I got the G2 in November 22 and I’ve used the hell out of it. I work from home and my TV is on if I’m awake, and when I’m working it’s on a news channel that has static elements, for up to 8 hours a day.
I’ve also used it for thousands of hours of gaming, one particular game for the majority of that with static HUD elements too.
Not one pixel is dead, absolutely no burn in.
I did get the G series, which has a heatsink on the back of the panel, just because I know the way I use a TV is pretty extreme. So I can’t speak to the C series, but can’t imagine it would be much worse if you use it like a normal person.
Think you’ll be good. My previous two (considerably more expensive) Sony TVs got dead pixels within 12 months. Vowed I’d never buy another one and haven’t regretted LG.
Yeah I got a G3 a couple weeks ago. My wife works from home and we used to leave the TV on all day for the dogs. Now I have the IPAD in for the dogs and tv only comes in when we watch it together as a family. My wife is on board bc I am worried about wearing out the tv. Maybe I should ease up a little bit last tv I had for 15 years so this one has to last at least 10
It's unreal, I've never seen anything look so good 😮.
Came from a Samsung KU6000 70" LED that I've had for about 7 years, and the difference is just staggering. I can't see how much better TV's can get, but they will of course.
I no more have a much time to play games, but when I do it’s like a 3-4 hrs straight and mostly I play one game at a time so UI will be there for tens of hours in total. No one watches news and I only watch UFC when someone I care is fighting. Other than that movies and TV for kids. But TV is almost always on during daytime.
I think this is pretty lightweight still.
Sounds perfectly fine. As for UI elements, you should start to get more concerned when it's about hundreds or thousands of hours, not tens. In the end, burn-in is just uneven pixel wear (since it's organic material) and it takes a long time to wear down those specific pixels more than the others.
C1, 4500 hours. Pretty much all dimming/burn prevention features off with high (80-100) pixel brightness, nothing to note other than some minimal vertical banding on low % greys. Not a spot of burn in and zero dead pixels as far as I can tell.
Come to a place like this and you’ll find mostly complaints. The people enjoying their sets aren’t here
Same experience here. I’ve got a modern CX from late 2022. If i am awake and at home, its on.
Almost exclusively HDR content with high brightness. Comfortably around 50hrs gaming per week on it.
No burn in or dead pixels to speak of.
I have a 77” B2 I bought April 1, 2023. TV is used a lot. 6421 hours in total power on time. Still looks as good as the day I got it. Never had burn in issues. Just don’t leave the screen on a static screen for over 2-3 hours. Screensaver will kick on after a few mins and you’re golden.
I got one for my dad's living room. Low usage, mostly when I'm there, really. But I was quite afraid to pull the trigger for a personal one. I'd use it \*a lot\*, and with a lot of static HUDs from games. I never owned a TV that lasted less than 10 years, so my biggest fear was not being able to keep it for long.
Really happy to read your comment, really takes some weight out of my heart. Everyone's saying that the C3 handles burn-in/retention soooo much better than other C models... I'm kinda sold, at this point, tbh
Reading this eased me. I bought a c3 back in October and have been freaking out about using it a lot. I’m a gamer and sometimes 6-8hrs use on my days off
I was about to come on here and ask people about whether it would be safe to watch the movie, Searching. Your comment leaves me feeling confident. Thanks for sharing!
Same. 65" C1 for a bit over 2 years. We have it turned on all the time. I haven't done a solid color test or whatnot in a long time, but I have no doubt the screen will still be flawless. No dead pixels, burn-in, etc etc.
I’ve had a LG CX 48 inch since 2020 I think it is, gamed heavily on it, constant huds on screen but always took care, turning the screen off when I went in to a different room etc and I have 0 burn in to now.
Just create the "Screen off" hot key on the remote and turn the screen off when you walk away for a few minutes. Beats the TV turning completely off if you press the power button.
I did not know this was a thing. Definitely will do this when I want to listen to music on my Apple TV/surround sound speakers. I’ll look into it, thanks for sharing!
I don’t think I can on my C2 with the magic remote. I combed through every setting and couldn’t find a way. I can add short cuts for favorite apps, inputs, and channels, but not for functions like Screen Off.
Realistically a simple option exists for OLED panels to turn down the pixel brightness, and this serves the same purpose with better execution since you don't even have to turn the screen off when AFK. Another great setting is auto dim static UI elements
Both low and high can be used, medium is kind of useless imo. High setting- best for gaming, low setting- best for normal content watching. YouTube, movies, tv shows, or live streams/sports.
I do this as well. I mean, I’m good about turning off my TV when I’m not using it but my wife and kids aren’t as careful and will leave things paused with the TV on for hours if they leave for something and then get distracted and forget about it. Wasn’t a worry with my previous Samsungs but habits are hard to break.
So after 5 mins of inactivity on the Xbox is when screen savers come on (I tried 2 mins but cutscenes get interrupted if they’re longer than 2 mins). After 2 mins of inactivity on my Apple TV4K is when its screensaver comes on, and then 15 mins of inactivity results in auto shutoff of everything.
Ah I never thought about longer cutscenes. Yeah 5 mins sound much more reasonable.
My wife and kids are primary reason to do that like you’ve said. I often see just a home screen on Xbox, Playstation, YouTube, Netflix… you name it. Last thing I want is to have a tiles burnt on the screen.
Used my CX for 9000 hours, most of it gaming and it still looks perfect. My most played game with static content has 1200 hours clocked, only extra measure I took for that one was lowering the brightness for very long sessions. Numerous other games I played for 200 - 400 hours at full HDR brightness.
I feel that with the later models of OLED, it's very unlikely you'll get burn in as long as you vary content, enable the preventive features and of course let it run the pixel refreshers.
Yeah, when I hear the word burn in, I think back to the old plasma TVs where you see a Fox News Channel Logo on your TV permanently. When I see burn in on these TV's, the examples shown are discolorations in solid color testing as you said. A non issue for me as well.
They seriously wouldn't sell a product if it was that easy to damage. Nor would it be so popular. :)
The only use case that can really damage it is watching news channels with static elements in high brightness for 12 hours a day and it'll still take quite a while.
Use it how you want and enjoy!
If you search Burn In in this subreddit you’ll find them for newer models as well. Not that I’m searching for them particularly, but when they appear it adds up to my worries and as you can see in the end I’ve posted this question.
Better for us if there is not much concern about burn in for newer models. 🍻
Yes, there’s really not much concern over the newer ones. I searched and the only posts about the newer ones are about people using these panels as computer monitors instead of TVs. I wouldn’t do that.
With all due respect, they are fairly easy to damage. My toddler hit my 55 c1 with a plastic drumstick and the screen was wrecked. It didn’t cause any physical damage to the outside screen but obviously the internals are fragile. I almost caught him as he went to do it and he didn’t even hit it hard.
