 120 IS marginally noticable for me but I don't think it's detrimental at the level I play (suck)
Reviewers had mentioned that it's good for consoles too though I never bothered
Movies and TV: 10/10 4K HDR is better than theaters' picture quality in a dark room. Everything I've thrown on it has been great.
Final notes/recommendations This is my third LG OLED and I've seen the picture quality dramatically increase over the years. Burn-in used to be a real issue and grays were trashed on my first OLED after about 1000 hours.
~~Unfortunately, I have to turn the TV on from the remote every time. It does automatically turn off from no signal after the computers screen sleep timer, which is a good feature~~. There are open source programs which get around this.
This TV has never been connected to the Internet... I've learned my lesson with previous LG TVs. They spy, they get ads, they have horrendous privacy policies, and they have updates which kill performance or features... Just don't. Get a streaming box.
You need space for it, width and depth wise. The price is high (around 1k USD on sale) but not compared with gaming monitors and especially compared with 2 gaming monitors.
Pixel rotation is noticeable when the entire screen shifts over a pixel two. It also will mess with you if you have reference pixels at the edge of the screen. This can be turned off.
Burn in protection is also noticable on mostly static images. I wiggle my window if it gets in my way. This can also be turned off.
Please name those open-source programs that allow you to turn it on automatically.
I have the same panel and a similar experience. It is the best display that I've ever used.
I often accidentally turn the monitor off because my desktop is just a black background and so it appears to be off if there isn't something being displayed.
The HDR could possibly be brighter, but the OLED blacks are worth the diminished peak brightness (which is brighter than is comfortable in a dark room).
I have around 12,000 hours and I have some minor blue channel image retention in the crosshair area, it looks like a small bar across the center of the screen, but it is only noticeable if I'm displaying a pure blue color (like when I'm looking for image retention). In actual usage I don't notice it and the peak brightness is probably a little lower. I usually run at 60-80% brightness depending on room lighting conditions so I have a lot of overhead before I'd notice the loss of brightness.
I feel like this could be further improved by changes to operating systems - like slightly changing the color or position for a frame (or even other, more creative ways)