[They_call_me_Roto]

Hello, I am curious about OLED's and have a couple questions about these televisions that so far I have not been able to discover an answer for.
1) Do OLED televisions use a textured screen similar to LCD/LED's, or do they use a smooth screen like what was used on plasma sets?
2) As OLEDs are emissive displays, do they require a "break-in" period of one to two hundred hours of use prior to performing a calibration as was the case with plasma sets?
3) Are OLEDs subject to burn-in or image retention if you were to regularly watch a news channel or sports channel that always has a ticker bar along the bottom of the screen?

Anything else people should be aware of with these sets before investing in one???

 

[NintendoManiac64]

3) Are OLEDs subject to burn-in or image retention if you were to regularly watch a news channel or sports channel that always has a ticker bar along the bottom of the screen?

Very few people, if any, have intentionally tested this for obvious reasons. Luckily for us though, a member of Overclock.net accidentally tested the burn-in of his 1st generation LG 55EA9800 OLED TV when using it as his computer monitor:

I've been using an OLED display for almost a year and have not had any issues with image burn in. There have even been many occasions when I passed out with the screen still on, displaying my desktop. Considering that's with a first gen OLED display, I'd imagine the new ones fair even better.

That's not to say they absolutely can't get burn-in, but it seems to be at a level similar to the final generation of CRT displays where you have to really abuse the set for several days straight.

 

[Masterbrew2]

The only IR I've experienced showed up after watching like 13 episodes of House of Cards in a row. House of Cards has slim black bars in top and bottom, and those showed up in dim grey content afterwards. But, then I left the TV on with a screensaver running for a few hours and it 'washed' the IR away.

 

[NintendoManiac64]

The only IR I've experienced showed up after watching like 13 episodes of House of Cards in a row.

At least 10 hours? Yep, seems about in-line with later-gen CRTs - my current Trinitron CRT monitor behaves similarly, but just leaving it off over-night for 7-8 hours gets rid of it every time.