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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Hassam Nasir

OLED gaming monitor shows only light burn-in after 3,000-hour torture test — 500 hours of Overwatch gameplay leaves a faint scar on the premium panel

OLED burn-in after 3000 hours of usage .

Image retention, commonly known as burn-in, remains a major concern for prospective OLED buyers despite advances in countermeasures. The various benefits of self-lit pixels, such as infinite contrast ratio and instantaneous response times, are often overshadowed by longevity woes. This latest burn-in test from YouTuber Optimum shows that unless you're abusing your display, there's little to worry about.

For two years, Optimum has been using an LG 32GS95UE-B dual-mode 32-inch OLED monitor with native 4K resolution at 240 Hz, which can be doubled to 480 Hz at 1080p. He's logged over 3,000 hours on this bad boy, mostly playing Overwatch (2) and working on DaVinci Resolve and Fusion 360. All three apps have many static elements, so this should be a solid real-world test.

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