Deliberately Burning In My QD-OLED Monitor - 3 Month Update
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Published 2024-05-20
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Testing performed using Portrait CalMAN Ultimate: www.portrait.com/
00:00 - Intro, Specs, Design
00:58 - MSI's 321URX Firmware Update
06:16 - Burn In Results After 3 Months
10:54 - Final Thoughts
Deliberately Burning In My QD-OLED Monitor - 3 Month Update
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All Comments (21)
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"It's pretty unlikely you'd be using the monitor for 16 hours straight" I feel attacked
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youtube compression went nuts on this one.
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This video nicely shows how you cannot trust almost anybody on YouTube at this point. Many big channels are like: "With a new generation of OLED burn-in is a thing of the past. Almost non-issue." And then this guy shows up and gives concrete proof that burn-in starts to appear after 3 months. And yes I understand his setting and test methodology but still. Thank you for your honesty Monitors Unboxed.
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Damn, only three months and it’s already burning in? I was pessimistic but wasn’t expecting it to degrade so soon.
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Would've been interesting to run another monitor next to it but using all of the standard protection features and best practices to see how effective they are
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While OLED is fantastic, having a display feel like a consumable item is just painful because of what LCDs have conditioned us to expect from displays. Until OLEDs can be used without the user actively countering burn-in for 4-5 years without serious degradation they aren't going to be fit for the typical consumer desktop monitor space...
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any measureable burn in after 3 months is insane. i have LCDs monitors i have used for over 5 years with no issues and with the kind of money you spend on OLEDs id hope for no less than that if i were to switch
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I'm glad I never got any of the OLED monitors now after watching this. I'm on my pc easily for 14-16 hours a day since I work from home and the fact you're seeing burn in after only 3 months at around half my usage is crazy. I would've been cooked if I got any of the oled monitors.
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Love the series, finally someone making burn in time scales visible and in a real world application. I know now that I can get Oled as I do maybe 80% gaming and 20% watching YT
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Love these updates. I need assurance 🙏
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Excellent series
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Thanks for biting the bullet and running this long-sequence test!
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Im using the alienware AW3423DWF and mostly play two games. I have, however, done the dark mode the background cycling and taskbar hiding plus installed a program that hides icons in my desktop when 5 minutes of inactivity. I've noticed no burn in after 2 years of using it. I am very pleased. I didn't expect it for a 1rst gen QD Oled panel.
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An excellent idea with series on oled burning, thank you!
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Thank you, for doing the testing on this one.
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I've been using the same IPS ultrawide for about 9 years now. It's still perfect. OLED feels like a throwaway panel tech for a heavy PC user. I wouldn't spend any decent money on an OLED panel because I'd be wanting to replace it every year with my OCD.
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nice! keep these coming, they're super useful and informative and since I'm one who is looking into OLED gaming I need to know what the results will look like maybe up to a few years of use, hopefully soon though, someone would be able to invent real-time pixel refresh where the pixels get their voltage refreshed on the fly without needing to do any cycles and also getting correct cooling to keep the pixels from getting so hot that burn-in happens anyways
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please continue with the testing!
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Honestly, slightest signs of burn in after 3 months of usage is really bad. My next monitor is going to be mini LED than...
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Great video! Thank you for doing this. It would be nice to see some pictures of the screen hosted on Google Drive or Tech Spot maybe so we could look at it without compression since it's hard to see the burn-in you're describing.
