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I recommend doing the Pixel Refresh when the tv ask's you to do it. It prevents burn in. I also recommend turning on Logo Brightness to medium or Low so the logo won't burn in. These features protect your tv and investment.
I just got my 65" LG G4 yesterday morning. I'll have to wait for my brother in law to help me mount it to my wall so it may be a while before I can start to enjoy it. Can hardly wait!
I got my 77-in a week ago, loving it! Make sure you find a preset you like and tune the color and the brightness to your liking and you won't be disappointed.
Don't recall at the moment (not at home). I set it to automatic since the first time I did a manual cleaning and haven't seen another message. Perhaps it hasn't decided a need to or at least it hasn't told me. Honestly I don't know if it cleane every time the TV is shut off or at certain hours-of-use intervals.
Love the way my LG C3 does the automatic pixel refreshes without ever annoying me with notifications during normal daily use. I've only ever seen one notification since 2019 when I got my first OLED TV and that was when my old LG B9 had to run the 2,000 hour longer one hour pixel refresh after I'd owned it for 18 months. This is in complete contrast to my 27" Alienware QD-OLED monitor where it seems to run the pixel refresher every time the screen saver comes on, which is after 2 minutes of non-PC use. When I try to use my PC it then pops up an annoying window asking me if I want to interrupt it or let it continue that requires me to have to use the monitor joystick to close. I wish the experience was more seamless like my LG C3 TV.
Love this channel you are the reason why I recently purchased the Lg 55 c4 Oled my first Oled tv and I love it😊 primarily use it for my Series X and ps5
Quite a change since my 2020 CX. Only difference pixel refreshes at 2000 hr. intervals. Tv is still running perfectly now approaching 13,000 hours! Best longterm result I have ever owned!
@@joeldrake2161 a good decision! I have the Samsung 95D in my store and that looks impressive. The thing that people reported online was with last years model about it disconnecting with the magic box and there hasn’t been a change on this years so potentially the same issue might happen. The G4 just looks and sounds so impressive I’d love to it in a gaming mode. The 90D my store has just got it in, not out on display yet but it will be in the next few weeks. No one at Samsung has confirmed of its an oled or QD-Oled.
On older models the manual pixel clean was 1 hour long. Now it says 10 minutes. Either they shrunk it up to that amount or we just cannot do the long refresh manually anymore. And I think there is a difference between “quick check” and “start”. I wish you would’ve addressed that too, maybe in a next video. Another thing, not sure if correct, but with the newer models the long refresh could happen at 500 hours, not at 2000…or depends by the usage. Appreciate your work, there’s not many channels covering this subject!
A reality based counter to this is if you game 6+ hours a day burn is not an if it is a when you will probably experience it after 18-24 months definitely by 2 and a half years you will have absolutely guaranteed burn in.
Hi Paul another great video. Certain scene have swirls in background on my G3 never seen that on my last oled. Does anyone experience that is it when trying to upscale maybe
I heard everytime the refresh is run, it permanently reduces its total possible brightness by a tiny amount. As maintenance, I always keep a black background with icons hidden on my pc since I only use the tv to game.
Thank you for the informative video. A side question anybody have thoughts on the screen move function? I have a C1 and curious if I should have it on or off? Thanks much!
I am retired. Would you recommend I buy an OLED TV or move to LED if I have it on 10 hours a day watching, TV shows, news channels, movies and streaming Netflix. The static news channels would be on approximately 2-3 hours each day. I am concerned about image retention and how long the TV will last. Many times the TV is on and we are doing other things in the house.
I have a lg tv idk what model it is but this looks similar anyways I’ve have some blue looking patches on my screen idk how but I’m guessing it was from a storm I didn’t have that part to prevent it but is there a way to fix it
Paul, can you confirm the pixel refresh on the C3 is automatic? I have a C3 refurb that I got from Curry's and there was no manual. I've run the refresh manually a couple of times since early April, but if it's doing it automatically after every 4 hrs of use when I turn the TV off, I can forget about having to do it.
