OLED Burn-In Test — Retention & Uniformity
OLED burn-in tests look for persistent shadows of static UI, logos, or HUD elements after you display uniform fields. This page helps you inspect gray and color fills for ghost images on TVs, monitors, and phones.
Temporary image retention often fades after minutes of normal content; true burn-in is rare on modern sets with pixel shift but still possible with extreme static use.
Use moderate brightness and avoid leaving any test pattern fullscreen overnight—short diagnostic sessions are the goal.
Retention vs permanent burn-in
Retention looks like a faint outline that disappears after pixel refresh or varied content. Burn-in remains visible on multiple solid colors after cooling and rest.
Gray field inspection
Mid-gray and near-black gray reveal ghost logos better than pure black. Cycle gray-screen and white-screen after watching news or gaming with static HUD.
Phone and laptop OLED
Status bars and navigation gestures can retain on AMOLED phones. Run full-screen color fills after noticing icons burned into gray tests.
TV OLED habits
Enable pixel shift, logo luminance reduction, and screen savers where available. Our battery-saving-oled guide covers mobile parallels.
What online tests cannot fix
Browser tests diagnose; they do not run factory pixel refresh. Use built-in TV or monitor maintenance tools if retention persists.
Compare LCD behavior
LCD IPS glow is not burn-in. Read oled-vs-lcd before assuming OLED damage from corner brightening.