^I dont recall anyone saying that Oleds are immune to BI, and that is not what I implied at all. But if what your saying is true,...then the majority of owners by now would have some degree of BI...and that is most Certainly Not the Case. We cant just look at one side of this and say ok, that's it without having the whole picture imo. Here's one example that is unique to me, my old E6 went through 2 years of at least 4 hours of Fox News a day, with gaming and movies and NFL games. Now my 20 year old son has it, and all he does is game...and the panel is still clean and it's over 3 years old. Now that could be luck, but who knows. Rtings did a good test, but it does not represent what we do on the daily. To say its proven when and how BI will occur is not accurate at all...sorry, but panel variation and picture settings debunks that. These sets are not just for watching movies, their not just a one trick pony...I know very well of your experience...that's mostly what you post about...but imo I dont think we should blanket that to everyone who Hasnt experienced it. LCD sets can and do get BI as well...see it every day ar the gym. Of course we all want this to be a non issue, but unfortunately for some it is, that is something I dont deny at all...hopefully next year will bring better improvements in that area...I'm sure LG is not totally oblivious to it.
I actually agree with most of what you're saying. What I'm saying is NOT that every owner with an OLED will eventually develop burn-in. They won't because of varying viewing habits and TV settings that factor into how quickly BI develops or if it develops at all. This is why the majority of OLED owners don't have BI by now and probably never will. We don't all watch a few hours a day of CNN or MSNBC at relatively high OLED light settings. But I'm pretty sure if we did, we'd all have burn-in, regardless of any potential panel variation. What I am saying is that no one can guarantee that one's specific viewing habits and TV settings won't eventually cause one to develop BI with an OLED. BI is always a consideration with today's OLED tech. Just the nature of the OLED beast.
Due to the nature of OLED, where the individual pixels themselves wear out at different rates depending on what they're displaying, and a have finite useful life, they are prone to burn-in when displaying "enough" of the same content. LCDs can't burn-in. LCDs don't have individual pixels that "burn out" and therefore leave a burned in image. They may have other issues that appear like burn-in, but it's not burn-in where the pixels themselves get dimmer over time, causing ghost images (burn-in). The LEDs may get dimmer over time, but those illuminate larger areas, not individual pixels. I did get temporary dimming on my Vizio once from a CNBC stock ticker, but after a couple of months of avoiding that channel, it cleared up completely. By definition, if it's temporary and can clear up, it's not burn-in.
So, yes, nothing's proven. But we don't have ANY data to support the theory there exist variations in panels that make one panel more resistant to burn in than another panel and to what degree. Not saying panel variation may not be a factor, just that we have no data to support it. What we do know from Rtings tests is that the primary driving factors for OLED burn-in are the content type, total hours content is displayed, and OLED light setting.
We also don't have enough data to compare your E6 to others. Fox News has had very few, if any, reports of BI. It's been mostly CNN and MSNBC (more yellow, orange, and red). Fox News graphics are mostly blue and white, if I recall. Not many reports of BI from blue, but we know blue takes longer than yellow, orange, red from Rtings weekly screenshots from their first BI test. And white takes "forever" to cause even faint BI. We also don't know total hours Fox News was displayed, what OLED Light and other TV settings were when Fox News was displayed. We'd need at least that data, for your E6, as well as several others users who've watched Fox News. Only then can we begin to get somewhere. We had a bunch of user reports of BI for CNN and MSNBC, and those that provided total hours and OLED light settings, the data seemed to jive together. From those reports and from Rtings, we know that certain colors will burn in faster than others, and that higher OLED light setting will cause burn in faster than lower OLED light setting. Maybe you never crossed your personal (based on viewing habits and settings) BI threshold of total hours of Fox News yet. That would be my guess. I'll bet anything if you were to watch enough Fox News on that E6, you'd eventually get burn in. Again, just the nature of the OLED beast at this time. No proof. Just IMO based on the data currently available.