YouTuber’s extensive Switch OLED burn-in test finally gets results after 150 days

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The Nintendo Switch OLED appears to be almost immune to burn-in, as a YouTuber’s extreme stress test has proven.

Back in January, we reported that YouTuber Wulff Den had deliberately left his Switch OLED running for over 1800 hours to determine how far the console’s screen can be pushed before exhibiting signs of burn-in.

The stress test involved leaving a static screenshot of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on screen, at full brightness, for all hours of the day. After 2,000 hours, there were still no noticeable signs of burn-in, leading Wulff Den to conclude that “OLED burn-in should not be a concern. I don’t think it’s a practical concern for anybody.”

However, it appears that the Switch OLED panel can indeed suffer from burn-in – but it took a staggering 150 days before any image retention was visible.

Wulff’s latest video shows that after 3,600 hours some small “ghosting” has appeared on the panel and these outlines can be visible during gameplay or when viewing particular colors like orange and purple.

Once again, though, Wulff stresses that you really don’t need to worry about burn-in on the Switch OLED. 

“This took me 3,600 hours to get to this point, and it’s been on this screen the whole time at full blast,” says Wulff. “That will take somebody years to do in one particular game, and again, that game needs a UI element that doesn’t move on the screen. That particular element needs to be on the screen for at least 3,600 hours to see even a little modicum of ghosting.”

Wulff’s not finished with his Switch OLED burn-in test, however. The YouTuber plans to keep the Switch running to see whether burn-in will become so prevalent that the system will be “unplayable”. Judging by these latest results, we could be