Nintendo Switch OLED Suffers No Noticeable Burn-In Despite Running 1800 Hours Straight

[Tsing]

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Nintendo Switch fans who have upgraded to the pricier OLED model and regularly use it for extended gaming sessions can relax knowing that its display is unlikely to suffer from the dreaded effect of permanent image retention.



That’s according to a video shared by YouTuber Wulff Den, who claims to have left his Nintendo Switch OLED Model on for 1800 hours straight and was surprised to find that the screen failed to exhibit any noticeable sort of burn-in, something that occurs due to the natural aging of the technology’s organic light-emitting diodes. The Nintendo Switch OLED model features a 7-inch OLED display manufactured by Samsung.









“There is no difference in any of the color test that I ran, you can also notice there’s no noticeable burn-in marks after almost being on for 2000 hours,” Wulff Den reported. “The only difference you...

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[Zarathustra]

Interesting. So, it's a Samsung panel.

I wonder if this can be credited to the panel, or if it is due to software mitigation efforts.

 

[DrezKill]

Interesting. So, it's a Samsung panel.

Oh huh, I didn't know that either.