![]() Though if you want the best TVs under £500, it's all LCD.You can even find an OLED set in the best TVs under £1000.An OLED set tops out picks of the best gaming TVs.Meet the best TVs of all kinds (including lots of OLEDs).It’s been a long road to get to this point, and it hasn’t been problem-free, but there’s genuinely a good reason to be excited about OLED despite its past issues.Here's how OLED TVs have cooled down the danger of burn-in… Only time will tell how well that technology works as it’s still in R&D, but we’re optimistic about the future of our favorite display technology. New OLED TVs like the LG G3 OLED are getting brighter thanks to the inclusion of micro lens array technology that LG Display has named 'OLED META,' while quantum dot filters are enhancing the color reproduction abilities of QD-OLED TVs like the Samsung S95C and Sony A95K OLED TVs.īeyond that, we’re looking to innovations like PHOLED (phosphorescent organic light emitting diode) technology that uses a blue phosphorescent sub-pixel to improve brightness and longevity even further. Production yields have risen and LG Display now makes OLED panels in smaller sizes like 42 and 48 inches, which means that models that cost nearly $3,000 a few years ago now cost half that amount. Where does OLED go from here?Īll we can say for sure at this point is that OLED technology continues to improve in performance and decrease in price. Our extensive TV testing process that includes dozens of hours in our lab and in our homes attempts to get the clearest possible picture of how a TV performs, but even with that information we can’t guarantee that the products will continue to perform for years - or decades - after you buy them. Unfortunately, that’s the way it is with all technology. ![]() When reviewers tested these TVs in 2017 - myself included - we could only speculate on potential issues and without extended testing periods of several years, had no idea that the TVs wouldn’t last the decade like many had hoped they would. Need proof? If you head over to the LG C7 OLED product page on LG’s website you’ll see a lot of owners with the same complaint - they bought the TV when it came out at full price, and now that TV is starting to have burn-in or pixel degradation issues. Right, so which OLED TVs are the ‘bad’ ones? Despite their incredible picture quality for the time, any OLED TV from 2017, 2018, 20 used carbon-hydrogen bonds in the organic element, meaning that they’re more prone to deterioration over time. ![]() I’ll go into the science down below, but the TL DR is that LG Display, the primary maker of OLED panels that go into LG OLED TVs, improved the longevity of the organic element (the ‘O’ in OLED) by a factor of five using a stable hydrogen isotope called deuterium. That said, newer OLED TVs aren’t as prone to pixel degradation thanks to a major change in the manufacturing process. I’ve written about how to prevent burn-in on your OLED TV in the past, but in short, the best thing you can do is reduce the amount of time a static image stays on the screen, vary the kind of content you watch and use the pixel shift and pixel refresh option every few months. In fact, if you bought an OLED TV when LG first started making them, you’ll need to be especially careful in how you use the TV. One of the biggest fears I hear about folks shopping for a new OLED TV - and biggest complaints I get from disgruntled first-generation OLED buyers - is about pixel degradation and/or burn-in ruining the TV after a few years.Īlthough those fears have been exaggerated some, I don’t want to dismiss those concerns outright. ![]()
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