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For regular TV usage, it's probably fine, but I would not recommend buying one to use as a PC monitor. I did that about a year ago, and I really regret it.

Burn in patterns are everywhere, and especially visible in red channels, so the overall image has a greenish hue. Things like taskbars, tiling window borders, browser titlebars, game HUDs (HP bars especially since those are often bright red), have all left their permanent mark on the display, and have become super distracting.

I'll probably get another OLED eventually to replace this one (I'd try to sell the current one but kind of doubt anyone would pay decent money for it given the state it's in), but will probably use it exclusively for movie watching and maybe occasional gaming sessions. I've been completely spoiled by the movie watching experience of the infinite contrast ratio in a dark room. Nothing else is even comparable. But I'll have to babysit the next one much more carefully to make sure it doesn't suffer the same fate as the one I have.



Huh... thanks for the advice. Sounds like you might have a warranty claim there?

(YMMV depending on which country you live in I guess)




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