Myths about OLED TVs

It's not a myth that OLED TVs can burn-in, but it's unlikely you'll ever experience this. If the logo of a TV channel has been pictured for years, you might see a shadow of the logo when you switch the channel. This is called burn-in. OLED TVs are prone to constantly displaying non-moving images. With varied use, you'll never be bothered with this. In addition, OLED TVs have ways to prevent this. Examples of this are short and long pixel refreshment, automatic dimming, screen savers, and pixel shifting.

An OLED television is a large investment. The last thing you want is for the image quality to become worse after a couple of years. The lifespan of an OLED panel is limited, according to online sources. But this doesn't just apply to OLED, but any type of LED including the backlight of LED-LCD TVs. Since 10 years ago, the lifespan of OLED has been tripled and is estimated to be 100,000 hours now. This means you can watch TV for 10 hours per day for the coming 27 years. So, no reason to worry.

This myth is based on the high input lag that you used to see in OLED TVs. The input lag is when you see a delay between pressing a button and the action on the screen. This is old news. OLED high-end models often have an input lag less than 10ms nowadays. This is as good as with LED-LCD high-end models. OLED TVs are a great choice for gaming, because of the faster response times and visibility of dark parts. Pixel response times indicate how long it takes for a pixel to change color. OLED is the fastest technology in terms of this, with often less than a millisecond. You also see more details in the shadow, in addition to the beautiful and vibrant image.