8 Month Update! OLED Burn-in vs. Temporary Image Retention & Buggy Compensation Cycles

We've noticed that there might be some some confusion surrounding how some TVs have a manual setting while we say in the video that they don't. From what we've found, these cycles that can be triggered manually from the TV settings (LG - Pixel refresher / Sony - Panel refresh / Samsung - Pixel refresh) are considered to be "long" compensation cycles. While some of them include voltage shift adjustment like we discuss in this video, their main purpose is to work on the EL Degradation (at least from what we understand so far!)

One last note: LG calls the long and short cycle the same thing and the feature is related to whatever the internal processor is and what cycle it's on. The only way to tell the difference if it's long or short is the duration. One menu will say 10 minutes and the other will say 1 hour!

My experience Samsung TV has poor reliability

My heart still hurts after my LG OLED got burn in when I turned off HDR and turned up the brightness since my capture card couldn't handle HDR. Apex health bar stays on it now 😢. I love Rtings, Thank you all. My

I got rickrolled by a screen

I wanted to know if short pixel refresh cycles are a bad idea to do regularly each day (degrading the pixels) and voila, RTINGS have the answer: It is not a bad idea but a very good one. Thank you RTINGS for your clear information and looking forward to more longterm testing info about burn-in while I keep babysitting my new OLED Monitor and trying to make it last as long as possible by also using your great information :)

Hard to justify spending big money on a TV that you have to baby and expect issues at some point down the line

Wow S95c doesn’t run cycles after 4 hours of use? Smh

sorry there is too much information about technical stuff :D hows the final conclusion on the burn in test for the LG C3 :D

Does that mean I don't have to worry about productiivity usage on the Samsung Neo G8?

If you pause the tv on a static image but turn the screen off , can you still get burn in ?

Need test for C3 and G3

just got a new OLED so this is very informative on what not to do with the TV

so this is why CNN still has so many viewers

How did he bricked the LG 27” monitor?

so this is how cnn gets their views

VERY VERY nice videos, and this one in particular i really liked, i learnt a lot, thank you

Excellent stuff Rtings team. Keep up the good work. You are industry leading in your reviews and testing.

the problem with your methodology is that you aren't normalizing for brightness. QD OLED is burning in faster than WOLED but it's also running brighter. Make the brightness equal and see if the result changes.

thank you all for the huge effort.
The technical side is always outstanding with Rtings and Abby is doing a great job to entertain too, great work!

Highly informative video, well done to everyone involved. One thing though: not sure if this is the mic you chose to use or if it’s Abby’s voice but the frequency hurts my ears….

CNN will burn a hole in your brain!

wow sony...make things more complicated will ya?

I don’t know how people still buy OLED TVs after all this burning???!!!😮😮😮

Great video, so educational. Maybe I am missing something but the big takeaway is don’t run anything with static elements and never give your television time to cycle. If you do that properly then it seems all but the worst OLEDs will be fine.

Flip to CNN, immediately its a ? in a dress just lol

Love the MASH reference :D

RIP Sony OLED TV's from my life after this. Thanks.

So the mention in the last section about permanent burn-in sounds worrying! I was about to order an OLED. Now I am thinking of going for MiniLED instead.
Is the permanent burn-in commentary expected sometime soon?

Keep hearing "Sony Broke"

thanks for the samsung forced automatic compensation. My s95b has some retention from game ui elements

I can't wait to hear about the Alienware DWF's results!

After watching 10 mins ... i understand don't waste your hard earned money on oleds 😂😅

wait wait, the only exception is the LG B2?
What is the exception? I own the B2... doesn't it work on the B2? I have the pixel cleaning option... i'm not getting it.

In the 8 month picture, were the monitors on the entire time, or on for a certain amount of hours per day then turned off to perform pixel cleaner?
If they were mostly on the whole time- I really thought the burnin would be waaay worse when having permanent ui elements on screen. Makes me reconsider getting a g8 as I thought the burnin rate was much faster

Super nice work you are doing here. I am using a LG C2 since 2022.12.20. and I am very happy. I use it as a PC monitor so far and I have a lot of static images because the majority I dont even game on it so its more desktop and some videos like YT but not in full frame.

Schade, das sie so schnell spricht. Ich kann ihr nicht folgen. 👋😳🤣

If OLED TVs have only a small chance of Burn-In issues, Why doesn't their warranty cover it? QLEDs do!

You guys are freaking awesome!

Get an LED. Less expensive and just as good

CNN slowly loses crucial ratings as each TV dies

What a poor excuse from Sony about the click sound. All Non-Android TVs (so the old ones) were clicking after about 10-minutes of off time because it was going from standby mode to off mode. If you turn the TV on within these 10 minutes, it’ll turn on much faster than after the 10 minutes. The click sound is the internal relay the TVs have, so they were already clicking. If they were to run this 10 minutes screen refresher as soon as you turn the TV off, it’ll at least have some continuity with the old ones (old clicking due to sleep, new clicking due to refresher).

So which brand failed the most?

Yikes! Buy a Hisense.....

Looks like Sony's aren't a Best Buy😅

So this means OLEDs will have the burn-in issue even after accounting for TFT related image retention issues resolved through SCC?

Some people are used to turn off power strips after shutting down their PC. Those displays should defend themselves against that habit with sufficient warnings. Hiding behind cowardly named menu options (calibration? optimization? smh) won't get the point across.

impressed with the detail and owning errors. instant sub!

i have an LG e7 picture on glass. The burn in is SOO BAD! I even had the panel replaced via warranty and the burn in came back far worse to the point where I need to get a new tv