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Podcast #850: HDR bad for OLED?

Podcast #850: HDR bad for OLED?

HDTV and Home Theater Podcast · The HT Guys

June 29, 201853m 20s

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www.flatpanelhds.com's report of LG's claim in 2016 that the company's OLED TVs had lifespans of 100,000 hours. Of course, that's 100,000 hours at the end of a slow decay to 50 percent luminance, but 10 hours of TV a day for even 10 years, let alone the 30 to half-brightness that 100,000 figures out to, isn't going to leave buyers wringing hands.

The real issue, and the reason for this article, is that LG's 100,000-hour claim preceded the era of HDR (high dynamic range). You could say HDR is the yang to OLED's near-black yin.

The issue at had is what does HDR do to lifespan