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LG CX

Owners keep the CX for its picture quality years in, and most who tracked burn in directly say it never showed up, even after thousands of hours of daily use.

Read from 50 owner accountsUpdated September 23, 2026Compare it

What keeps coming up

Owners describe the picture holding up over years of heavy use, still looking as bright and clean as the day they bought it after four and five years of ownership.

Recurring in 4 of 50 accounts · See accounts

What keeps coming up against it

Owners are divided on burn in specifically: some report it never appeared even after very heavy use, while others describe slight burn in, image retention, or dead pixels showing up after three to five years.

Recurring in 9 of 50 accounts · See accounts
Life with it

What becomes routine for some owners is a habit of turning the set off when not in use, which they credit with keeping the panel pristine over five-plus years. Others don't bother with that discipline and report no issues either, so there's no single required ritual, just a general awareness that OLED panels reward some care.

Reliability & repairs

When burn in or retention does show up, owners describe it as minor rather than disabling, sometimes only visible on a dedicated test pattern, and a few upgraded to a newer LG model rather than living with it. The longevity theme has only a handful of accounts behind it, so the picture on long-run durability beyond five years is still thin, and that should be read as limited data rather than a verdict either way.

More detail
What owners praise, where they are split, and the follow-up timeline

What owners praise

  • burn-in risk14 of 19who raised it
  • picture quality11 of 11who raised it
  • longevity3 of 4who raised it

Where owners have concerns

  • remote design3 of 4who raised it

Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.

15 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.

Does it still kick?

2 weeks3 months6 months1 year2 years

The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.

Where this came from

Where this came from

Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.

Counted from public accounts by people who said they own it, and summarised by Still Kicks in its own words. Not a manufacturer claim, a lab test or an estimate.

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