How bad is Nintendo Switch OLED burn-in? Here’s a 3,600-hour test
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#5WVQC)
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge OLED screens are glorious, gorgeous, vibrant - but they don't last forever. Eventually, their organically lit pixels can wear, and some have understandably been worried that the OLED-equipped Nintendo Switch, released last October, might eventually succumb to burn-in. The good news? According to one test, it might take 3,600 hours of constant play on a static screen to even begin to see the first signs of that dreaded screen malady.
YouTuber Wulff Den reports that after five months leaving a Nintendo Switch OLED turned on, plugged into a charger, leaving a static shot of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Link effectively staring into the sun, he's only now finally seeing some ghosting. And it's not a lot, as you'll see for...