“Less of an issue”? Ok, if that is true WHY does LG in the User manual for the C8 say “the types of things that can cause BI are the black bars when watching movies”? Movies are usually touted as being the ‘safest’ content for OLED’s, yet the manufacturer’s warning about the BI risk from black bars is clearly stated anyway. Why? If it was not a risk, would LG say such a thing? Whose word should be take? The company that makes the OLED panels or yours? Note, just because many consumers using it in “normal use” for 2-3 years haven’t yet seen BI, does not mean they won’t. There is also the very real “panel lottery” - some panels may just be more susceptible to BI than others. Most end-user anecdotal testimony could be argued that it is simply too soon in the life of the panel. We really don’t have any credible tests for BI over the equivalent of 5 years or more of “normal use”. I know HDTV Test claims they are at 3700 hrs in “normal” viewing with their test OLED’s which as yet show no signs of BI. However, I have no way of confirming that these tv’s have been running for 3700 hours. 3700/24 hrs a day = 154 days. Maybe it’s accurate, maybe it’s not. Maybe they had a better panel than others received. We can’t say for sure. 3700 hrs/ 4 hrs per day “normal use” = 975 days/ 365 days per year = 2.53 years of “normal use”. That is precisely the point! Most end user anecdotal testimony simply does not have the longevity needed to truly measure the cumulative effect on organic pixels. OLED’s are great products and have amazing image quality, no doubt. However, they also come with real risks.
