Official OLED Q&A Thread - Blu-ray Forum

Ken Ross · 11-01-2014, 12:33 PM

Hi Robert, happy to be here and thanks for the invite.

Like Vinnie (hey Vinnie!), I'd like to know why LG appears to have this obstinate stance on non-defeatable DNR.

Like most others that have seen or own the LG OLED, and despite thinking of myself as a pretty discerning viewer, I've never seen evidence of it in actual viewing in-store or even at the shootout. However now that the pixel peepers have released zoomed in pictures, you can see the circuit in action despite the fact that at viewing distance you can't. I've never been a pixel peeper and don't get overly concerned about the minutiae.

My real concern is, given what appears to be the fragility of OLED's future, that OLED could develop a bad rap for something so trivial. We don't want to see the general public walk away from OLED with some of the inane fears they were told about plasma (you need to refill the plasma 'gas', burn-in is inevitable etc.)

It 'seems' like such an incredibly easy engineering task to provide a simple on/off switch for DNR. I think many of us would love to know if there's some inherent issue that's preventing LG from doing this or, better yet, that they're working on a fix.

We really need to get this off the table not only to silence the anal retentive among us, but to give the owner a choice.

11-01-2014, 12:33 PM	#5
Ken Ross New Member Member since:Nov 2014	Hi Robert, happy to be here and thanks for the invite. Like Vinnie (hey Vinnie!), I'd like to know why LG appears to have this obstinate stance on non-defeatable DNR. Like most others that have seen or own the LG OLED, and despite thinking of myself as a pretty discerning viewer, I've never seen evidence of it in actual viewing in-store or even at the shootout. However now that the pixel peepers have released zoomed in pictures, you can see the circuit in action despite the fact that at viewing distance you can't. I've never been a pixel peeper and don't get overly concerned about the minutiae. My real concern is, given what appears to be the fragility of OLED's future, that OLED could develop a bad rap for something so trivial. We don't want to see the general public walk away from OLED with some of the inane fears they were told about plasma (you need to refill the plasma 'gas', burn-in is inevitable etc.) It 'seems' like such an incredibly easy engineering task to provide a simple on/off switch for DNR. I think many of us would love to know if there's some inherent issue that's preventing LG from doing this or, better yet, that they're working on a fix. We really need to get this off the table not only to silence the anal retentive among us, but to give the owner a choice.

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