On today's episode of You Asked: Can certain videos on YouTube actually help fix burn-in on your OLED TV, or will they make things worse?
We'll also revisit the best TVs for watching sports, and talk about how to record and watch sports if you've got a dumb TV in a spare room. And we've got a quick run-through on the best picture settings for your new TV. You Asked Is it burn-in? Our first question comes in from JKB: My LG OLED 55C8 started to show burn-in just as the warranty ran out. The extended warranty sold by Costco didn't help. Allstate blamed me for misusing the TV. We never adjusted the TV. It looked great right out of the box and we left it there. Yellow is the worst, but red, green, blue, and white all show the shadow to some extent. I saw a video on YouTube that claims to fix burn-in. I did not watch it past the instructions. I am skeptical about this video's ability to do any good and am concerned that it may further damage my scree, which otherwise is still usable. What say you? There's a lot to unpack here. First, though, let me say that I'm sorry you're having trouble — there is perhaps nothing more frustrating and disheartening than going to seek help and being told the trouble is your fault. I mean, sometimes we are responsible, even though we didn't know we were doing anything, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with Second: I'm not sure what I see in your picture is burn-in. There is definitely an issue here — you shouldn't be seeing that discoloration and that's not how the TV is supposed to look. But what I'm noticing is that the discoloration doesn't seem to have a discernible pattern to it. Typically, "burn-in" has at least a recognizable shape to it. It tends to be localized. And in extreme examples, you can clearly make out characters or specific shapes. like the logo for a cable news channel, for example. Furthermore, it's pretty rare to see burn-in at the center of the screen. The kind of objects displayed on an OLED that cause burn-in are typically toward the edges of the TV. OLED TV Screen Burn-In | Everything You Need To Know What I see in your photo is…