OLED lot of hours in wow and burn in

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Anyone logged a massive amount of time playing wow with an OLED monitor? I have a couple of OLED TVs and have played quite a few hours of various games on them and have zero issues. But none of those game have anywhere near the hours I put into wow. So anyone had a OLED monitor for a long time and play wow a lot? Thanks.

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Don’t think this is exclusive to wow. Had the Alienware ultrawide oled. Unless you somehow get a static or very similar background on your screen for hours at a time you’re not going to get burn in.

My oled screen eventually got burn in because it auto swapped to my laptop and displayed an excel sheet for several hours. Even then it was just a small ribbon on the corner of the screen. Yes this happened multiple for roughly a year. someone had to point out that I had burn in.

Cant speak for other manufacturers but dell has burn in warranty and shipped me a new one.

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The first time I noticed burn-in was after I upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. As you might or might not know, Windows 10 had the Windows icon aka “Start Menu” in the bottom left by default, while Windows 11 moved that more toward the center. Even after the Windows 11 upgrade I could still see the “burn-in” from where the Windows 10 Start Menu / Windows Icon was in the bottom left.

By the time I was about done with that monitor, I could also start to notice my healing bars and other WoW UI elements burned into the screen. The amazing thing is, this wasn’t even an OLED, this was a VA panel. I knew that if I could cause burn-in on a VA panel, that an OLED would be a disaster. My new monitor is a “Fast-IPS” panel, and has been very solid with no burn-in so far.

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I’ve owned an Alienware OLED for almost three years now. I took precautions against burn-in as soon as I bought it—no Windows taskbar displayed. The background is black (true black), so the LEDs are off. I use a second LED monitor for all office work. I only use the OLED for gaming and watching movies.

I’ve gone through two long refresh cycles (red LED) in total. I haven’t noticed or seen any burn-in. The monitor’s warranty ends next November, and I’m a bit concerned.

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If you’re really concern boot up a gray screen and look for it.

IMO unless you do something stupid like me, I’m sure you have enough activity to not have burn in. I.e. tabbing in and out, zoning.

IRRC the Alienware monitor also does auto pixel refresh if you turn off the monitor or idle long enough for it to go into standby.

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I often run a burn-in test video (about every 3 months or so). That’s how I can be sure I haven’t had any issues yet.
And yes, the Alienware regularly initiates a periodic refresh (green LED) after about 2-3 hours of use, which lasts between 5 and 10 minutes.

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Thanks for the replies so far. To clarifiy Im thinking of getting a OLED monitor and WOW will get by far the most screen time. Far more then the desktop, any other game or app. That why I was specifically asking if anyone plays tons of wow and has an OLED for quite sometime. I’m talking lots of wow and monitor at least a couple of years. Pretty rare Im guessing. But figured I would try I was worried about burn in on my TV and it’s fine. But I have nothing on screen as much as wow on that TV.

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I also have the Alienware oled and I bought the extended “burn in protection” because I was worried about it.

I keep my brightness down a bit, do a pixel refresh every four hours, etc.

No burn in after a year of hard use thankfully. I couldn’t go back to a non-oled

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I have the alienware 34 inch.

  1. Once you go OLED you won’t go back.

  2. I have played loooots of WoW on it, no burn in.

  3. I take preventative measures, including doing the several minute “pixel refresh” every four hours or so. And not keeping the brightness on max.

  4. Burn-in is still a fairly common oled issue. If you want to splurge, there should be some good micro LED monitors coming soon that have the best of OLED without the burn in.

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I just got a new oled this is only week three of having it but it does an automatic “cleaning image” cycle . So I’m not overly concerned and I also have warranty coverage if it does burn in.

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