If the trend plays out it will represent a 161% annual growth rate.
  • Woozythebear@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m so glad that we are moving away from screens that will last 20+ years to screens that will be in a landfill after 2 years because of burn in.

    • Thrashy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      On the one hand, I agree with you that the expected lifespan of current OLED tech doesn’t align with my expectation of monitor life… But on the other hand, I tend to use my monitors until the backlight gives out or some layer or other in the panel stackup shits the bed, and I haven’t yet had an LCD make it past the decade mark.

      In my opinion OLED is just fine for phone displays and TVs, which aren’t expected to be lit 24/7 and don’t have lots of fixed UI elements. Between my WFH job and hobby use, though, my PC screens are on about 10 hours a day on average, with the screen displaying one of a handful of programs with fixed, high contrast user interfaces. That’s gonna put an OLED panel through the wringer in quite a bit less time than I have become used to using my LCDs, and that’s not acceptable to me.

      • monoboy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I think a lot of modern OLED panels will do a pixel shift if they detect a static image for too long. I never notice it on my TV, but might be more noticable on a monitor that you are closer to.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Sure but this is one of the differences between tv and monitor.

          • tv time is max a few hours, lots of dark, lots of movement, pixel shifting has no impact
          • work monitor is 8+ hours, close work, high brightness/contrast. I don’t know if pixel shifting is noticeable but it’s more likely, plus there’s more static element, more bright, more contrast
    • zeekaran@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      4 months ago

      My TV is OLED and is five years old with zero burn in. It’s much less common now unless you’re a taxi driver.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        My TV

        • moves static pictures around a bit
        • has an aggressive screen saver, then power down
        • streaming devices are fairly aggressive about sleeping/ power down
        • there’s only so many hours to watch TV
        • most video has a lot of dark

        Those are great features to combat burnin and save energy, and no big deal on my TV. However those would be aggravating on a monitor I’m trying to work at, plus most of the monitor is bright

      • Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Pixels are dying on my LG OLED TV in under 5 years, that’s a common issue, i’m fine with it watching media, but desktop usage use the whole picture and that shit would be thrown out.

        I couldn’t have been better to the panel.