Both my LG Ultrafine 5k panels - IPS panels - have significant image retention/burn in around the edges. Practically, how much worse can OLED burn-in be?
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Apple Reportedly Planning 32- and 42-Inch OLED Displays for 2027 Amid Switch to New Panel Technology
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Until burn in is solved then OLED is not good for monitor usage. I really don't understand why people crave OLED for their monitors. Are you all locked in dark rooms then you need OLEDs?
Is a regular ratio 42 going to be that useful sitting <1m away from eyes on a desk? Going to be quite a stain on neck. Surely an ultra wide 42 would be better.
Image retention and burn-in are typically used to describe two different issues. An IPS panel can have image retention, which is temporary, but should not have burn-in, which is permanent damage. This means you can usually restore an IPS showing image retention since the underlying pixels should not be permanently damaged.
OLEDs on the other side in general degrade the brighter and longer they remain lit. If some parts of the panel constantly show the same bright image when the rest of the panel shows more dynamic or darker content, the OLEDs which compose the affected pixels will degrade faster than the rest of the panel, leading to that area becoming visibly damaged over time. This kind of damage is permanent.
Crazy. Four years is a long time especially given how long OLEDs have been out for already. Apple really doesn't do anything in a timely manner.
I presume it is for the strengths of OLED, which include fantastic HDR thanks to pure blacks (so no "grayish blacks" like FA-LED) and no ghosting/haloing around bright objects (like MiniLED).
I have had an OLED TV since 2017 and would never buy anything else, and I watch it in ambient outdoor room light with no real issues in terms of brightness.
The Bill of Materials would not justify such an increase over LED, but Apple's margins could.
I get that for TV as we watch movies usually in the dark but for daily computer monitor its kinda lost. Anyone that works on a monitor in pitch black is ruining his/her eyesight.
I think OLED is still very flawed tech for monitors. The perm burn is just an issue that none of us want s to deal with.
MicroLED is probably 7-10 years away from monitor screens. I think better implemented MiniLED is the way to go for now.
I think OLED is still very flawed tech for monitors. The perm burn is just an issue that none of us want s to deal with.
MicroLED is probably 7-10 years away from monitor screens. I think better implemented MiniLED is the way to go for now.
I presume it is for the strengths of OLED, which include fantastic HDR thanks to pure blacks (so no "grayish blacks" like FA-LED) and no ghosting/haloing around bright objects (like MiniLED).
I have had an OLED TV since 2017 and would never buy anything else, and I watch it in ambient outdoor room light with no real issues in terms of brightness.
The Bill of Materials would not justify such an increase over LED, but Apple's margins could.
I also don't think OLED is a very good idea for a monitor display, as well, but we're presuming that such a display will use consumer WOLED or QD-OLED as found in TVs because that would be easiest. However, Apple could use AMOLED technology similar to what they use in the iPhone and Apple Watch, which has longer usable life and better resistance to burn-in.
I don't think AMOLED are more resilient to burn-in per se. They can generally last longer due to the display being often off or often operating at a relatively low luminance, but this would be true for TVs too. Actually one of the main strategies to prevent burn-in is to dim either the whole display or parts of it which are identified as showing static bright images like logos or such.
What kind of bandwidth would one need to run a display at 8K 120hz HDR 4:4:4? I don’t think anything exists at this moment that do it but Would we need 80Gbps or more like 160Gbp connection?
It’s not isolated like your situation with LG ultra fine but a decades known issue on large format OLED panels.
The displays will be entirely Samsung or LG technology with no Apple involvement in their development.
By 2027 the human race will be nestled into their cocoons, serving as batteries for AI. A fancy new screen won't matter none.
Well I’d prefer my entertainment screen in my cocoon to be OLED since I’ll be spending a lot of time in there.
Just get the Apple VR goggle, should be gen. 4 by then, so probably better battery life, faster processor & GPU etc.
We're talking 4 years time, as someone said earlier, a lot can happen in 4 years.
A 32" monitor with a Macbook Pro would win over the possible of a new larger iMac for me. I know the cost will likely be quite a bit more, but the portability options just make more sense for me. Would love to see this rumor come true.