It’s pointless to worry about this. Ppl who buy a 1000€ OLED monitor or TV’s in multiples of this cost today won’t be using it for 10 years. Those who would, can’t really afford them anyway. That’s the reality.
I have no idea why it’s so upvoted. It’s basically saying “high value items shouldn’t be expected to last long” and “people who want items to last long can’t afford them anyway” which makes NO SENSE.
It also completely ignores that people save for shit. I have a 77inch OLED. The only reason I bought it was because my company was being bought out and I had to sell back my PTO. My wife insisted I use it on myself. I got a good deal on it with Costco but if it breaks early, I cant just go out and buy another. I’m not replacing the thing until it dies.
I mean, I just bought a $1500 OLED monitor and I hope to use it for as long as possible. Definitely won’t be making another investment like that in a long time.
I just replaced my Samsung LCD TV I bought in 2010. Noticed recently the contrast and color accuracy had suddenly gone to absolute shit. I feel I got my moneys worth out of it.
That would be true for some people but not all. He whole reason I dropped $2k on a TV was because I knew I use my electronics until they die. But I already had like a 1080p Westinghouse that was about 8 years old, an Xbox Series X that offered more features than the TV could handle, and it was hard to do split screen with my wife.
I plan to have this TV until I have issues with it which I’m hoping to be closer to the 10 year time frame. At which point micro-LEDs will probably be the next big TV innovation that is more commercially affordable to mass consumers if I had to guess.
So. There is something to be said for buying nice things, and keeping them for a long time. Usually that ends up spending less money than buying cheap shit. The typical example are boots/shoes, but there are some electronics that fit that fairly well too (monitors/tvs are one of them).
Do you not know any wealthier people or are you just ignoring reality? The average person with money has it because they DON’T just throw it away all of the time willy-nilly on bullshit. They buy top-of-the-line once and expect it to last through servicing and repairs and such. I mean, there are truly over-the-top rich idiots and asshole exceptions to the rule but for the most part, what you’re describing is what I see almost every time a poorer friend of mine has come across an inheritance. I know one guy who has blown through 2 inheritances and an out-of-court car accident settlement pretending to be rich. He’s 39 and lives at home with his mother in Detroit now lol.
I think your comment is true. I also think that there is a significant overlap of the people that are an exception to your rule and browse the r/gadgets subreddit.
10 years? LG C2 in RTINGS test showed faint signs of burn-in after 1200 hours. That’s just 5 months of 8 hours/day use. I don’t plan on using my monitor for 10 years but sure as hell I want to last it more than 5 months.
I buy a monitor that costs at least 1k dollars? I expect that to last for more than 5 years. Warranty covers me only for 2-3 which means I’ll have to take an IPS over it. Maybe they could have extended the warranty times,or make better products that last more,but as of how technology around OLED is right now,I’m not buying one.
What kind of argument is “People who spend lots of money don’t expect items to last” and “those who want items to last can’t afford them”? That’s absurd. You’re basically advocating for planned obsolescence.
My parents still use a decade old 4k LCD TV they paid 2K for. People, even rich people don’t change out TVs as much as you think. Most rich people are going to be older and simply don’t want to deal with swapping out TVs as long as they still work. A guy I know just renovated his summer house with 5 brand new 70" and up LG C3’s. They are replacing Samsungs from 2013…
So many people telling you exactly why your comment is garbage and you ignore them all to pick on this comment? Then when they provide an argument you say nothing? Lmao bruh.
Okay. So? Water is wet, sun is warm, OLEDs have burnin. Guess what, burnin exists since dawn of CRT displays. And you’re all whining about it like it’s something all new problem to displays. All while ignoring all the benefits of the OLED’s just to keep whining how burnin totally is a thing. Then don’t fucking buy an OLED. Jesus. No one forces you to buy one and there are many rich people who prefer to buy a top end LCD display over any kind of even top end OLED. And there are poor people who find a use case for OLED and feel it’s worth scraping together 4 digit figure to have one. THEY KNOW ABOUT FUCKING BURNIN. So, what’s your fucking point again? Now I’m gonna go enjoy some games on my OLED display.
It’s pointless to worry about this. Ppl who buy a 1000€ OLED monitor or TV’s in multiples of this cost today won’t be using it for 10 years. Those who would, can’t really afford them anyway. That’s the reality.
Excuse me? What kind of non-sense comment is this.