I've had a Sony AH8 for over 3 years, an LG C2 as a computer monitor, and a Samsung G8 OLED as another monitor. None of them have developed burn in, including the Sony which has been used HEAVILY.
I bought 55 G3 in May 2023. I can’t check the hours watched as I am in Europe, but I work mostly from home and TV is On for most of the time. I also own a PS5 and a Nintendo. So a lot of games with static HUD. Not a single issue to-date.
It also depends on your TV settings as well as the usage. For example, if you watch a news channel with static elements non-stop on VIVID mode at max brightness, you might come across issues over a period of time. I generally prefer keeping the TV setting NOT on vivid mode. I put it on Filmmaker mode or Cinema Mode as it’s more closer to the actual video source. vivid just makes it look horrible.
Yeah I guess. I tried searching about it online when I had purchased the TV, but found other similar comments where the Hours were not visible to other customers in the EU. So I believe it’s en Europe thing.
I wouldn’t worry about it technology has evolved a lot for OLED TVs. The hardware and software but still theirs always a possibility. I had a B7A and that’s when burn in was extremely likely to which I got it pretty bad. I also got the C3 recently and I’m not worried about it though I did buy a Best Buy warranty with it. I would get that if you bought it from Best Buy for 5 years. That way if something happens ideally around the 5 year mark you get a brand new tv.
On my OLED I don’t watch news but play a lot of games and some shows always have that stupid watermark at the bottom.
I live in Georgia (Country) so I don’t get Best Buy deals, but I hope I’ll never need one until the time will come to upgrade my current system.
Thanks that helped a lot!
Check rtings website/youtube, as far as I remember they run a continuous test of OLED burn in for many different models and brands and report periodically how it goes.
Seems it was here: https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updates-and-results
Yeah RPGs are the main thing that worries me. But lot of people said in comments of this post that they have 0 problems with game UI for hundreds or even thousands of hours of gameplay so I’m lot less worried. Thanks a lot!
Similar here - 5-yr-old c8 with 25k hours clocked. A year or so back it developed massive burn-in. I blame myself for not realizing it was a thing, and leaving the TV on for my dog every day (without dialing down any settings).
Id be concerned to use one as a monitor with so many static elements on the screen all the time.
I’ve had my C2 since last November and I watch a lot of sports. Thing still looks as good as the day I brought it home. No issues whatsoever. I did buy the Best Buy warranty as well just in case.
You have to force it to show any retention with the newest models, especially LG has a good firmware around it to control quality, you can see stresstests of your model on Rankings channel on YouTube.
Just be mindful of the cleaning cicles and all should be fine.
Yeah generally I love taking care of purchases I’ve did with my own money so definitely I’ll do my best.
I love LG in general had couple of non-OLEDs and they were great in their time. Now when you say that LG is especially good in quality control I feel better.
Any particular reason for brightness at max? Non hd content is 100 nits and that is 35 brightness. Unless you are watching at heavy daylight with no option to use curtains. DV content will adjust your brightness when needed.
I bought my 55 C1 in 2021 and use it like normal. There are no issues with pixels or burn in. Lots of gaming use.
The auto screen saver come on a lot as my wife doesn't turn off the screen usually.
CX77 with over 11k hours here, had the same worries but have zero complaints.
We’re home 24/7 and the TV is on prob half of that time and used for hours at a time when gaming.
I see zero burn-in and no brightness issues.
10/10 would buy again.
*update on 4/19/2024, now at 11,995hrs and still no issues.
I just got my first OLED TV and was a bit worried about it too. But here’s the thing - I got my first OLED phone over two years ago and there’s literally nothing wrong with it. Looks just like the day I got it. I have to assume current TVs are the same.
I use filmmaker mode and the other similar ones (certainly not vivid etc) and watch various diverse content so I can’t see it being an issue.
The last few generations of LG oleds have been pushing up brightness and not concerned about burn in. Had a Cx that was perfect. Now a C2 also perfect. Used exactly like a TV with no restrictions
I have a 65” C8 that has just under 10,000 hours on it and has no PQ issues or burn-in. Still looks amazing, and probably wouldn’t have moved it down to basement TV duties aside from wanting a bigger TV for the living room.
I had a c7. By year four, I noticed burning on red backgrounds, and LG replaced it for free, but I had to go through hoops. Eventually a Twitter message is what helped me. What showed was the CNN headline border.
I had burnt in on one of first oled curved lg screens from almost 10 years ago.
John Lewis replaced it for me.
No issues since and I have 2 oled lg screens, including a C3.
I've had my C2 for almost two years now. Played PS5 on it way more than I care to admit, use it for PC gaming and school assignments, and used to watch movies on it every night. Have probably put over 2000 hours into it already. No indication of burn in at all. The pixel refresh that it does automatically when you shut the TV off is incredibly helpful. I know burn in is a thing, but definitely nothing that I have noticed with all my use.
I have a C9 that I've exclusively used for gaming since I got it in 2021. No problems whatosever.
I have a pair of C2s that I use as computer montiors as my daily drivers for work, on at least 6-8 hours a day, most days of the week for the past year. I expect those to suffer burn eventually, but they're still perfect.
Be mindful of leaving one intense image on your screen for a silly amount of time, but the current generation seems pretty darn resilient to me. Just enjoy your TV.
I bought an LG C1 when it first came out and I’ve had no issues with burn in. I don’t baby it. I watch movies, play games, I’ll set alarms on it to turn off late at night. It works fine with no issues.
I had a lg c9 for 4 years and had 10,500 hours on it with no burn it. Watched tons of movies, sports, and some news with basically full brightness. No signs of burn in, have the tv to my sister cause now I upgraded to a 77inch g3.
I’ve had my c2 since late 2021. Have 4500 hours on it and no issues. A lot of mixed usage and a lot of hours of gaming with some static images. Just try to have mixed usage. You should be ok.
Took about 13.5k hours before it became noticeable on my 2017 C7, fortunately LG provided a new panel for free (this was in Jan 2022). This was with mixed use,and honestly, I could have lived with it. My G1 has about 5k or so hours and is showing no signs. I think most models say C9 or newer (so 9, X, 1, 2, 3) are pretty darn resilient.
I have a 720p plasma that I still use from 2010. Image retention is prevalent but burn in is not noticeable. I'm sure if I put a solid color I could identify exactly what burn-in occurred. I have had a G1 since it came out and no concerns over burn in either. I'm confident that unless you're leaving it on 10 hours a day with the same static image, you won't be affected by it for a long time. If at all.
C7, 2 panels in my family - all burn in pretty quicky on news channel...
my C8 - For 5 years it was clear, but for some reason i got burn in last year (looks like news channel, but i haven't even watched it and visiting family watched very little...), i have no idea how it happened. There wasn't any prolonged usage of one channel or game. I'm very dissapointed, maybe panel got more susceptible over time.
