I think it's that burn-in aspect (aside from price) that's what turns me off of OLEDs.Xyga wrote:This is why OLEDs are frustrating, the only reason to avoid them vs. a VA telly is fear of burn-in, but in terms of price/performance they're unquestionably superior.
Considering all of the LEDs on the display have a limited lifespan, what's the fix when sections of LEDs have burned long enough to become noticeably dim? Buy another expensive OLED? It's not like these things are intended to be serviceable. Even if there was a program on the unit that could track the total lifespans of every LED on the panel and then run a routine overnight to artificially age the other LEDs to even everything out, that would just dim the entire display, wouldn't it? (Although I think that would still be preferable to spending thousands on a new unit.)
Hopefully OLED manufacturing can gain enough efficiency soon so that prices can come down even further, or a new, better technology comes along.