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880 points Philpax | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | 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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AndroTux ◴[12 Nov 25 18:53 UTC] No.45904282[source]▶
OLED only burns in if the content is static for hours. If your head is that stable while using VR, I give you $5.
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t-writescode ◴[12 Nov 25 19:02 UTC] No.45904491[source]▶
OLED is always burning in as a feature of it. It’s just much less noticeable when it’s:

  * cooled aggressively 
  * constantly changing colors (more even wear)
But it is still always losing durability in a steady way.
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hnuser123456 ◴[12 Nov 25 19:29 UTC] No.45905031[source]▶
I used colorcontrol to enter the service menu of my LG C2 and disable all anti-burn-in features. No auto dimming, no auto picture level, no anti-logo, etc. The only one I kept is pixel shift because it's only noticeable if you're looking at the edge of the screen when it moves, it's a tiny movement. I skip the "pixel cleaning" prompt every time it wants me to wait. When I'm gaming in HDR, I use filters to increase the exposure to get the maximum brightness range of the panel. Been using it like that for ~8hrs/day for over 2 years now. Zero detectable hint of burn-in.
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1. Fabricio20 ◴[12 Nov 25 21:06 UTC] No.45906684[source]▶
If you want a different anecdote, I have a LG C1 that got burn in after a year of use, playing FFXIV. I can see a blue outline of where my minimap and hotbars are. HUD burn-in. The only thing I disabled was the dimming feature, because it's outright annoying to use, where every time i'd scroll it'd make the text on a page illegiblly dark. (Dark mode pages, white text becomes dark gray while scrolling then back to white when stopped... sometimes not!). I moved that TV to the living room and got a non oled samsung instead which is what I use now.