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Watching nothing but CNN for 24/7 doesn't seem like a particularly realistic test. Also basing conclusions on a sample of 1 is also rather misleading.
Since we are doing anecdotal "evidence", here is mine tonally scientific test: I bought my Alienware aw3423dw at release and have been using it as my work and gaming monitor since than. I use dark mode and don't watch CNN on my monitor, but it has over 6000 hours of use so far and no burn in...
Over 4500 hours now here, absolutely no burn in and I've run it in HDR 1000 high brightness the whole time.
It is not meant to be realistic. It is meant to be accelerated. If the TV is fine after watching thousands of hours of CNN with vibrant fixed elements then dark mode desktop users or gamers who play a lot of games with static UI elements should also be absolutely fine.
It is also great for indicating after how many hours you will start to see issues. For some that might happen in less than a year and for others it might be 4/5 years.
Sample size of 1 is an issue but a lot of the panels are used in multiple TVs, the QD OLED is used in both the S95B and A95K and the 2nd gen is in both the S95C and A95L. The WOLED panels LG make are used in a lot of TVs so really the sample size is quite a lot broader than a single panel.
They say multiple times their test isn't the real world. It's an extreme test with the absolute worst case scenario.
It's a very realistic test for monitor usage, especially when you are buying for longevity. My taskbar gets 5000 hours/year of display time on my main monitor and closer to 7000 hours/year on my secondary monitors.
My oldest monitor is at 9 years old now running 20 hours per day continously and it has no loss in quality or performance at all - and I expect to keep it for at least another 4-5 years.