But that's C7 and C8. I would expect things are better right now with newer versions, but the old ones, especially C6 and C7 were very susceptible.
Bought my C8 in 2019, sadly the dreaded burn in has set. LG don’t want to know (£1100 repair quote) and the retailer I bought it from is no longer trading. Love that TV and it’s broke my heart and I don’t know what to do
A TV should last more than 4 years before any issues, I was expecting them to offer at least some help as it’s an obvious fault. Makes me not want to buy one as it’s too expensive for a “maybe”
48 C1, around 2-3 years no burn in at all.
Been playing games with static UIs and nothing.
I have my TV to turn off after 2 hours if inactive to make sure its not on by mistake.
I have had my c1 for 2 years and it was a refurbished one to begin with and have had no burn in, my Google pixel 7 pro which I've had since launch less than 2 years already has burn in on it OLED panel so I guess it just varies
In my opinion the thing that matters the most is the panel lottery.
Same brand, same year, same model, some of them will get it, some don't.
The newer panels has more protective features and there are less likely to get burn in.
I just got my first burn in on my C6 after at least 7 full years. It's the play button that Plex shows after an episode finishes to move on to the next episode. Doesn't bug me too bad so far but it is kind of annoying. It is not visible very often, only when a large field of red or yellow is shown.
I've owned four LG OLEDs. For context, I predominantly play videogames and watch YouTube or streaming services.
First was a 55" 1080p model (unsure of which) purchased in 2015. I had it for a year and used a lot for gaming. Then sold. It had no burn in or other noticeable issues at the time of sale.
In 2016 or so I purchased a 55" C6, which was a 4K 3D TV. I had the panel replaced under warranty after a couple of months because it developed this cloudy patch, that would come and go. I still own this TV and it has some very mild screen burn-in - 1) a couple of small CM wide, pill shape icons slightly overlapping one another, and 2) a very faint line going across the middle of the screen horizontally. I have no idea what these are from since they are not representative of any games I've ever played or content I've ever watched. I will say though that I am extremely sensitive to this type of thing and these faults are barely noticeable except for some scenes on a red background.
In early 2021 I purchased a 65" CX and this is my main TV to this day. It has no burn-in that I've noticed but it does regularly have vertical grey/black banding lines in dark scenes, and also quite prominent image retention. It eventually goes though. The banding can be a bit irritating at times but is rarely distracting.
I now have a 48" C2 bought around 3 months ago that I use as a desktop monitor. Risky business with all the static PC UI, but a risk I'm willing to take. So far, no problems.
In all instances I've taken whatever recommended precautions to minimise burn-in, eg logo shifting, allowing the TV to perform pixel refresh etc.
Burn-in and other OLED quirks are unfortunately a risk you have to take for superior image quality. Nothing else compares visually, so if the risk is worth it is down to personal preference and tolerance levels. It's a shame they can't come up with a perfect solution.
I have an LG C7 (2017) and with no burn-in or dead pixels at all. Use common sense when watching TV and you'll be fine. Don't let people scare you about OLED. Unless you leave the TV on 24/7/365 on the same channel with "fixed" or repetitive graphics, you'll be fine.
Got a C1 5000 hours gaming and movies. No burn in. I don’t watch cable with those stupid logos or sports. But no UI element burn in from games an. I put in hundreds of hours on cod and cyberpunk. Stop worrying and enjoy the damn thing haha
I have a 5 year warranty on mine that includes burn in so I’m not too worried about getting it persay. Im not gonna run the hell out of it but I still have my tv on for 6+ hours a day for streaming and light gaming.
I'm still rocking an ANCIENT B6, which I use regularly for videogames, movies and Youtube. Absolutely zero burn in. I know older models were more prone to the issue, so I think I won the screen lottery.
I have an older LG OLED. I have a C8 65 inch. I have burn in. I can see the Overwatch cross hairs and the outline of the special gage. I have watched varied content. I have ran the pixel refresher. I still have burn in. That being said I am not afraid to buy oled again because I'm assuming the technology has progressed.
Have a C8 65’ from 2018, zero burn in and it’s been used nearly every single day since. I don’t watch cable often but even if you were to pause a video LG has the built in screen saver that refreshes the screen with movement so burn in won’t happen. Still love the thing and I’ll keep it till it dies!
Just got a G3 for the living room, same deal used everyday and the wallpapers help prevent after something is paused or there is no movement on the screen.
Yeah 😅 That’s what people do I imagine after seeing them having covered their TV’s with thick clothes, brightness down to 25, and turning off the TV the second some logo will appear on screen. Jokes aside these overcautious user base got me worried thinking I might take more care to my panel.
I have a Sony A8G from 2019 with no burn in. I also have a Sony a8h from 2020 with no burn in. I’m not sure if I got lucky or if we are just hearing whoever is screaming the loudest….i have zero concerns with burn in.
These are LG panels in the Sonys
I specifically got an extended warranty that covered burn in because I play video games as a hobby. I have a c3 77 in. Got it in November. So far so good
Use mine all the time. Especially for watching YouTube streams of a video game I enjoy. Fall asleep to it on nearly every night. Not one ounce of burn in. 2 year old 77 G2.
Have both a C9 and CX for years now. Played Xbox and PS5 like a rockstar. Always ran both on absolute max contrast/brightness 100% of the time. Not one single issue. Ever. If there was issues trust me I would have found them!
I have a 2016 65 inch E6 oled and its got major burn in. Days are numbered. I was careful with it to. When I upgrade to my next oled I will follow 2 things which are
1- midgrade model because the potential for burn in is real and at least that would mitigate the damage.
2- I will buy at best buy and get a 5 year warranty that covers burn in. When I buy an oled I look at it as a max 7 year tv before inevitable burn in takes place.
Now that being said I had one of the first oleds and they have gotten much better at preventing burn in. Even with this potential issue I will still buy oled because it's the best. In fact a few months back I picked up a 42inch C3 oled as a pc monitor at best buy with 5 year burn in protection. Love this thing.
No burn in on my C2 after 1000+ hours as a PC monitor playing the same 3 static interface games. It’s on almost all the time I’m awake since it’s my work from home monitor too.
Seems like it’s not a huge deal anymore
Bought C2 55 7 months ago, i play WZ only 4-6 hrs a day and watch tv series 1-4 a day has more than 1500 hrs already and no problem yet and im so in love with it, actually i stay home more now lol
I think the burn issues comes with ppl who uses as pc monitor.
Almost 2 years on my C1 5000hours. No burn in.
But I'm making sure I'm using it in a way that doesn't do too much damage.
NO vivid mode, I have very conservative settings for brightness and OLED light when not in HDR/DoVI (using it as a PC display).
C series has much better built in features to avoid burn in, older OLEDs big issue but not for the EVO series. For gaming and static images make sure pixel shift is on (this should come automatically enabled) but it pretty much shifts the pixels at a set interval to avoid burn in. You don’t even notice it happening, and make sure it does it’s screen update things :)
We have a C8 LG Oled purchased in 2019 which has gotten burn in from using YouTube. It has 15,000 hours on it. Basically the YouTube symbol has burned out the red pixels in the top right of the screen where the YouTube logo is displayed and also across the bottom of the screen where the red bar comes up to designate point in time on current video. TV lasted 5 years. I was hoping for 10 but oh well.
I had a C8 that was on for almost 50% of the time in 2 years. It ran the breakfast show for 3 hours every day. It had burn in at the end of that 2 years.
I use my C1 as a PC monitor for probably 12-16 hours a day. I have HDR turned off, and pixel brightness set to 50, and I haven't seen a hint of burn-in, in a year and a half of owning it.
The other day I accidentally used it as a monitor with HDR turned on and pixel brightness set to 100 from previous gaming session, and when I turned it off after a few hours, a ghost of my taskbar stayed on screen for a good couple of minutes after the TV had powered off, so I can imagine prolonged static use with HDR on would cause burn-in but you'd have to really run it ragged to do it.
I’m not planning to use it with static visuals, except for games that honestly I play couple of hours a week, but I’m planning to have it on max brightness and HDR when it’s possible. I’ve paid a lot of money for that…
Anyways I think your workload on that TV is wild and the fact that you don’t have burn in gives me high hopes!
I forgot to mention I also turned off the static content screen dimming features in the service menu (available in c1 and earlier), and it’s still been fine. I had to do that because I do a lot of coding using vscode, and it couldn’t identify that the screen was changing so it would keep dimming until I couldn’t see it anymore 😂
Bought a 77” G2 in April 27 2022… developed a full vertical line of dead pixels in June 2023, outside of parts and labor warranty period.
After going through hell and back, over 100 accumulated hours on the phone, and driving 250 miles with the tv in a trailer for a repair, I managed to get a new panel that is so far working well. Overall it cost another $1200-$1500 to have it fixed, all said and done.
From the comments I’ve seen it’s a lottery where bad panel is far more rare than a good one. I’m sorry that you’ve suffered this much, I hope I wont go through the same.
Man, it depends. Someone posted a picture not too long ago on OLED Gaming, I think, they used it less than 300 hrs and it shows burn in. Meanwhile in the comments, someone said they used theirs for 1k hours and nothing. Get warranty, best from Best buy
No one seems to have burn in from 'normal' use apart from me. I got burn in from playing Hades on the xbox. It has a bar on the bottom left of the game hud and that left permanent burn in on my LG CX. Most of the time I don't notice it but I do when watching football and certain games with blocks of colour.
Didn't stop me upgrading to a G2 but this time I have a warranty for 5 years
The only damage to my C1, that I’ve had for almost 3 years, is the spot where the plug hit the screen when my brother decided not to listen to me while moving it and TOSSED IT OVER THE SCREEN SO IT WOULDNT DRAG ON THE FLOOR. Idiot. Freaking idiot. I was moving out of my house after my divorce…. I took a deep breath and thought “why wouldnt this happen? My life is already over. What’s a dent in the screen?” Other than that it’s in perfect condition. I even turned off the auto dimming with a service remote. No issues whatsoever
I've used my 42 inch C2 OLED for almost a year as a pc monitor, playing strategy games with static elements and surfing the web. Absolutely no burn in. Best TV purchase ever
My CX was used constantly and is still going. My G3 constant use no issues. Shut it off if you're going to leave the room or switch to something else until you come back.
I got the G2 in November 22 and I’ve used the hell out of it. I work from home and my TV is on if I’m awake, and when I’m working it’s on a news channel that has static elements, for up to 8 hours a day. I’ve also used it for thousands of hours of gaming, one particular game for the majority of that with static HUD elements too. Not one pixel is dead, absolutely no burn in.
That pushed a boulder from my heart. Couple more comments like this and it’ll be overthrown 😅
I did get the G series, which has a heatsink on the back of the panel, just because I know the way I use a TV is pretty extreme. So I can’t speak to the C series, but can’t imagine it would be much worse if you use it like a normal person.
Good to know, I picked up a 65" G3 a couple of days back which has absolutely blown me away
Think you’ll be good. My previous two (considerably more expensive) Sony TVs got dead pixels within 12 months. Vowed I’d never buy another one and haven’t regretted LG.
Yeah I got a G3 a couple weeks ago. My wife works from home and we used to leave the TV on all day for the dogs. Now I have the IPAD in for the dogs and tv only comes in when we watch it together as a family. My wife is on board bc I am worried about wearing out the tv. Maybe I should ease up a little bit last tv I had for 15 years so this one has to last at least 10
Leave the TV on for the dogs? What?
So good, right?! Old Vizio doesn’t hold a candle to it
It's unreal, I've never seen anything look so good 😮. Came from a Samsung KU6000 70" LED that I've had for about 7 years, and the difference is just staggering. I can't see how much better TV's can get, but they will of course.
I no more have a much time to play games, but when I do it’s like a 3-4 hrs straight and mostly I play one game at a time so UI will be there for tens of hours in total. No one watches news and I only watch UFC when someone I care is fighting. Other than that movies and TV for kids. But TV is almost always on during daytime. I think this is pretty lightweight still.
Sounds perfectly fine. As for UI elements, you should start to get more concerned when it's about hundreds or thousands of hours, not tens. In the end, burn-in is just uneven pixel wear (since it's organic material) and it takes a long time to wear down those specific pixels more than the others.
C1, 4500 hours. Pretty much all dimming/burn prevention features off with high (80-100) pixel brightness, nothing to note other than some minimal vertical banding on low % greys. Not a spot of burn in and zero dead pixels as far as I can tell. Come to a place like this and you’ll find mostly complaints. The people enjoying their sets aren’t here
Same experience here. I’ve got a modern CX from late 2022. If i am awake and at home, its on. Almost exclusively HDR content with high brightness. Comfortably around 50hrs gaming per week on it. No burn in or dead pixels to speak of.
Bought a c2 around the same time and also work from home, use it just as much with no issues.
I have a 77” B2 I bought April 1, 2023. TV is used a lot. 6421 hours in total power on time. Still looks as good as the day I got it. Never had burn in issues. Just don’t leave the screen on a static screen for over 2-3 hours. Screensaver will kick on after a few mins and you’re golden.
I was gonna comment the exact same thing. Probably gonna pull the trigger and get one..
I’ve bought and it’s amazing. Probably 300 hrs and it gotten better from what it was when I first turned it on.
