Only IPS and the like can have more or less constant wear out due to equivalent use of all backlight LEDs.

man, you hit all the main points correctly but mangled this part so bad

IPS has nothing to do with the backlight. it’s just a type of TFT among many. the exact technology of the liquid crystal layer doesn’t matter to how the backlight works.

at a basic level they’re all just a light behind with a layer in front to selectively block the unwanted colours. either layer can have different technologies. they’re not directly connected.

backlights can be uniformly lit, they didn’t even used to be LEDs at all. then they became single zone LED backlit, then they got more and more zones.

HDR panels with gazillion zones have the same problem, or at least they must have it

technically, sure, but practically speaking it’s effectively nonexistent under all but the most extreme (or defective) circumstances.

there’s a reason why microLED displays are the holy grail of display technology. all the benefits of OLED with all the benefits of being inorganic.

BTW, WD is first and foremost a hard drive company. They’re pretty good at HDDs but have always looked down on flash.

the rest i already knew but this is good info

yup

they used to be top tier in flash storage in the early days

have a sandisk right now that i still use daily

would be looking for other options next time

and WD owns them