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Worth getting an oled monitor if discord sits on screen all day?

Upgrading from a 1440p IPS and OLED prices have dropped a lot. I game most evenings, but I also leave Discord, a browser and the taskbar on screen for hours while working from home. Is burn in still a real worry with that kind of use, or have newer panels mostly solved it?
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ratan Nov 12, 2026
johnnya
If you do get one, set the taskbar to auto hide and don't leave Discord maximised in exactly the same spot for 8 hours. Moving it around now and then helps more than people expect. And when the monitor asks to run its pixel refresh, let it.
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smith_53 Oct 19, 2026
johnnya
If Discord sits in the same spot all day, that's pretty much the textbook burn-in situation. Current OLED monitors fight it with pixel shift and refresh cycles that run while the screen is off, and a lot of brands now cover burn-in under warranty for a few years, so check that before you buy. Dark mode, auto-hiding the taskbar and moving the window now and then all help. If it's mostly static stuff all day though, an IPS is the less stressful option.
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