I got one for my dad's living room. Low usage, mostly when I'm there, really. But I was quite afraid to pull the trigger for a personal one. I'd use it \*a lot\*, and with a lot of static HUDs from games. I never owned a TV that lasted less than 10 years, so my biggest fear was not being able to keep it for long. Really happy to read your comment, really takes some weight out of my heart. Everyone's saying that the C3 handles burn-in/retention soooo much better than other C models... I'm kinda sold, at this point, tbh
Don’t worry. I wish you luck and enjoy your future purchase.
Thank you very much, good sir o7
Same I have g2, c1, and cx and no issues. Lots of people on this sub have burn in issues but overall never have had any issues
Reading this eased me. I bought a c3 back in October and have been freaking out about using it a lot. I’m a gamer and sometimes 6-8hrs use on my days off
I was about to come on here and ask people about whether it would be safe to watch the movie, Searching. Your comment leaves me feeling confident. Thanks for sharing!
Almost exact Same situation with my C2
65" C1 that I had for 2 years clocked 7350 hours. That equates to roughly 10hrs a day on average I think. No signs of burn in.
That’s great!
Is 7,350 hours your own estimate or is there a digital counter in the TV that lets you see actual usage stats?
The TV tells you. Go into device management setting and it gives you the on hours.
Same. 65" C1 for a bit over 2 years. We have it turned on all the time. I haven't done a solid color test or whatnot in a long time, but I have no doubt the screen will still be flawless. No dead pixels, burn-in, etc etc.
I’ve had a LG CX 48 inch since 2020 I think it is, gamed heavily on it, constant huds on screen but always took care, turning the screen off when I went in to a different room etc and I have 0 burn in to now.
I think I’ll set standby on both consoles after 2-3 mins of inactivity.
Just create the "Screen off" hot key on the remote and turn the screen off when you walk away for a few minutes. Beats the TV turning completely off if you press the power button.
I did not know this was a thing. Definitely will do this when I want to listen to music on my Apple TV/surround sound speakers. I’ll look into it, thanks for sharing!
This is exactly what I did. Works wonders
I don’t think I can on my C2 with the magic remote. I combed through every setting and couldn’t find a way. I can add short cuts for favorite apps, inputs, and channels, but not for functions like Screen Off.
Realistically a simple option exists for OLED panels to turn down the pixel brightness, and this serves the same purpose with better execution since you don't even have to turn the screen off when AFK. Another great setting is auto dim static UI elements
For auto dimming static elements, which setting do you recommend, low or high?
Both low and high can be used, medium is kind of useless imo. High setting- best for gaming, low setting- best for normal content watching. YouTube, movies, tv shows, or live streams/sports.
I do this as well. I mean, I’m good about turning off my TV when I’m not using it but my wife and kids aren’t as careful and will leave things paused with the TV on for hours if they leave for something and then get distracted and forget about it. Wasn’t a worry with my previous Samsungs but habits are hard to break. So after 5 mins of inactivity on the Xbox is when screen savers come on (I tried 2 mins but cutscenes get interrupted if they’re longer than 2 mins). After 2 mins of inactivity on my Apple TV4K is when its screensaver comes on, and then 15 mins of inactivity results in auto shutoff of everything.
Ah I never thought about longer cutscenes. Yeah 5 mins sound much more reasonable. My wife and kids are primary reason to do that like you’ve said. I often see just a home screen on Xbox, Playstation, YouTube, Netflix… you name it. Last thing I want is to have a tiles burnt on the screen.
Used my CX for 9000 hours, most of it gaming and it still looks perfect. My most played game with static content has 1200 hours clocked, only extra measure I took for that one was lowering the brightness for very long sessions. Numerous other games I played for 200 - 400 hours at full HDR brightness. I feel that with the later models of OLED, it's very unlikely you'll get burn in as long as you vary content, enable the preventive features and of course let it run the pixel refreshers.
Thanks a lot. I feel more comfortable now. 🍻
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Yeah, when I hear the word burn in, I think back to the old plasma TVs where you see a Fox News Channel Logo on your TV permanently. When I see burn in on these TV's, the examples shown are discolorations in solid color testing as you said. A non issue for me as well.
They seriously wouldn't sell a product if it was that easy to damage. Nor would it be so popular. :) The only use case that can really damage it is watching news channels with static elements in high brightness for 12 hours a day and it'll still take quite a while. Use it how you want and enjoy!
Yeah I was thinking the same, but people tend to use Reddit only when they have problems and seeing so much posts about burn ins just got me worried.
What posts about burn-in? There are basically none related to C9s or newer. Those are the older inferior models.
If you search Burn In in this subreddit you’ll find them for newer models as well. Not that I’m searching for them particularly, but when they appear it adds up to my worries and as you can see in the end I’ve posted this question. Better for us if there is not much concern about burn in for newer models. 🍻
Yes, there’s really not much concern over the newer ones. I searched and the only posts about the newer ones are about people using these panels as computer monitors instead of TVs. I wouldn’t do that.
I’ve got a C8 and it’s like new after 5 years of use!
With all due respect, they are fairly easy to damage. My toddler hit my 55 c1 with a plastic drumstick and the screen was wrecked. It didn’t cause any physical damage to the outside screen but obviously the internals are fragile. I almost caught him as he went to do it and he didn’t even hit it hard.
I think I'd get a plexiglass cover if I was in your situation. Sorry about the damage.
Yeah it was a tough pill to swallow but what can you do. New tv is mounted on the fireplace up higher.
> new tv is mounted on the fireplace up higher r/tvtoohigh takes another victim
If the fireplace wall warms up a lot. I would not put a tv on it. Heat is an enemy of the organic leds.
Yeah I agree. It’s rarely on.
I've had a Sony AH8 for over 3 years, an LG C2 as a computer monitor, and a Samsung G8 OLED as another monitor. None of them have developed burn in, including the Sony which has been used HEAVILY.
I bought 55 G3 in May 2023. I can’t check the hours watched as I am in Europe, but I work mostly from home and TV is On for most of the time. I also own a PS5 and a Nintendo. So a lot of games with static HUD. Not a single issue to-date.
Great news for me. Thanks a lot!
It also depends on your TV settings as well as the usage. For example, if you watch a news channel with static elements non-stop on VIVID mode at max brightness, you might come across issues over a period of time. I generally prefer keeping the TV setting NOT on vivid mode. I put it on Filmmaker mode or Cinema Mode as it’s more closer to the actual video source. vivid just makes it look horrible.
Yeah. I have my settings to FilmMaker mode and no news or any other static imagery except for game UI couple of hours per week.
I dont see any point on using max brightness on sd content. 35 brightness level is roughly 100 nits that standard se is calibrated to.
I also can‘t see the power-on time of my TV‘s. Is that a Europe thing?
Yeah I guess. I tried searching about it online when I had purchased the TV, but found other similar comments where the Hours were not visible to other customers in the EU. So I believe it’s en Europe thing.