You do not need to be running manual pixel cleans of the TV, the TV will let you know when it needs to be done and the TV does it after every four hours of use when it is turned on standby, doing manual refreshes like that since April is excessive and could cause you more issues
Does anyone know if Quick Start+ being set to Off prevents the automatic 4-hour pixel refresh from running? The description LG provides - "a feature that switches the TV to standby mode when it's turned off". Does that mean when it's not On the TV doesn't go to standby mode, but instead shuts down completely and therefore doesn't pixel refresh?
My problem is that I get the message every time I turn on the TV - even though I ran the pixel refresh with popup and from menu. I tried everything - including a factory reset. Any ideas?
This message should pop up on the C3 after around 500 hours of use, I believe. It will also do a big refresh at around 2000 hours of use, and that can take upto 1 hour to complete. Again, you will get a popup notification.
Is this ONLY for OLEDs? Asking because my parents have an LG QNED and my dad is obsessed with turning it off at the wall every time. I have a 65" G1 so I guess this video applies to me? Keep up the good work TG!💪💪💪
How frequently or between how many hours of this pixal cleaning tool has to be run my LG C3 is one year old and run for 485hrs till date. I have never kept my tv in standby mode any time.
Thanks! We have the C1 and I think have only seen that message once so maybe it is doing the refresh during standby. Our TV is on almost all day. Is there a more intense refresh? I remember it taking at least 30 minutes.
Does the pixel cleaning on the LG C3 happen every 4hour, or do i have to press the button "operate once when the tv is turned off" to make it run automaticly every 4 hours?
The best way to check if the automatic pixel refresh is being done is to plug a Hard Drive in. If the hard drive is running while the TV is off, it means it’s doing the pixel refresh
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I recommend doing the Pixel Refresh when the tv ask's you to do it. It prevents burn in. I also recommend turning on Logo Brightness to medium or Low so the logo won't burn in. These features protect your tv and investment.
Think you mean high. Which dims down the logos the most
@@hannosolo Setting > General > OLED Care > OLED Panel Care > Adjust logo brightness. Set to High
Why high? I thought low is the best? I thought high is to make the LG logo the brightest?@thewhofan8020
I just got my 65" LG G4 yesterday morning. I'll have to wait for my brother in law to help me mount it to my wall so it may be a while before I can start to enjoy it. Can hardly wait!
I got my 77-in a week ago, loving it! Make sure you find a preset you like and tune the color and the brightness to your liking and you won't be disappointed.
Does the tv shows you a message every time the quick cleaning has been done ? I have Never seen it since i got my c4
Don't recall at the moment (not at home). I set it to automatic since the first time I did a manual cleaning and haven't seen another message. Perhaps it hasn't decided a need to or at least it hasn't told me. Honestly I don't know if it cleane every time the TV is shut off or at certain hours-of-use intervals.
Love the way my LG C3 does the automatic pixel refreshes without ever annoying me with notifications during normal daily use. I've only ever seen one notification since 2019 when I got my first OLED TV and that was when my old LG B9 had to run the 2,000 hour longer one hour pixel refresh after I'd owned it for 18 months.
This is in complete contrast to my 27" Alienware QD-OLED monitor where it seems to run the pixel refresher every time the screen saver comes on, which is after 2 minutes of non-PC use. When I try to use my PC it then pops up an annoying window asking me if I want to interrupt it or let it continue that requires me to have to use the monitor joystick to close.
I wish the experience was more seamless like my LG C3 TV.
Yes it is good that the small refresh is done without any big song and dance about it.
Can't agree more. Why did they remove the automatic feature in a later model????
Does the tv shows you a message every time the quick cleaning has been done ? I have Never seen it since i got my c4
Love this channel you are the reason why I recently purchased the Lg 55 c4 Oled my first Oled tv and I love it😊 primarily use it for my Series X and ps5
Quite a change since my 2020 CX. Only difference pixel refreshes at 2000 hr. intervals. Tv is still running perfectly now approaching 13,000 hours! Best longterm result I have ever owned!
The newer models still do a 2000 hour big refresh.
Great to hear your CX is still going strong 😊
@@TheTechGiantTH-cam Planning a C4 replacement. Daughter and family WANT the CX! Likely in late fall.
