As long as we’ve had screens to look at, we’ve had the issue of burn-in. Particularly with the rise of the personal computer, leaving a static image open on a display for too long meant that you might have just ruined your nice screen with artifacts that persist even when things are powered down. Advancements in display technology, from the CRTs of yesteryear to plasma, to LCD, had started to minimize the risk of burn-in, but never quite gotten rid of it entirely. Things have finally changed, however, as YouTube channel Monitors Unboxed has demonstrated with a worst-case scenario study of a 4K QD-OLED monitor. For their study, the channel used MSI’s MPG 321URX monitor, using it to display mostly static elements for eight hours a day, over a period of 15 months, while not utilizing any mitigating measures or precautions. The results are impressive, with the video above including updates from the 6 month, 9 month, 12 month, and final 15 month mark.
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