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Comment by Danox | original | The MacBook Pro's OLED PWM Problem: When a 'Better' Display Becomes Worse to Use
[−]Danox · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:57 UTC · link
I thought OLED was superior the bee’s knees, but not at all are equal, single OLED is subject to burn-in and longevity problems, but tandem OLED is supposed to fix both of those problems. Tandem OLED is also a more expensive screen, the bigger it gets oh well. (It’s a great screen on the iPad M4 Pro). That’s the way the cookie crumbles?

Another alternative, that Apple offered on their desktop screens was simply a higher resolution 5K or 6K XDR screen, which are some of the better screens you can get on a desktop computer depending upon what you are using it for, and I don’t mean to play time wasting games.

Single OLED in particular despite all its problems, is the favorite of gamers in the PC world. The previous screen, Apple offered actually is a better screen top to bottom… I prefer the 6K XDR but it and 5k despite being great screens have never been cheap. (the Internet is filled with people crying about the price most of whom thought Apple should sell it at the price of a cheap 4k screen). You got what you paid for which is a great Apple screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H43wnV-v7V0 Single OLED isn’t good enough long term. (Gamers will however claim it’s OK. 9 hours a day is 3285 hours in a year.