Can QD-OLED survive 7-8 hours of Unreal usage per day?

[TDoC]

Hi, I'm an indie game developer and want to change my old LG IPS Ultrawide monitor with a new Samsung Oled G8 but I have some concerns about burn-in. I'm using Unreal Engine 5 for 7-8 hours a day and play a couple of hours of games a week. I know Oled is not suitable for static elements like Unreal Engine and an OLED monitor is not beneficial for my coding or developing stuff. But I love Oled screens and want to go with one screen instead of separate gaming and working screens. I also saw the RTINGS durability test results for QD Oleds but they mentioned it is mostly because of white static elements. Unreal 5 has a dark UI and most of its static elements are dark except for some white button text which I can change with black or dark gray. Does the dark UI of Unreal 5 help the monitor prevent burn-in? Or there is nothing that can help for 7-8 hours of daily usage?

[GOATWD]

41 minutes ago, TDoC said:

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41 minutes ago, TDoC said:

Hi, I'm an indie game developer and want to change my old LG IPS Ultrawide monitor with a new Samsung Oled G8 but I have some concerns about burn-in. I'm using Unreal Engine 5 for 7-8 hours a day and play a couple of hours of games a week. I know Oled is not suitable for static elements like Unreal Engine and an OLED monitor is not beneficial for my coding or developing stuff. But I love Oled screens and want to go with one screen instead of separate gaming and working screens. I also saw the RTINGS durability test results for QD Oleds but they mentioned it is mostly because of white static elements. Unreal 5 has a dark UI and most of its static elements are dark except for some white button text which I can change with black or dark gray. Does the dark UI of Unreal 5 help the monitor prevent burn-in? Or there is nothing that can help for 7-8 hours of daily usage?

as far as i know onle ligh t el;ments bruin in quickly if u sue a darker u i it shouldnt bur n in as afast

 

[VIVO-US]

Any OLED-based screen can get burn-in from long-term static images, but darker ones will help it to last much longer since they're not pushing the OLEDs to their full voltage.  Even with regular LEDs, lower brightness from reduced voltage will help them to last much, much longer.  Another thing you can do is switch off the monitor whenever you're getting up to do something else, like a lunch break or other time away from the screen.

[Stahlmann]

I wouldn't recommend OLED for any work environment. But if you absolutely want to go OLED, go with a W-OLED from LG like the C2 or C3. The larger 42" screen size and the 4K resolution is also a nice bonus for productivity. WOLED displays, specifically the ones from LG, so far seem to be the longest lasting ones.

[xg32]

On 9/18/2023 at 4:22 AM, TDoC said:

Hi, I'm an indie game developer and want to change my old LG IPS Ultrawide monitor with a new Samsung Oled G8 but I have some concerns about burn-in. I'm using Unreal Engine 5 for 7-8 hours a day and play a couple of hours of games a week. I know Oled is not suitable for static elements like Unreal Engine and an OLED monitor is not beneficial for my coding or developing stuff. But I love Oled screens and want to go with one screen instead of separate gaming and working screens. I also saw the RTINGS durability test results for QD Oleds but they mentioned it is mostly because of white static elements. Unreal 5 has a dark UI and most of its static elements are dark except for some white button text which I can change with black or dark gray. Does the dark UI of Unreal 5 help the monitor prevent burn-in? Or there is nothing that can help for 7-8 hours of daily usage?

I absolutely would not recommend qd-oled for 7-8 hours of work usage. Assuming you go with WOLED go with dark mode, full black screensavers, wallpapers etc.

[cmndr]

Probably fine. 

If you're worried about it, have a slow fan behind the display circulating air. The goal should be general airflow to the area, not trying to cool the display itself (though that probably doesn't hurt). 

[Andrewtst]

If your room is air conditioner, I think should be no issue. 

 

But do remember don't disable those protection set by manufacturer, for example screen shift. Also put auto screen saver and let screen auto off when away.

[Mihle]

My laptop I use for school has OLED screen, it's little over 1 year old and haven' noticed any burn in, at least not yet, but it's only little over a year.

 

With noting my school work don't use a single program all the time tho.

 

Things I have done to hopefully limit the burn in:

• Auto hide task bar.
• Laptop has motion sensor via web cam so screen goes black 30 seconds if no motion. Maybe litte to fast as you don't have that on desktop, but you should have it short.
• Dark mode everything (I would have done this anyway)