If you say so, there's been plenty of arguments on these forums about it, I don't feel the need to jeopardise the thread. If you want to go down that route, feel free to email me in trust and we can go back and forth on that. However, I bought my TV to enjoy it and I am confident in the latest models to not worry about it. Like buying a nice car then being too afraid to enjoy it, just drive the damn thing. For someone who also owns an Oled, you seem to be very against them. Samsung have started mass producing the panels this month actually, going hybrid mode.
Ultimately, my posts towards OLEDs are ALWAYS to educate people on the technology, so they can make an informed purchase decision.
Burn in = uneven pixel wearing, due to the inherent characteristic of the technology (different pixels with a given life span wearing at different rates due to being illuminated at different times).
Then there’s the aspect of different size sub pixels depending on colour.
Samsung are taking a different approach, probably in part due to patents, and more likely to combat the sub pixel size requirements and different colour wear rates.
Their approach is to use a blue OLED panel with quantum dot filter over the top, which is what controls the colour output, rather than using the OLED itself to do it.
Time will tell, but I suspect it’ll be another step towards reducing the varying wear rates of the organic LEDs.
I love my OLED, and I’d never have a different display - my favourite characteristic is the motion clarity.
However, I’m not blind to the disadvantages of the technology. I’ve just accepted it.
I understand that different people have different priorities, and having worked in John Lewis selling TVs, I can assure you that your average consumer wants a TV they can see more clearly in their living room, without having to consider any other downsides due to the way they use it. I.e. they just “want it work”
This takes me back to OP and their situation. I made certain assumptions based on my experience selling TVs to people.
I even gave them some basic reasoning behind my decision to give them the opportunity to reply, either agreeing with my assumptions or disagreeing.
I then followed up with a couple of recommendations, one which is over budget, but I consider to be the best all-round LCD TV you can buy, and another which offers similar performance within budget.
So, OP, long story short, your options depend upon your circumstances.
For most people, I recommend LCDs since they’re better for:
- Sustained brightness output
- Motion with 24Hz content (since LCDs exhibit natural motion blur, whereas OLEDs don’t)
- Setting up and forgetting about it, if you’re the type of individual to concern yourself about burn in
OLEDs are better in every other way and, for me, is the only technology which gives me the “wow” factor.
