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Discussion Alright. Educate me on burn in, y’all: Or - help me not ruin my new Switch

Tendo

Tendo

The Dark Space
Ok, Friday fast approaches, and I keep hearing burn in is a huge issue. And that it also isn’t. So what do we need to do / avoid to mitigate burn in? I already heard play with brightness not at 100% Which… I love having a nice bright display! But what else can we do? Go back to the Home Screen every so often? Try to avoid playing more than x minutes? What are your plans to take care of and extend the life of your switch screen?
 
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Just avoid having something fully static on the image for long periods of time.
 
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I can't speak for the new Switch but I've never done anything special for my vita or phone and have never had the slightest problem at all. I got the impression it is more of an issue with the massive 40+ inch tv screens than sub 10 inch portable screens. Though I don't know for sure.
 
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Theswweet said:
If you're a monster hunter player, you're already gonna be screwed.
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As a MH player hide most of you hud, when exploring your healt and stamina bar will also hide so there will be minimal static icons on the screen.
 
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I feel a bit better now. Just didn’t realize how fragile these panels can be. Oof.
 
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From my understanding the best thing you can do is not play for more than an hour at a time, which is honestly better for your eyes anyway.
 
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Honestly there are very little chances you ever get burn in.

For that to happen you would have to either leave your console turned on, playing a game with auto sleep turned off, or play a game with static hud for continuous hours without the hud ever moving. The only possible scenario for the latter I can think of is if you play a retro game with borders. That's the only case I'd advise caution.
 
OLED burn in is mostly a non issue now, most screens have burn in resistant features. As long as you don't leave your switch on 24 hours a day you'll most likely be ok. Look up YouTube videos on burn in tests for modern OLED screens.
 
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Kano said:
Honestly there are very little chances you ever get burn in.

For that to happen you would have to either leave your console turned on, playing a game with auto sleep turned off, or play a game with static hud for continuous hours without the hud ever moving. The only possible scenario for the latter I can think of is if you play a retro game with borders. That's the only case I'd advise caution.
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You would still be safe if those borders are black though right?
 
crepuscule said:
I can't speak for the new Switch but I've never done anything special for my vita or phone and have never had the slightest problem at all. I got the impression it is more of an issue with the massive 40+ inch tv screens than sub 10 inch portable screens. Though I don't know for sure.
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Nah, small screens get it too, my old phone got a tiny bit of burn in after a few years.
BlueManifest said:
You would still be safe if those borders are black though right?
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If it’s true black then it’s fine, the brighter the color the worse it is for the panel.
 
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