3 Biggest OLED Display Concerns And How ASUS Resolves Them

Oct. 10 2022

ASUS OLED laptops are a superior choice for everyday use packed with benefits. These include the best-in-class colours, contrast, clarity, and low levels of harmful blue light. Despite its enhanced functionality, internal surveys show that users are hesitant to switch to OLED devices due to three main potential OLED problems & concerns: burn-in risks, shorter battery lifespan, and limited product choices on the market.

Here’s a guide to how ASUS has addressed these concerns, and more importantly, why these worries won’t affect your experience with the laptop at all.

Imagine watching TV one evening, and you notice your OLED screen suddenly showing persistent dark spots or an after-image of an object that is no longer on the screen. That’s a sign of a “burn-in” or ”screen burn”.

What Causes a Burn-in?

Burn-ins are largely caused by the nature of the display’s technology. On an OLED display, each pixel emits its own light, gradually dims, and powers down, depending on what’s on display. If a static image remains on screen for a long time, certain pixels get overused and degrade faster, creating discoloration in some areas.

How Can You Prevent a Burn-in?

ASUS OLED Care. Although this issue is rare, every ASUS OLED laptop comes prepared with a burn-in protection solution called ASUS OLED Care.

The ASUS OLED Care packs two main features: Pixel Refresh and Pixel Shift. The Pixel Refresh option is an optimized screensaver that ensures all pixels are illuminated and darkened equally when your laptop is idle for more than 30 minutes. Pixel Shift moves your screen content slightly, so that the static images are not consistently displayed and different pixels are illuminated. Together, these two features will help reduce the risk of burn-in incidents significantly.

ASUS OLED Care is turned on by default. If you wish to explore this and other customization options, simply browse through the MyASUS app.

Windows Screen Protection features useful settings that enable you to prolong the lifespan of your display. The causes for display burn-in typically boil down to two main reasons: High-brightness settings and overused pixels on static images.

There are some measures you can take to work around these issues. The personalization options on your Windows and Microsoft Office enable you to effortlessly activate dark mode, turn off the display when not in use, adjust display brightness, use screen savers, and automatically hide the taskbar. That may sound like a handful but it's actually a simple process —set it once and protect your display throughout your laptop’s lifespan! See how to enable these settings here

• Setting the Dark Mode in Windows
  The Dark Mode is enabled by default. To check or adjust this setting: Click Start > Settings > Personalization > Colors.

  

• Enable dark mode in Microsoft Office
  To check or adjust this setting, launch an office application, click File > Account > Office Theme > Dark Gray.

  

• Automatically turn off display when not in use
  We recommend to turn off the display automatically when not in use, with defaults set to 5 minutes under mains power (AC) and 4 minutes on battery (DC). To check or adjust this setting, click Start > Settings > System > Power & sleep.

  

• Adjust display brightness based on your needs and utilize screen saver
  We recommend that you adjust the brightness of your OLED display to complement the ambient lighting in your environment, rather than keeping the screen at maximum brightness at all times. To maximize your OLED screen’s lifespan, we’d also suggest using a screensaver with an animation on a dark background. To check or adjust this setting, click Start > Settings > Personalization > Screen saver settings

  

• Auto-hide Windows Taskbar
  The visual appearance of OLED displays may change over the product’s lifetime. This is expected behavior that can include image persistence or burn-in, where the display shows a faint remnant of an image even after a new image appears on the screen. This tends to occur only in extreme use cases, such as when a static, high-contrast image is continuously displayed for prolonged periods of time, but we recommend to Auto-hide Windows Taskbar to further decrease the chances of still image persistence. To check or adjust this setting, click Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar < Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode.

  

The Built-in OLED Burn-in Refine Technology is another added feature designed to intuitively detect signs of aging and less radiant pixels, and adjust their brightness and hue accordingly to display your image as intended. Now you can simply sit back and let your laptop optimize itself.

There’s never a good timing to go low on power. It’s frustrating to find out that your laptop falls short on its battery lifespan over time. As a result, you find yourself approaching a charging point just to finish a movie or postponing an important work delivery for an emergency charge.

Battery lifespan is a big priority for many users, especially for those who require hours of remote use every day with no backup power at hand. Fortunately, this is another area where ASUS OLED laptops come out on top.

Due to its individually-powered pixels, reviews have proven that OLED displays can save more power than other options.This is a win-win: you can now prolong the lifespan of your display and reduce its power consumption. All these benefits come without compromising on your viewing experience. See how to activate dark mode here.

It’s likely that some users are not even aware of an OLED screen technology being available on a laptop. And for those who are new to this kind of display, it is common to worry about the availability of different options to choose from on the market.

Here are our top four recommendations for OLED laptops:

For 17-Inch Display:

Zenbook 17 Fold OLED (UX9702) uncovers a surreal visual journey with the world’s first* 17” foldable OLED laptop.

For 16-Inch Display:

ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 OLED (W7600) is designed to fulfill your creative vision and is equipped with pro-grade NVIDIA® graphics and a top-of-the-range Intel® Core™ i9 processor to provide all the raw performance you need to handle your resource-hungry projects.

Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602) presents a zero-compromise creator laptop, featuring an all-metal exterior, a world-leading NanoEdge touchscreen, and the new Active Aerodynamic System Ultra (AAS Ultra) mechanism that powers its auto-tilting keyboard.

Vivobook Pro 16X OLED (N7601) comes equipped with excellent graphics performance, perfect for uninterrupted content creation and cinematic OLED experiences.

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OLED displays are rapidly becoming the go-to option for most devices in our lives. Think TVs, handheld gaming consoles, and high-end smartphones like the ASUS Zenfone 9. These are all examples of common devices that are now equipped with OLED technology.

There are compelling reasons why: vivid color reproduction, superior contrast, and blacks that reveal even the finest details, seamless user experience, reduced blue light emission, and so many more pros.

By addressing the consumers’ concerns with built-in solutions, ASUS is leading the charge to bring these advantages to your work and entertainment laptops.

*As of April 2022, based on internal ASUS market analysis comparing Zenbook 17 Fold OLED to competing convertible laptops with an OLED screen measuring 17.3 inches from vendors including Acer, Apple, HP, Huawei, Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung.