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855 points Philpax | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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craftkiller ◴[12 Nov 25 18:42 UTC] No.45904094[source]▶
Excited to see that it uses LCDs instead of OLED! One of the things holding me back from head-mounted displays is the short lifespan / burn-in issues of OLED. Also loving the replaceable batteries on the controller.
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1. marcosscriven ◴[12 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.45904116[source]▶
Personally I much prefer OLED, especially for VR, and haven’t had any burn in issues with OLED in any form for years.
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2. craftkiller ◴[12 Nov 25 18:55 UTC] No.45904313[source]▶
Even modern OLED experience burn-in (despite them announcing every year that "this time we solved the burn-in issue!"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuHuM9h88M

VR is particularly bad for this because, on OLED, higher brightness = greater burn-in and VR headsets generally significantly over-drive their tiny displays.

Naturally the solution to all of this is MicroLED which will have the benefits of OLED without the downsides. But until then, the only device I'm using OLED for is my phone (and only because I no longer have a choice).

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3. 0x457 ◴[12 Nov 25 20:17 UTC] No.45905876[source]▶
> Even modern OLED experience burn-in (despite them announcing every year that "this time we solved the burn-in issue!"):

Yes, but it's not degrading as fast as OLED haters makes you think. I spent days playing the same games (so HUD is in the static place) on multiple OLED screens I owned for years. No noticeable burn-in and still looks better than my only IPS screen.