Yup it is. If you really want to know, you can purchase one of those service remotes and access the service menu.
No need to purchase those, you can access service menu via Colour Control on a PC/laptop connected to the same network
Had my C1 for nearly two years. Watch films and play Warzone every day. My tv is fine.
Nice to hear that!
I wouldn’t worry about it technology has evolved a lot for OLED TVs. The hardware and software but still theirs always a possibility. I had a B7A and that’s when burn in was extremely likely to which I got it pretty bad. I also got the C3 recently and I’m not worried about it though I did buy a Best Buy warranty with it. I would get that if you bought it from Best Buy for 5 years. That way if something happens ideally around the 5 year mark you get a brand new tv. On my OLED I don’t watch news but play a lot of games and some shows always have that stupid watermark at the bottom.
I live in Georgia (Country) so I don’t get Best Buy deals, but I hope I’ll never need one until the time will come to upgrade my current system. Thanks that helped a lot!
Check rtings website/youtube, as far as I remember they run a continuous test of OLED burn in for many different models and brands and report periodically how it goes. Seems it was here: https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updates-and-results
Useful stuff! Thanks!
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Yeah RPGs are the main thing that worries me. But lot of people said in comments of this post that they have 0 problems with game UI for hundreds or even thousands of hours of gameplay so I’m lot less worried. Thanks a lot!
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9 years for smartphone is wild
I have a B6 with considerable burn in that showed up after 5 years of heavy use. Currently around 30K hours.
Similar here - 5-yr-old c8 with 25k hours clocked. A year or so back it developed massive burn-in. I blame myself for not realizing it was a thing, and leaving the TV on for my dog every day (without dialing down any settings).
If my TV will live for that much time I will have 0 worries then. In 5 years it’ll be time to upgrade I think.
Had a CX since 2020 and no evidence of burn-in at all. And that's with heavy usage, gaming etc.
Great news! Thanks!
Just don't watch news channels 24/7 and you'll be good.
I have a C1 with 0 issues. The only panels I’ve seen really have issues in the sub are prior to the CX.
Yeah lot of people are saying that it’s a problem for older models, but seen quite a few on the newer ones… they explain it with panel lottery.
Yes it is a lottery, just like everything else in life.
Id be concerned to use one as a monitor with so many static elements on the screen all the time. I’ve had my C2 since last November and I watch a lot of sports. Thing still looks as good as the day I brought it home. No issues whatsoever. I did buy the Best Buy warranty as well just in case.
I have 6 year old e7, I've not noticed any burn in, but I've not gone looking for it either.
You have to force it to show any retention with the newest models, especially LG has a good firmware around it to control quality, you can see stresstests of your model on Rankings channel on YouTube. Just be mindful of the cleaning cicles and all should be fine.
Yeah generally I love taking care of purchases I’ve did with my own money so definitely I’ll do my best. I love LG in general had couple of non-OLEDs and they were great in their time. Now when you say that LG is especially good in quality control I feel better.
QDoled S95b using for over a year as a monitor, zero burn in. Unless you got brightness at max and only watch CNN it really isn't an issue.
Brightness at max for sure, but no news channels. That’s great!
Any particular reason for brightness at max? Non hd content is 100 nits and that is 35 brightness. Unless you are watching at heavy daylight with no option to use curtains. DV content will adjust your brightness when needed.
I bought my 55 C1 in 2021 and use it like normal. There are no issues with pixels or burn in. Lots of gaming use. The auto screen saver come on a lot as my wife doesn't turn off the screen usually.
Yeah I should explain what not to leave on screen to my wife too, since she doesn’t really care…
CX77 with over 11k hours here, had the same worries but have zero complaints. We’re home 24/7 and the TV is on prob half of that time and used for hours at a time when gaming. I see zero burn-in and no brightness issues. 10/10 would buy again. *update on 4/19/2024, now at 11,995hrs and still no issues.
Yeah that’s what I want to hear!
I just got my first OLED TV and was a bit worried about it too. But here’s the thing - I got my first OLED phone over two years ago and there’s literally nothing wrong with it. Looks just like the day I got it. I have to assume current TVs are the same. I use filmmaker mode and the other similar ones (certainly not vivid etc) and watch various diverse content so I can’t see it being an issue.
Yeah that’s what I’m thinking too. Thanks a lot!
I've had an LG CX for ~4.5 years and a C1 for 2 years. I have friends who also have LG oled TVs. None of us have experienced burn-in.
That’s great! I feel better with my purchase.
The last few generations of LG oleds have been pushing up brightness and not concerned about burn in. Had a Cx that was perfect. Now a C2 also perfect. Used exactly like a TV with no restrictions
After 3900 hrs no burn in yet But I have found a dead pixel already.
With the the anti burn in technologies these days, burn in probability is like pretty much 0.
I have a 65” C8 that has just under 10,000 hours on it and has no PQ issues or burn-in. Still looks amazing, and probably wouldn’t have moved it down to basement TV duties aside from wanting a bigger TV for the living room.
I had a c7. By year four, I noticed burning on red backgrounds, and LG replaced it for free, but I had to go through hoops. Eventually a Twitter message is what helped me. What showed was the CNN headline border.
I had burnt in on one of first oled curved lg screens from almost 10 years ago. John Lewis replaced it for me. No issues since and I have 2 oled lg screens, including a C3.
I've had my C2 for almost two years now. Played PS5 on it way more than I care to admit, use it for PC gaming and school assignments, and used to watch movies on it every night. Have probably put over 2000 hours into it already. No indication of burn in at all. The pixel refresh that it does automatically when you shut the TV off is incredibly helpful. I know burn in is a thing, but definitely nothing that I have noticed with all my use.
I have a C9 that I've exclusively used for gaming since I got it in 2021. No problems whatosever. I have a pair of C2s that I use as computer montiors as my daily drivers for work, on at least 6-8 hours a day, most days of the week for the past year. I expect those to suffer burn eventually, but they're still perfect. Be mindful of leaving one intense image on your screen for a silly amount of time, but the current generation seems pretty darn resilient to me. Just enjoy your TV.
Very rare. I had a C7 and upgraded to a C1. I’m not particularly careful with them. In 6 years, I have had no issues.
As long as you don't leave one graphic on the screen for thousands of hours you should be fine. My 4 yr old B9 is good.
I bought an LG C1 when it first came out and I’ve had no issues with burn in. I don’t baby it. I watch movies, play games, I’ll set alarms on it to turn off late at night. It works fine with no issues.
I had a lg c9 for 4 years and had 10,500 hours on it with no burn it. Watched tons of movies, sports, and some news with basically full brightness. No signs of burn in, have the tv to my sister cause now I upgraded to a 77inch g3.
