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I have been reading about MicroLEDs for years now, never bought any OLED because of the burn-in. I'm curious when MicroLEDs will actually hit the mass-market and at what price-point and also how they will scale for smaller screens.
I've had my QD-OLED for a little while now and it has had quite a bit of static images on it without any trouble. From what I read before I bought it, OLEDs in general really don't have a burn-in issue like the early models did.
From what I can tell they're better than even plasma was at the end. And you'd have trouble actively trying to get permanent burn in on some later model plasmas. I used to service TVs and appliances. In most cases outside of using a plasma display for digital signage, I'd be able to run a swiping pattern for a little bit to get rid of the image retention. The only exception I really had for a plasma that was used in a residence was an older couple who didn't have a widescreen source and only watched shows in 4:3 aspect ratio. They finally got the HD channels from their TV provider and realized they had the bars on the sides burned in (really the screen aged unevenly).
My wife and I bought our used OLED for just under $900. The screen had maybe 400 hours of use on it. In the 8 months since then, we've added another 900 or so hours. Some days, I'm playing Zelda all day. Other days, we don't turn it on at all. Only thing it didn't have was the feet, which was okay since we were always going to mount it.
I have no regrets about buying an OLED TV so far. As far as I've read, these screens can run 40-80k hours and still retain half their original brightness. Assuming I get 60k out of mine and it takes 8 months to add 900 hours, I've got 43 years before the screen is down to 50% brightness. I'm planning to replace it in ten or fifteen anyway.
The depths in Tears of the Kingdom look DAMN GOOD on an OLED, especially in a dark room.