Unless you’ve been chained to a radiator with only an IPS monitor to play the best PC games on for the past half decade, you should know OLED is the display tech to beat for 2026 and far beyond.
Coming in standard widescreen, ultrawide, super ultrawide and blistering 240Hz models, OLED monitors are ideal for hardcore PC gamers. Why? Mainly due to their perfect black levels, coupled with super-speedy response times.
Like anything you cherish in life, OLED screens demand care and attention. Thankfully, the tech is far less demanding in terms of TLC than it used to be. Yet there’s no denying you need to know some crucial tips to get the best out of your OLED panel.
OLED is no longer the future: it’s the here and now for both PC gamers and fans of the best Disney Plus movies. Below, we’ll guide you through five essential tips to get the very most out of the greatest display technology there’s ever been.
Tip #1: Regularly run pixel-cleaning cycles
This is the biggie when it comes to protecting your OLED display. Is OLED burn-in less of an issue than it was a few years ago? Absolutely. Still, not doing your best to protect your screen from dreaded image retention is about as sensible as covering yourself in baby seal pheromones before going for a paddle in shark-invested waters.
Thankfully, all the major OLED players now have built-in safety features to ward off the threat of burn in. Up until a year or so ago, LG Display was the only manufacturer to actually produce OLED panels — the subdivision of the South Korean AV experts has subsequently outsourced its display tech to the likes of Samsung, Sony and Philips.
Now all the major OLED brands have a version of ‘pixel-cleaning’: essentially an automated cycle that rejigs your TV’s onscreen pixels around when your set is in stand-by to help prevent burn-in.
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