OLED Monitor when it doubles up as a work monitor?

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I work from home & use my gaming monitor as my primary display.

It's an MSI Optix Mag341CQ and it's developing an issue which seems to be now getting worse, when first switched on if it's been off for a while the bottom inch of the screen is garbled & it gradually goes away as the monitor "Warms Up", it's then normally fine for the rest of the day. The time it takes to go back to normal though is now several minutes, it used to be 10-15 seconds.

I'm expecting it to kipper it & am therefore looking at possible replacements, my issue being that whilst I game on my display, during office hours it's connected to my laptop so spends 7.5 hours each work day on the desktop with the taskbar at the bottom & I can be in spreadsheets for hours too.

Would this usage cause burn in if I went with an OLED of some description?

Our TV is an LG OLED & i've hooked the PC up to it a few times and games look amazing on it, i'd love that image quality on my actual gaming machine but don't want burn in of course.
 
Most oled manufacturers now offer
3 year burn in warranty

See monitors unboxed on YouTube
He's been deliberately trying to cause burn in
Though I forgot which monitor he's using for the test

I use auto hide taskbar
A black wallpaper
Auto hide mouse cursor if its inactive for a while
And couple of other tricks
Alongside the monitors actual care routine
 
Iamzod said:
I work from home & use my gaming monitor as my primary display.

It's an MSI Optix Mag341CQ and it's developing an issue which seems to be now getting worse, when first switched on if it's been off for a while the bottom inch of the screen is garbled & it gradually goes away as the monitor "Warms Up", it's then normally fine for the rest of the day. The time it takes to go back to normal though is now several minutes, it used to be 10-15 seconds.

I'm expecting it to kipper it & am therefore looking at possible replacements, my issue being that whilst I game on my display, during office hours it's connected to my laptop so spends 7.5 hours each work day on the desktop with the taskbar at the bottom & I can be in spreadsheets for hours too.

Would this usage cause burn in if I went with an OLED of some description?

Our TV is an LG OLED & i've hooked the PC up to it a few times and games look amazing on it, i'd love that image quality on my actual gaming machine but don't want burn in of course.
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Have the same monitor and I primarily use it for working. Hoping mine will last though not had any indication that it won't
 
XeNoNF50 said:
Have the same monitor and I primarily use it for working. Hoping mine will last though not had any indication that it won't
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I really can't see an OLED lasting without getting screen burn...But am really hoping that i will be proved wrong

The Four monitors i use almost daily are PG35VQ (over 4 years old), PG34Q ( 8 years old), Dell 2713 ( About 11 years old), Two Dell 2410u (about 14 years old)

Them Dells used to be my main gaming monitors back in the day, But i now use them for my work monitors
 
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chaparral said:
I really can't see an OLED lasting without getting screen burn...But am really hoping that i will be proved wrong

The Four monitors i use almost daily are PG35VQ (over 4 years old), PG34Q ( 8 years old), Dell 2713 ( About 11 years old), Two Dell 2410u (about 14 years old)

Them Dells used to be my main gaming monitors back in the day, But i now use them for my work monitors
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The PG35VQ is nice, I was using the PG27UQ before, quite a similar monitor. Was a great monitor, lasted me similar time.

But yeah I do wonder about getting 5-8 years longevity out of it tbh. Part of me doubts but we will see. At least these MSIs have heat sinks.
 
Hutchy said:
How do you do this out of interest? My Googling didn't produce the results I wanted!
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you can find it here
i also use a 1 click macro to show/hide desktop icons
since theyre always mostly static images
but looks like hes now also got one to do something similar

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I use my Dell AW3423DWF Oled for work which involves lots of Excel and haven't had any burn in issues whatsoever. I hide task bar and use dark mode and pixel refresh most days.
 
@Iamzod my 2nd monitor does that in winter, I think it's the temperature. Fortunately as it's monitor 2, I just let it warm up. Been doing it for years.
 
I've probably done 4000 hours on a Dell AW3423DWF OLED monitor now, no issues at all.
A little pointless as I drop brightness down to 15-20% unless I'm going into a game, but I'm firmly rocking a single-monitor setup now.
 
I have been using a AW3423DWF for work and gaming after work for two years. I work from home, so it’s had full use during the week. No burn in or issues whatsoever. When not gaming I have HDR off and 75% brightness.
 
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Also running an aw3423dw daily for software development for the past 2.5 years, no sign of burn in

Get one with a 3 year burn in warranty - if it becomes a problem, swap it under warranty and sell the "new" one. If it doesn't become a problem then... Well, it's not a problem :p
 
Hutchy said:
How do you do this out of interest? My Googling didn't produce the results I wanted!
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I wouldn't bother with the mouse cursor, monitors probably detect it as a logo and pixel shift it

I started reducing the UI transparency in games that allow it. I'd worry more about that kinda stuff than a tiny mouse cursor
 
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Asus new 2025 OLED look amazing, Asus 27 ROG PG27UCDM. 4K 240Hz monitor. So 27" [check] 4K [check] 240hz [check] Big Asus Tax [check] definitely on my wishlist for 2025. Then you also have Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDP 480hz coming out on 22nd Jan. - i want my new monitor for gaming but also Desktop work and text clarity is just as important for me as gaming. these 4th Gen monitors have a new Subpixel layout so the arrangement is better than they old gen tech, they show less text fringing.

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The MSI OLEDs have decent OLED care - taskbar detection, boundary detection etc. But it depends on your level of OLED anxiety really. I'd want at least 5 years out of a monitor so the 3 year warranty isn't much of a selling point for me.
 
Bidley said:
The MSI OLEDs have decent OLED care - taskbar detection, boundary detection etc. But it depends on your level of OLED anxiety really. I'd want at least 5 years out of a monitor so the 3 year warranty isn't much of a selling point for me.
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Agree, 5 year warranty and I'm sold. Fingers crossed something good comes out of CES 2025.
 
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