Just wanted to say purchased the G4 best decision I ever made.
TV of the year
I bought 77" LG OLED G4 before 2 months, one of the best all-rounded TV!
@@joeldrake2161 a good decision! I have the Samsung 95D in my store and that looks impressive. The thing that people reported online was with last years model about it disconnecting with the magic box and there hasn’t been a change on this years so potentially the same issue might happen. The G4 just looks and sounds so impressive I’d love to it in a gaming mode. The 90D my store has just got it in, not out on display yet but it will be in the next few weeks. No one at Samsung has confirmed of its an oled or QD-Oled.
It even helps with software updates. I never turn my TVs off at the wall because of the software updates over Wi-Fi.
The TV does a kind of click Sound when it has finished the cleaning in Stand by. After that you can cut the Power off completely if you want.
Do you get a message when you turn it on after that ? I have a c4 since 10 days and i only saw once a message saying the cleaning has been done
On older models the manual pixel clean was 1 hour long. Now it says 10 minutes. Either they shrunk it up to that amount or we just cannot do the long refresh manually anymore. And I think there is a difference between “quick check” and “start”. I wish you would’ve addressed that too, maybe in a next video. Another thing, not sure if correct, but with the newer models the long refresh could happen at 500 hours, not at 2000…or depends by the usage. Appreciate your work, there’s not many channels covering this subject!
LG C1 3 years now with daily gaming no burn in. Anyone reading this worried about burn in please don’t be as I was in the same boat as you were.
Same.. my C1 is still chugging along just fine
My cx 6 years old no problems
@@haj619 when I turn off or on, my LG c3 tv using it's controller it does some sort of clicking inside of the tv , is that normal?
A reality based counter to this is if you game 6+ hours a day burn is not an if it is a when you will probably experience it after 18-24 months definitely by 2 and a half years you will have absolutely guaranteed burn in.
@@otaku4843 it’s fine it’s sending on/off signal to Tv
Whats the difference between "start now" and "quick check" on pixel cleaning option menu?
I’ve had my G2 for 18 months now and have 1300 hours on it and I’ve never seen this message on screen yet after almost two years of ownership.
This message keeps repeating despite the fact I did manual, also selected ‘yes’…but not sure what the issue is. Thanks in advance for suggestions.
My C9 does this often after you turn the TV off. You can tell because the power supply will click off after about 10 minutes
Hi Paul another great video. Certain scene have swirls in background on my G3 never seen that on my last oled. Does anyone experience that is it when trying to upscale maybe
I heard everytime the refresh is run, it permanently reduces its total possible brightness by a tiny amount.
As maintenance, I always keep a black background with icons hidden on my pc since I only use the tv to game.
Thank you for the informative video. A side question anybody have thoughts on the screen move function? I have a C1 and curious if I should have it on or off? Thanks much!
I am retired. Would you recommend I buy an OLED TV or move to LED if I have it on 10 hours a day watching, TV shows, news channels, movies and streaming Netflix. The static news channels would be on approximately 2-3 hours each day. I am concerned about image retention and how long the TV will last. Many times the TV is on and we are doing other things in the house.
I have a lg tv idk what model it is but this looks similar anyways I’ve have some blue looking patches on my screen idk how but I’m guessing it was from a storm I didn’t have that part to prevent it but is there a way to fix it
I turn my 65" C1 OLED off at the mains because it uses 55w just in standby!
so you risk ruining $2000 TV to save, how much, a few bucks?
@@svinjadebela6893 Not exactly gonna blow up is it?
@@mackerelbasher nobody said it would. in any case, it's your TV, do whatever you want with it. have a good one.
Paul, can you confirm the pixel refresh on the C3 is automatic? I have a C3 refurb that I got from Curry's and there was no manual. I've run the refresh manually a couple of times since early April, but if it's doing it automatically after every 4 hrs of use when I turn the TV off, I can forget about having to do it.
You do not need to be running manual pixel cleans of the TV, the TV will let you know when it needs to be done and the TV does it after every four hours of use when it is turned on standby, doing manual refreshes like that since April is excessive and could cause you more issues
Yes mate it will do it automatically.
