I bought 2 Samsung S27A850D (1440p/60hz/PLS) Monitors, the first in 2012 and the second about 6 months ago. They are used on 2 different PCs in the house.
The first started to show extreme ghosting/retention after about 8 months of daily usage, for example leaving the outlines of recently closed windows visible on the Desktop for about 15-20 minutes before they slowly fade out. This was much more visible on dark backgrounds.
I sent the Monitor to Samsung for RMA and they replaced the Panel, it worked fine again for another 5 months before it started again.
Yesterday the second Monitor started doing the same and I filed a new RMA request. Once I got a replacement I will probably sell both Monitors and buy something better even though the S27A850 is already a rather expensive Monitor (€600 in Germany).
Any thoughts on this? I read that serveral Apple IPS Panels suffer off retention but didn't know it happens on Samsung's PLS Panels. From what I know Samsung is manufacturing their own Panels but everything else on the market is made by LG Electronics.
I need a monitor where I can leave a window open for longer than 20 minutes without getting theses problems, maybe the Samsung Panels suffer off some kind of degradation?
Best regards
The first started to show extreme ghosting/retention after about 8 months of daily usage, for example leaving the outlines of recently closed windows visible on the Desktop for about 15-20 minutes before they slowly fade out. This was much more visible on dark backgrounds.
I sent the Monitor to Samsung for RMA and they replaced the Panel, it worked fine again for another 5 months before it started again.
Yesterday the second Monitor started doing the same and I filed a new RMA request. Once I got a replacement I will probably sell both Monitors and buy something better even though the S27A850 is already a rather expensive Monitor (€600 in Germany).
Any thoughts on this? I read that serveral Apple IPS Panels suffer off retention but didn't know it happens on Samsung's PLS Panels. From what I know Samsung is manufacturing their own Panels but everything else on the market is made by LG Electronics.
I need a monitor where I can leave a window open for longer than 20 minutes without getting theses problems, maybe the Samsung Panels suffer off some kind of degradation?
Best regards
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