![]() Unless, anyway, an OLED TV owner happens to know how to access their set’s service menus – and doesn’t mind potentially greatly increasing the chance of screen burn appearing by turning off a feature that manufacturers felt strongly enough about to make it ‘undefeatable’ from the TV’s consumer menus. It doesn’t help that ABL systems are typically baked in to a TV’s picture routines, to ensure a longer panel life span, with no option for the consumer to turn them off. Unfortunately the quite substantial impact this dimming can have in some implementations has become a much bigger source of complaints, especially among gamers, than actual examples of screen burn. Also known as Auto Brightness Limiting (ABL) or Auto Brightness Static Limiting (ABSL), this finds OLED TVs gradually (or in some memorable cases over the years, suddenly) dimming down their entire picture if they sense the presence of a potentially damaging bright, static element. This is especially true given that the alternative approach may well be full screen dimming. So again, if your TV has this feature, we’d generally be inclined to use it with most types of content. Again, though, in reality, the feature typically makes its adjustments subtly enough not to become very obvious at all. ![]() (Note that some other brands can be quite reticent about discussing anti burn-in measures, as it’s a topic they don’t really want to talk about too much)ĭimming down specific areas of the picture sounds, again, like something you might expect to be pretty damaging to your viewing experience. Philips, in particular, actively boasts about the precision of the static image dimming element on its premium OLED TVs. It was LG (OLED’s main innovator over the years) that first introduced this technique, but since then it’s been adopted elsewhere. ![]() Here TVs use image analysis to identify static image elements and slightly reduce the brightness and intensity of just that area of the image. There’s usually the option to turn the feature off, but we’d say that in the vast majority of cases this is one of the easiest and least problematic ways of reducing the likelihood of burn in happening.Īnother way of combatting screen burn on a technological level that’s become increasingly popular in recent years is localised picture dimming. This sounds quite drastic on paper, but in reality the vast majority of people have this feature running on their OLED TVs by default without ever noticing it’s there. This essentially continually circles the image around a pixel or two so that none of the OLED panel pixels are exposed to exactly the same image content. This will have your TV detecting logos (like the one burned into my C7), and lower the brightness on those to stop burn-in there.īut because I'm so concerned about burn-in, I'm going to have my eye on this topic going forward.One of the earliest techniques that’s still widely applied on OLED TVs today is pixel orbiting or shifting. Then, make sure Adjust Logo Brightness is set to Low. This will keep the LG OLED TV adjusting the screen in tiny amounts at regular intervals to help prevent burn-in. Then, select General, select OLED Care, and Select OLED Panel Care. Again, hold the settings button on your LG Magic Remote until a spinning wheel comes up. Outlook: Enable these LG OLED burn-in prevention toolsĪll that said, there are a few settings to enable. Or after you notice image retention.Īnd using the Pixel Cleaning/Refresher tool too often, I'm told, can lead to problems of its own. "Regularly," it seems means after 2,000 hours after watching. Reading the words "Manual Pixel Refresher is also available in case you notice any image retention or when you get a reminder to run it after 2,000 hours of watching," my mind was both blown and changed. ![]() For example, if you watched TV for two hours yesterday and three hours today (more than four hours in total), Pixel Refresher will automatically run, deal with potential image retention issues and reset its operation time." That page says "Pixel Refresher is automatically operated when you turn off the TV after watching it for more than four hours in total. And this is when I got more confirmation that Nick was right. And then I found a page on LG's site that explains more about the Pixel Cleaner (or as it refers to it, Pixel Refresher). So, I asked Nick to reach out to his reps at LG about my concerns (we will update this article if and when we learn more). ![]()
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