OLED TVs are in a much better space than PC LCDs, where no really good options exist. Either IPS, which has poor contrast, bleed and doesn't do HDR, or VA, which has good contrast, but also doesn't really do HDR, and VA generally has poor uniformity (nitpick) and viewing angles. Some VA are pretty smeary, but that seems to have cleaned up in the latest generation. TN panels are much better than they used to be in the color department, but it doesn't have the contrast of VA, and even poorer viewing angles than VA.
OLED is clearly the way forward - accurate colors, excellent contrast, no bleeding, no uniformity issues, proper HDR, excellent response time. Except OLED doesn't come to PCs.
There is a reason. OLED panels are still quite bad for "staying" images (burn-in). And not only that, there has been many other issues, which makes them hard to make outside of standard 55" TV sizes. Not many manufacturing lines for them.
Lenovo Yoga Gen 2 used to have OLED screen, and it was causing huge repairs. On Gen 3 it was removed and they took a long break before introducing it on other products.
I just never could be happy with a TV without an OLED panel after i got my first one last year. Since then all other screen types look like garbage to my eyes, the better cinema projectors too.
Shouldn't have bought an expensive big monitor for work without OLED the year before, but i hear that OLED is not that great for close up text rendering.
Sure, a bottom of the barrel TV vs a highly rated PC monitor is going to have a different outcome - no surprise, since that’s not a fair comparison.
Compare high end models in similar price ranges (as I have) and you’ll see what I’m talking about. For example: Compare an LG OLED in a dark room to any modern PC monitor, and I would be surprised if you were anything but blown away by the OLED, and appalled by how expensive these gaming monitors are compared to what a similarly priced OLED is capable of (especially now that LG OLEDs are capable of 120hz and variable refresh rate with input lag lower than many gaming monitors).
Of course, the main reason we don’t see everyone using OLED PC monitors are concerns about burn in effects from long term use. But for most people for TV and movie viewing, it’s not a concern. My 3 year old LG B6 OLED is still going strong with no signs of burn in, and has picture quality that still puts the best of the best non-OLED TVs to shame.
Yea, this is the reason there aren't any OLED PC monitors (unless you count that one portable one that's overpriced and has terrible color reproduction)
OLEDs are great for computers if you're one of those tech review youtube channels who can afford to completely replace a $3000 monitor every few years because you often have to buy stuff to review it anyway.
Unfortunately it seems there are no longer any OLED computer monitors on the market, with Dell having discontinued theirs. So if you want such a display you're forced to buy a smart TV (disregarding very expensive professional reference monitors).
I'm not part of the industry or well-read on it so I can't well explain why, but if I had to guess this is due to the dramatically smaller volumes involved.
There's far fewer desktop monitors and laptops being shipped than phones or TVs, and the majority of desktop and laptop panel sales are tied up in basic office-grade econoscreens and gaming monitors focused on high refresh rates and low input latency. Midrange/affordable laptop/desktop OLED panels fit neither of these categories and as such haven't received nearly as much investment and R&D.
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