I have no idea why it’s so upvoted. It’s basically saying “high value items shouldn’t be expected to last long” and “people who want items to last long can’t afford them anyway” which makes NO SENSE.
It also completely ignores that people save for shit. I have a 77inch OLED. The only reason I bought it was because my company was being bought out and I had to sell back my PTO. My wife insisted I use it on myself. I got a good deal on it with Costco but if it breaks early, I cant just go out and buy another. I’m not replacing the thing until it dies.
I mean, I just bought a $1500 OLED monitor and I hope to use it for as long as possible. Definitely won’t be making another investment like that in a long time.
I still use a 10+ old LCD tv. Granted it’s not my primary tv anymore but there’s no reason you should have to toss a tv before 10 years.
I’ve got a 32” Sharp Aquos still kicking in the bedroom since 2008. Great machine.
I can afford it and definitely would use it long term, problem is I don’t want to waste money on something that will degrade within a few years…
I just replaced my Samsung LCD TV I bought in 2010. Noticed recently the contrast and color accuracy had suddenly gone to absolute shit. I feel I got my moneys worth out of it.
That would be true for some people but not all. He whole reason I dropped $2k on a TV was because I knew I use my electronics until they die. But I already had like a 1080p Westinghouse that was about 8 years old, an Xbox Series X that offered more features than the TV could handle, and it was hard to do split screen with my wife.
I plan to have this TV until I have issues with it which I’m hoping to be closer to the 10 year time frame. At which point micro-LEDs will probably be the next big TV innovation that is more commercially affordable to mass consumers if I had to guess.
So. There is something to be said for buying nice things, and keeping them for a long time. Usually that ends up spending less money than buying cheap shit. The typical example are boots/shoes, but there are some electronics that fit that fairly well too (monitors/tvs are one of them).
Buy nice or buy twice.
Saving for something nice != earning a bunch of money.
Do you not know any wealthier people or are you just ignoring reality? The average person with money has it because they DON’T just throw it away all of the time willy-nilly on bullshit. They buy top-of-the-line once and expect it to last through servicing and repairs and such. I mean, there are truly over-the-top rich idiots and asshole exceptions to the rule but for the most part, what you’re describing is what I see almost every time a poorer friend of mine has come across an inheritance. I know one guy who has blown through 2 inheritances and an out-of-court car accident settlement pretending to be rich. He’s 39 and lives at home with his mother in Detroit now lol.
I think your comment is true. I also think that there is a significant overlap of the people that are an exception to your rule and browse the r/gadgets subreddit.
10 years? LG C2 in RTINGS test showed faint signs of burn-in after 1200 hours. That’s just 5 months of 8 hours/day use. I don’t plan on using my monitor for 10 years but sure as hell I want to last it more than 5 months.
I buy a monitor that costs at least 1k dollars? I expect that to last for more than 5 years. Warranty covers me only for 2-3 which means I’ll have to take an IPS over it. Maybe they could have extended the warranty times,or make better products that last more,but as of how technology around OLED is right now,I’m not buying one.
What kind of argument is “People who spend lots of money don’t expect items to last” and “those who want items to last can’t afford them”? That’s absurd. You’re basically advocating for planned obsolescence.
My parents still use a decade old 4k LCD TV they paid 2K for. People, even rich people don’t change out TVs as much as you think. Most rich people are going to be older and simply don’t want to deal with swapping out TVs as long as they still work. A guy I know just renovated his summer house with 5 brand new 70" and up LG C3’s. They are replacing Samsungs from 2013…
Garbage comment why tf is this upvoted
Argumenting why it’s garbage would help your case…
So many people telling you exactly why your comment is garbage and you ignore them all to pick on this comment? Then when they provide an argument you say nothing? Lmao bruh.
Okay. So? Water is wet, sun is warm, OLEDs have burnin. Guess what, burnin exists since dawn of CRT displays. And you’re all whining about it like it’s something all new problem to displays. All while ignoring all the benefits of the OLED’s just to keep whining how burnin totally is a thing. Then don’t fucking buy an OLED. Jesus. No one forces you to buy one and there are many rich people who prefer to buy a top end LCD display over any kind of even top end OLED. And there are poor people who find a use case for OLED and feel it’s worth scraping together 4 digit figure to have one. THEY KNOW ABOUT FUCKING BURNIN. So, what’s your fucking point again? Now I’m gonna go enjoy some games on my OLED display.