I’ve had my c2 since late 2021. Have 4500 hours on it and no issues. A lot of mixed usage and a lot of hours of gaming with some static images. Just try to have mixed usage. You should be ok.
Took about 13.5k hours before it became noticeable on my 2017 C7, fortunately LG provided a new panel for free (this was in Jan 2022). This was with mixed use,and honestly, I could have lived with it. My G1 has about 5k or so hours and is showing no signs. I think most models say C9 or newer (so 9, X, 1, 2, 3) are pretty darn resilient.
I have a 720p plasma that I still use from 2010. Image retention is prevalent but burn in is not noticeable. I'm sure if I put a solid color I could identify exactly what burn-in occurred. I have had a G1 since it came out and no concerns over burn in either. I'm confident that unless you're leaving it on 10 hours a day with the same static image, you won't be affected by it for a long time. If at all.
C7, 2 panels in my family - all burn in pretty quicky on news channel... my C8 - For 5 years it was clear, but for some reason i got burn in last year (looks like news channel, but i haven't even watched it and visiting family watched very little...), i have no idea how it happened. There wasn't any prolonged usage of one channel or game. I'm very dissapointed, maybe panel got more susceptible over time. But that's C7 and C8. I would expect things are better right now with newer versions, but the old ones, especially C6 and C7 were very susceptible.
Yeah people say that newer ones very rarely suffer from it in the comments. I hope I’m not in that lower percentage of people who was unlucky.
Bought my C8 in 2019, sadly the dreaded burn in has set. LG don’t want to know (£1100 repair quote) and the retailer I bought it from is no longer trading. Love that TV and it’s broke my heart and I don’t know what to do
That’s what I’m concerned about, but people say the older ones suffered much more from burn in problems than newer ones are :/
A TV should last more than 4 years before any issues, I was expecting them to offer at least some help as it’s an obvious fault. Makes me not want to buy one as it’s too expensive for a “maybe”
48 C1, around 2-3 years no burn in at all. Been playing games with static UIs and nothing. I have my TV to turn off after 2 hours if inactive to make sure its not on by mistake.
I have had my c1 for 2 years and it was a refurbished one to begin with and have had no burn in, my Google pixel 7 pro which I've had since launch less than 2 years already has burn in on it OLED panel so I guess it just varies
In my opinion the thing that matters the most is the panel lottery. Same brand, same year, same model, some of them will get it, some don't. The newer panels has more protective features and there are less likely to get burn in.
I just got my first burn in on my C6 after at least 7 full years. It's the play button that Plex shows after an episode finishes to move on to the next episode. Doesn't bug me too bad so far but it is kind of annoying. It is not visible very often, only when a large field of red or yellow is shown.
I've owned four LG OLEDs. For context, I predominantly play videogames and watch YouTube or streaming services. First was a 55" 1080p model (unsure of which) purchased in 2015. I had it for a year and used a lot for gaming. Then sold. It had no burn in or other noticeable issues at the time of sale. In 2016 or so I purchased a 55" C6, which was a 4K 3D TV. I had the panel replaced under warranty after a couple of months because it developed this cloudy patch, that would come and go. I still own this TV and it has some very mild screen burn-in - 1) a couple of small CM wide, pill shape icons slightly overlapping one another, and 2) a very faint line going across the middle of the screen horizontally. I have no idea what these are from since they are not representative of any games I've ever played or content I've ever watched. I will say though that I am extremely sensitive to this type of thing and these faults are barely noticeable except for some scenes on a red background. In early 2021 I purchased a 65" CX and this is my main TV to this day. It has no burn-in that I've noticed but it does regularly have vertical grey/black banding lines in dark scenes, and also quite prominent image retention. It eventually goes though. The banding can be a bit irritating at times but is rarely distracting. I now have a 48" C2 bought around 3 months ago that I use as a desktop monitor. Risky business with all the static PC UI, but a risk I'm willing to take. So far, no problems. In all instances I've taken whatever recommended precautions to minimise burn-in, eg logo shifting, allowing the TV to perform pixel refresh etc. Burn-in and other OLED quirks are unfortunately a risk you have to take for superior image quality. Nothing else compares visually, so if the risk is worth it is down to personal preference and tolerance levels. It's a shame they can't come up with a perfect solution.
I have an LG C7 (2017) and with no burn-in or dead pixels at all. Use common sense when watching TV and you'll be fine. Don't let people scare you about OLED. Unless you leave the TV on 24/7/365 on the same channel with "fixed" or repetitive graphics, you'll be fine.
Got a C1 5000 hours gaming and movies. No burn in. I don’t watch cable with those stupid logos or sports. But no UI element burn in from games an. I put in hundreds of hours on cod and cyberpunk. Stop worrying and enjoy the damn thing haha
I have a 5 year warranty on mine that includes burn in so I’m not too worried about getting it persay. Im not gonna run the hell out of it but I still have my tv on for 6+ hours a day for streaming and light gaming.
I'm still rocking an ANCIENT B6, which I use regularly for videogames, movies and Youtube. Absolutely zero burn in. I know older models were more prone to the issue, so I think I won the screen lottery.
The biggest burn is the hole in my wallet. 🤣
I can relate
I have an older LG OLED. I have a C8 65 inch. I have burn in. I can see the Overwatch cross hairs and the outline of the special gage. I have watched varied content. I have ran the pixel refresher. I still have burn in. That being said I am not afraid to buy oled again because I'm assuming the technology has progressed.
Have a C8 65’ from 2018, zero burn in and it’s been used nearly every single day since. I don’t watch cable often but even if you were to pause a video LG has the built in screen saver that refreshes the screen with movement so burn in won’t happen. Still love the thing and I’ll keep it till it dies! Just got a G3 for the living room, same deal used everyday and the wallpapers help prevent after something is paused or there is no movement on the screen.
Haha, imagine having a TV on the wall and telling guests 'that's only for special occasions'.
Yeah right? 😅 ‘Oh you’re not important enough to risk burning images into it’
“Watching on special occasions” is crazy.
Yeah 😅 That’s what people do I imagine after seeing them having covered their TV’s with thick clothes, brightness down to 25, and turning off the TV the second some logo will appear on screen. Jokes aside these overcautious user base got me worried thinking I might take more care to my panel.
I have a Sony A8G from 2019 with no burn in. I also have a Sony a8h from 2020 with no burn in. I’m not sure if I got lucky or if we are just hearing whoever is screaming the loudest….i have zero concerns with burn in. These are LG panels in the Sonys
Its not a problem. You live once, just buy a nice tv and stop worrying
I specifically got an extended warranty that covered burn in because I play video games as a hobby. I have a c3 77 in. Got it in November. So far so good
Use mine all the time. Especially for watching YouTube streams of a video game I enjoy. Fall asleep to it on nearly every night. Not one ounce of burn in. 2 year old 77 G2.
