If you're worried about burn in on the OLED, try this.
If you're worried about burn in on the OLED, try this.
Post by: u/sweaterguycuddles
I don't have proof for this technique but when I am downloading a big game and the screen needs to be kept on, I just go to desktop mode, open up a picture of just black on full screen (turn off your lights to make sure all the pixels are off), and this seems to be a good enough solution to at least this specific situation.
jerrrrremy: If you're worried about burn in on the OLED, you're completely ignorant.
user11711: May I ask why? Not only does it happen but why would one be ignorant if they’re worried about it? Especially when it’s been confirmed that mitigation techniques used in other screens are lacking on this one.
sweaterguycuddles: I want to learn. The more people are open to have discussions, the less ignorant me, and everyone will be. The path to truth begins with asking the honest question.
jerrrrremy: The top voted comment in this thread is the correct answer. Everyone else in here apparently doesn't understand what a static image is.
FirstAd6165: What would be the reason for the display having to stay on? In desktop mode it goes to black automatically but the deck is still on
Qazax1337: You could probably get the photo viewer app visible in the gaming mode
sweaterguycuddles: Good idea.
sycron17: Check this video, if you need any advice about burn in or if its true, this is the guy for it. https://youtu.be/bYNuPdMD3Ic?si=Nen3khQ7NcfjUalr
Bob leaves for tests one of his Switch OLED/Steam OLED on for days to test results of burn in. Don’t worry as much about it with todays OLED panels
Vladishun: There's literally a Decky Loader plugin to set the OLED to black for scenarios like this.
taisynn: Was just gonna say this LOL
t1337dude: You're overthinking it. If you're worried, turn down the brightness. Bam.
jth94185: If you’re worried, buy the LCD model…don’t get why people pay more money for something that will bring you anxiety…
kratomburneraccount: I just dock mine into a monitor, then turn the monitor off
SecondaryPenetrator: Big downloads for me is just turning down the brightness as low as it goes and off to bed.
chrisdpratt: 750 hours straight of static HDR image at 1000 nit peak brightness or 1500 uninterrupted hours of static SDR image at 600 nits. You're good.
Quajeraz: Unless you play the same game, every single day, for like 10 hours, it'll be fine.
Even then it'll be probably years before hud and things burn in
foundoutimanadult: This. People, please enjoy your purchase.
astro143: After using my phone for 2+ years with ~3 hours a day screen on and no noticable burn in, I kinda want OLED all the things now. Minus my main PC monitors, my desktop would absolutely burn in. But a TV for movies and big screen gaming? Absolutely.
leob0505: And even if after that time something happens… you can replace the screen.
Joingojon2: That particular experiment means nothing tho for two reasons...
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He didn't check it before that. It could have been "burned in" at 300hrs, 500hrs or any other random number you wish to insert. That was his 1st check at 750hrs and it was ruined at that point.
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You do not need to leave an image on permanently to get image retention. OLED image retention works on accumulated time. So if you play the same game constantly even if you are turning it off between sessions the accumulated time can and will retain static elements like HUD. If you are playing a variety of games then you will be fine as you will most probably be aging all the pixels at an even rate. Accumulated time is a real thing and that is when the ordinary user will encounter burn in. The best example of this is the average phone that has the fingerprint scanner icon on the login screen. That icon is only displayed for most people for a short amount of time when waking your phone up and login in. But it's also the most common thing that gets burned in on a phone because of accumulated time.
chrisdpratt: I was referencing two different tests. However, regarding the first one, you obviously didn't pay attention. He was checking at regular intervals, but couldn't pinpoint exactly when the burn in occurred. That said, the burn in was extremely minor, so it's roughly around that time.
Your second point is completely incorrect. The panel itself has a cumulative amount of use, since OLED doesn't last forever as just a function of the technology itself. That's not burn in though. Burn in requires constant static display of the same image. It's not cumulative. If it was was, things like pixel shifting or pixel cleaning that OLED TVs do would be entirely pointless. Even that is only necessary because TVs generate far more heat than a small display like in the Deck.
Don't even know what you're on about with the phone thing.
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KroganHULK: Just set the screen to turn off after 5 minutes in desktop mode. Doesn't put the system to sleep and games still download.
Anxious_Barnacled: This is the answer. Desktop mode > settings > sleep. Find the toggle for turning screen off while plugged in and set it to 1 minute.
RyanandRoxy: I turn the brightness all the way down when downloading a big game. Seems fine to me
SnooShortcuts1054: If you’re worried about burn in look how long it took before it was even an issue https://youtu.be/bYNuPdMD3Ic?si=g1kAY6ABfO-quFOn
flametail: I love Bob for this and his OLED Switch video
Taurven: I set the setting for turning of the screen on battery and ac for 1 minute. When you're downloading, the screen stay but will dim to the lowest brightness for the rest of the download, until the screen turns of when everything is finished. Maybe that's an good alternative.