Work-around for banner burn-in on OLED TVs

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#248482 28-Mar-2019 08:49

I’m conscious of the potential for burn-in on our LG OLED tv when watching channels that have a permanent banner or watermark on-screen - e.g. BBC News, CNN, etc.

Watching The Brexit Channel - aka BBC News - this morning I had a thought and switched on the Live Zoom feature and was able to set a picture that eliminated all static banner stuff from the screen. Okay - I’m not seeing the full picture and missing the news ticker etc - but it’s easily good enough for my purposes where the audio is at least as important as the picture.

Not earth-shattering and I’m sure I’m not the first to think of this but possibly worth passing on as a quick work-around.

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#2206118 28-Mar-2019 10:01

Geez! Are the OLEDs that bad?

I have an elderly panasonic plasma (its at least 9 years old) and have never noticed any lasting burn images.

Hmm - Just googled a bit and see that there is a difference between "image burn" and "image retension".

Image burn - After long periods of say a red logo displayed inthe one location the red pixels start to permanently degrade.

Image retension - For a short period after something has been displayed for a long time there can be a ghostly image of it visible under some circumstances - but it fades away.

I do note occasional image retension on plasma - but you have to look pretty hard for it and its not normally visible with normal media/pictures being displayed.

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#2206150 28-Mar-2019 11:07

I dunno if its a standard feature but my tv shifts the entire imagine over 1 pixel every now and then which is unnoticeable and eliminates the worry of burn in

Maybe look if your tv offers a similar tech?

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#2206153 28-Mar-2019 11:09

previous thread from last month

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=34&topicid=245559

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#2206154 28-Mar-2019 11:17

dt:

I dunno if its a standard feature but my tv shifts the entire imagine over 1 pixel every now and then which is unnoticeable and eliminates the worry of burn in

Maybe look if your tv offers a similar tech?

I don't think that's going to eliminate burn in. The best it might achieve is to make the edges of the burned in area soft and less noticeable.