Burn-in at the OLED

Nintendo s new OLED Switch has a potential problem that does not exist with the old LCD model: Burn-in. In the manual of the console, however, there is an indication of how the burnout of the pixels can be avoided, but all technology experts are already known.

Note about Burn-in at the OLED switch: Manual contains a tip

The new OLED switch has been commercially available for a few days for a few days and ensures mixed feelings in the players. Some had almost hoped for a new Nintendo console and find that the OLED version is too expensive - but others are very satisfied with the console upgrade and the changes that Nintendo has made.

But many users of the new OLED switch have been an important question since the console change: What does it look like with Burn-in? The display problem occurs mainly with OLED panels and describes a permanent branding of static image content .

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In other words, there is a possibility that on your OLED switch someday is a kind of ghost picture on the screen , if you do not use it properly. To precede exactly this phenomenon, Nintendo has noted the OLED Switch manual a corresponding usage note that should reduce the burn-in-risk:

To minimize the risk of burning pictures on the OLED screen, you should not disable the default settings of the sleep state system and make sure that the same image is not displayed over a longer period of time on the OLED screen .

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In other words, it ensures that your Switch in Handheld mode does not show just the console menu or static images in games in Games in Handheld mode. In this way, all OLED pixels hopefully use in about equal strength and no burn-in effect occurs.

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OLEDs have a expiration date

The Krux on the thing: OLEDs always have a finally life. This is about 20,000 hours at maximum brightness . The small LEDs take more and more useful with increasing duration and gradually lose with radiance.

But we are honest: 20,000 hours are really a lot of wood! This would be about 833 days, ie 2 years and 4 months, which you could play throughout your OLED switch before the display gives up the mind - assuming it uses all pixels immediately.

Finally, a small tip: If you want to slow down this effect, can simply reduce the display brightness of the OLED switch . So you extend the life of the OLEDs.

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