The LG A1, B1, C1 and G1 are all equipped with an OLED screen that can be prone to burn-in and image retention issues. You can check out this troubleshooting at Seeking Tech to see how you can prevent these display problems from occurring with these 2021 television sets.
This guide should cover all screen sizes of the A1, B1, C1 and G1. The list include the following model numbers:
- OLED48A1AUA
- OLED48A1PUA
- OLED48C1AUB
- OLED48C1PUB
- OLED55A1AUA
- OLED55A1PUA
- OLED55B1PUA
- OLED55C1AUB
- OLED55C1PUA
- OLED55C1PUB
- OLED55G1PUA
- OLED65A1AUA
- OLED65A1PUA
- OLED65B1PUA
- OLED65C1AUA
- OLED65C1AUB
- OLED65C1PUB
- OLED65G1PUA
- OLED77A1AUA
- OLED77A1PUA
- OLED77B1PUA
- OLED77C1AUA
- OLED77C1AUB
- OLED77C1PUB
- OLED77G1PUA
- OLED83C1AUA
- OLED83C1PUA
How to prevent screen burn ins with LG A1, B1, C1 and G1
In order to prevent permanent screen burn ins or temporary image retentions, you can do the following:
1. One of the ways to prevent screen burn in on the A1, B1, C1 and G1 is to avoid displaying video outside of the 16:9 aspect ratio.
The 4:3 and 21:9 aspect ratios may display black bars that stay on the screen.
2. You should also make sure that there is no fixed image that appear on the screen.
These potential problematic images include a channel number, logo and menu.
3. If you decided to use your LG A1, B1, C1 or G1 even with a persistent image that appears on screen, then you can either turn off your TV once or make the screen display something else once in a while.
4. Most modern PC, game consoles and other input devices should have features where you can use dim the screen, use a screen saver and/or go into sleep mode. So, make sure you activate these features on any devices you have connected to the video inputs of your LG television set.
Keep in mind that, if the device connected to your LG TV goes to sleep, then the TV will be turned off after 15 minutes if it doesn’t detect a video signal.
5. You can also use the OLED Screen Saver settings of the A1, B1, C1 or G1 to prevent permanent screen burn-ins.
To do so, you need to do the following:
- On the Magic Remote that came with your LG television, press the gear-looking button to open the Quick Settings menu.
- Next, you need to select All Settings.
- Afterwards, select OLED Screen Saver (if you have a newer firmware, then this was renamed to OLED Panel Care).
- In the OLED Screen Saver or OLED Panel Care menu, make sure to enable Screen Move and set Adjust Logo Brightness to Low.
What is Pixel Cleaning on A1, B1, C1 and G1?
Pixel cleaning is a feature that will even out the individual pixels of your A1, B1, C1 and G1 television set. This process is done by aging the less worn-out pixels to match the more worn-out ones.
Although you should get a more consistent picture across the screen, the lifespan of your TV set will also be reduced. Therefore, we don’t recommend using this feature manually.
Keep in mind that lite version of pixel cleaning will run automatically on the LG A1, B1, C1 and G1 after four hours of cumulative usage per day. A full pixel cleaning will also automatically occur after 2,000 hours of cumulative usage per year.
If you want to still want to manually use the pixel cleaning feature, then you can take the following steps:
- Press the quick settings button on your TV remote.
- Select All Settings.
- Select Support.
- Select OLED Screen Saver or OLED Panel Care.
- Select Pixel Cleaning,
- Select Start Now.
How to fix burn-in and image retention on A1, B1, C1 and G1
If you see an image artifact on the screen of your A1, B1, C1 or G1, then it could either be a permanent burn-in or temporary image retention.
The only way to find out for sure is to make your TV display something else that don’t have a fixed image. If the aforementioned image artifact is a temporary image retention, then it should eventually go away.
If the image doesn’t go away, then you are stuck with a permanent burn-in, which unfortunately can’t be fixed.