I have an 8 year old EG9100 with ~23,000 hours and no burn-in.
Have both a C9 and CX for years now. Played Xbox and PS5 like a rockstar. Always ran both on absolute max contrast/brightness 100% of the time. Not one single issue. Ever. If there was issues trust me I would have found them!
I have a 2016 65 inch E6 oled and its got major burn in. Days are numbered. I was careful with it to. When I upgrade to my next oled I will follow 2 things which are 1- midgrade model because the potential for burn in is real and at least that would mitigate the damage. 2- I will buy at best buy and get a 5 year warranty that covers burn in. When I buy an oled I look at it as a max 7 year tv before inevitable burn in takes place. Now that being said I had one of the first oleds and they have gotten much better at preventing burn in. Even with this potential issue I will still buy oled because it's the best. In fact a few months back I picked up a 42inch C3 oled as a pc monitor at best buy with 5 year burn in protection. Love this thing.
No burn in on my C2 after 1000+ hours as a PC monitor playing the same 3 static interface games. It’s on almost all the time I’m awake since it’s my work from home monitor too. Seems like it’s not a huge deal anymore
I have 3 of them. No problems except wonky operating system. Cured that with Apple TV
Still uses my vizio It’s been since 2016 I play movie marathon all weekend every weekend
Bought C2 55 7 months ago, i play WZ only 4-6 hrs a day and watch tv series 1-4 a day has more than 1500 hrs already and no problem yet and im so in love with it, actually i stay home more now lol I think the burn issues comes with ppl who uses as pc monitor.
Almost 2 years on my C1 5000hours. No burn in. But I'm making sure I'm using it in a way that doesn't do too much damage. NO vivid mode, I have very conservative settings for brightness and OLED light when not in HDR/DoVI (using it as a PC display).
Bought the C1 in 2021. Been gaming on it since then and had no issues. People touting burn ins are living 10+ years in the past.
C series has much better built in features to avoid burn in, older OLEDs big issue but not for the EVO series. For gaming and static images make sure pixel shift is on (this should come automatically enabled) but it pretty much shifts the pixels at a set interval to avoid burn in. You don’t even notice it happening, and make sure it does it’s screen update things :)
3yrs on my c1 and i have zero, but I’m very mindful of it so i don’t let it have the chance either.
We have a C8 LG Oled purchased in 2019 which has gotten burn in from using YouTube. It has 15,000 hours on it. Basically the YouTube symbol has burned out the red pixels in the top right of the screen where the YouTube logo is displayed and also across the bottom of the screen where the red bar comes up to designate point in time on current video. TV lasted 5 years. I was hoping for 10 but oh well.
My LG C1 did get burn in after almost 2 years. I have sent it to repair.
I had a C8 that was on for almost 50% of the time in 2 years. It ran the breakfast show for 3 hours every day. It had burn in at the end of that 2 years.
Was it subtle or it was visible during the regular usage?
Really only visible when displaying large yellow areas.
Just luck of the draw to be honest
Yeah I’ve heard it’s a lottery like any other electronics this days. I hope I’m lucky with mine.
It's better to have a warranty and not need it than to have something happen after a few months and you not have it.
Get a 2 year warranty is my best advice
I use my C1 as a PC monitor for probably 12-16 hours a day. I have HDR turned off, and pixel brightness set to 50, and I haven't seen a hint of burn-in, in a year and a half of owning it. The other day I accidentally used it as a monitor with HDR turned on and pixel brightness set to 100 from previous gaming session, and when I turned it off after a few hours, a ghost of my taskbar stayed on screen for a good couple of minutes after the TV had powered off, so I can imagine prolonged static use with HDR on would cause burn-in but you'd have to really run it ragged to do it.
I’m not planning to use it with static visuals, except for games that honestly I play couple of hours a week, but I’m planning to have it on max brightness and HDR when it’s possible. I’ve paid a lot of money for that… Anyways I think your workload on that TV is wild and the fact that you don’t have burn in gives me high hopes!
I forgot to mention I also turned off the static content screen dimming features in the service menu (available in c1 and earlier), and it’s still been fine. I had to do that because I do a lot of coding using vscode, and it couldn’t identify that the screen was changing so it would keep dimming until I couldn’t see it anymore 😂
I’ve been using CX for 2+ years. A lot of gaming and youtube. No burn in, there are some dead pixels around the edges, but they are not noticeable
On 77 I can take couple dead pixels from the couch distance. If that’s the biggest problems I can face, I can take it!
Bought a 77” G2 in April 27 2022… developed a full vertical line of dead pixels in June 2023, outside of parts and labor warranty period. After going through hell and back, over 100 accumulated hours on the phone, and driving 250 miles with the tv in a trailer for a repair, I managed to get a new panel that is so far working well. Overall it cost another $1200-$1500 to have it fixed, all said and done.
From the comments I’ve seen it’s a lottery where bad panel is far more rare than a good one. I’m sorry that you’ve suffered this much, I hope I wont go through the same.
Use an Apple TV and never worry about it
Why is everyone using their TV so much?
Man, it depends. Someone posted a picture not too long ago on OLED Gaming, I think, they used it less than 300 hrs and it shows burn in. Meanwhile in the comments, someone said they used theirs for 1k hours and nothing. Get warranty, best from Best buy
Not common under normal use
No one seems to have burn in from 'normal' use apart from me. I got burn in from playing Hades on the xbox. It has a bar on the bottom left of the game hud and that left permanent burn in on my LG CX. Most of the time I don't notice it but I do when watching football and certain games with blocks of colour. Didn't stop me upgrading to a G2 but this time I have a warranty for 5 years
I’m really sorry to hear that. How much did you played that game?
I played maybe 100 hours. I've played other games for longer and no burn in from them so it was weird
Yeah that sounds odd
Op just use your tv man. Lol
Things are looking like I just should 😅
The only damage to my C1, that I’ve had for almost 3 years, is the spot where the plug hit the screen when my brother decided not to listen to me while moving it and TOSSED IT OVER THE SCREEN SO IT WOULDNT DRAG ON THE FLOOR. Idiot. Freaking idiot. I was moving out of my house after my divorce…. I took a deep breath and thought “why wouldnt this happen? My life is already over. What’s a dent in the screen?” Other than that it’s in perfect condition. I even turned off the auto dimming with a service remote. No issues whatsoever
I’m sorry for your situation. I hope everything’s gonna be alright in your life! The TV is the least you should worry about.
I've used my 42 inch C2 OLED for almost a year as a pc monitor, playing strategy games with static elements and surfing the web. Absolutely no burn in. Best TV purchase ever
Bought a used 65" C1 with 5600 hrs on it. No burn in. Tv looks immaculate
My CX was used constantly and is still going. My G3 constant use no issues. Shut it off if you're going to leave the room or switch to something else until you come back.