Just try and only use the manual one if you notice anything iffy with the image.
The pixel cleaning is NOT automatic now everytime I turned off the TV????
Does anyone know if Quick Start+ being set to Off prevents the automatic 4-hour pixel refresh from running? The description LG provides - "a feature that switches the TV to standby mode when it's turned off". Does that mean when it's not On the TV doesn't go to standby mode, but instead shuts down completely and therefore doesn't pixel refresh?
Hmmm, This is automatic every time when we turn off the TV anyway right? why have to do it manually?
My problem is that I get the message every time I turn on the TV - even though I ran the pixel refresh with popup and from menu. I tried everything - including a factory reset. Any ideas?
Ordered a c3 which arrives tomorrow. Is the auto pixel cleaning message pop up on c3 and c4, or only on newer c4? Thanks 👍🏻
This message should pop up on the C3 after around 500 hours of use, I believe.
It will also do a big refresh at around 2000 hours of use, and that can take upto 1 hour to complete.
Again, you will get a popup notification.
Is this ONLY for OLEDs? Asking because my parents have an LG QNED and my dad is obsessed with turning it off at the wall every time. I have a 65" G1 so I guess this video applies to me? Keep up the good work TG!💪💪💪
Yes mate, it's only for OLEDs.
How frequently or between how many hours of this pixal cleaning tool has to be run my LG C3 is one year old and run for 485hrs till date. I have never kept my tv in standby mode any time.
Thanks! We have the C1 and I think have only seen that message once so maybe it is doing the refresh during standby. Our TV is on almost all day. Is there a more intense refresh? I remember it taking at least 30 minutes.
Yes there is.
It should pop up a notification at around 2000 hours. That refresh takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Does the pixel cleaning on the LG C3 happen every 4hour, or do i have to press the button "operate once when the tv is turned off" to make it run automaticly every 4 hours?
It will do automatically, no need to choose anything!
Again , first one
Any risk tied to running the pixel cleaner manually every day? I have the opportunity to automate that, and I'm wondering if I should..
I wouldn't recommend running the manual one everyday. Only run it when needed.
@@TheTechGiantTH-cam Thanks!
I have some very visible vertical banding on my 83 C1 tried pix.refresh but unfortunately it did not help.
so basically the tv will do automatically while on stand bye mode pixel refresh & I new to lg oled have the c3 55 inch
LG TVs
The best way to check if the automatic pixel refresh is being done is to plug a Hard Drive in. If the hard drive is running while the TV is off, it means it’s doing the pixel refresh
hi how do i clean my OLED CS 65 tv to dust it ?
Simply use a microfiber cloth on an oled screen
Right, shouldn't really be much in the way of static buildup.
I thought it did it automatically after every 200 hours
My one says 60 mins
Welp, I won’t have to worry about seeing this notification for awhile. My house burnt down with my LG OLED in it. Rip until insurance check gets here.
😂😂😂
Wow sorry to hear this!! Hoping things have gotten better and you are in a good place again
4:32 Logo brightness is set to low i tougt yo said in a prior video to set it to high correct me if i am wrong
Don't take any notice of settings that are in videos that aren't directly to do with it, as im always messing around and testing different things out for future videos 🙂
@@TheTechGiantTH-cam Got it boss
I ran a pixel refresher and it left a faint horizontal line and a few vertical lines on the screen that never went away.
Have you tried to run it again?
@@TheTechGiantTH-cam a few times yes, and they’re still there. I can see them during blue, green and when the screen is white.
It's a very common problem with oled tvs..
Maybe a dumb question, but what does turning the tv of "at the mains" mean?
@@MikeKnops unplugging or switching it off from the wall outlet.
@@TheTechGiantTH-cam Oh okay, thank you
@@MikeKnops my pleasure
5 euro of saving don't woth your 2000 euro tv damaged. I saved i friend of mine some moth ago. He always manually shut off from the main
Makes me glad that I purchased a QN95B mini led model over a year ago, so I don't have to deal with all that stuff.
Buy it everything in life has risk stop worrying