If you have lastest os,
they dim after a few minutes and then they do switch off the screen
but not for an hour of not touching it at all
I have this problem too. screen saver does not work. It never dims
Hi all, sorry to resurrect such an old thread, just wondering if screen burn is a prominent issue for Octatrack mk2 users these days? Have the screen saver and brightness settings alleviated the issue at all? Does the burn-in ware off eventually, do you just get used to it, or has it never been an issue for you?
I might be in the market for a secondhand mk2, wondering how closely i should scrutinise the screens and how much of an issue it might be in the future.
cheers!
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I bought a new OT (the black one) last Dezember, so far I haven’t seen any change regarding the screen. I use the screen on the MED setting (medium brightness) most of the time, I guess that will decrease the likelihood of burn-in. The MED and even LOW settings are bright enough to work in daylight (not direct sunlight) and I mostly use it in the evening anyway.
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Is this typical for OLED screens?
Because almost all of the iMac’s and Apple cinema displays I’ve used during the last 15 years had screen burn-in - image persistence after about a year of use. I kind of accepted it. It’s a problem when you’re doing graphical work, but for audio editing it’s fine.
Not trying to minimize this issue on the Elektron’s, but perhaps it is normal? I don’t know anything about display technology
Burn-in is indeed normal for OLED displays.
Those diagonal lines are just a rolling shutter artifact, not something the screen is actually doing, right?
correct
edit: ps i reached out to elektron ( i’ve been meaning too for far too long, but life is busy and the wife / kids left for a few days and now i’m earnestly getting to these things 
) and if you’re having the same issues, i highly highly recommend you check your purchase date and see if you’re still within’ your warranty (3yrs since purchase date) as they will not repair for free unless you are.
otherwise, it’s $50 per 30min of labor to fix as well as having to pay for shipping.
mine was accepted for repair, but i’m now wondering if i shouldn’t just take them on their offer of sending me a new screen instead. wonder how hard it would be to replace myself 
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Sorry for the bump, just curious if anyone replaced the screen on their own, how hard was it and how much did the new screen cost?
I’m working on a “disintegration loops” style project where the same loop is kept running over a long period of time.
Currently using Ableton, but the OT would be perfect for this.
How long could I leave a lop running on the OT before I would have to worry about screen burn?
2 hours? 12 hours? 24 hours?
Is the screen easily replaced if it were to suffer from screen burn?
I’ve read there is a screensaver, but my understanding is this doesn’t turn on if the Ot is actually running.
Maybe dimming the display could help?
Thanks for the help
…on a mk2…u don’t have to worry…even if u keep it running for days…and in case of some little screen burn issue, it’s screen is always available for reasonable pricing for easy replacement…
and if it’s not running, u can leave it on forever without any fear for screen burn, since then it’s screen saver is kicking in…at least if ur on latest fw…
…on a mk1…there’s no screen burn…but those types of old lcd screens tend to loose contrast over the years and one or two single pixels might get lost along the way…and to still find replacement get’s more and more tricky over the years…
but both are made to last…in essence, no need to let any such fear cross ur creative ways…
Oh… for real? Then how’d I get this screen burn-in on my mkii?
It’s there. Burnt in. I got mine before the screen saver update, and I’d leave it on for 24 hours at a time, easy… by the time of the update it was already burnt.
But in all honesty? I dont even notice it. Every once in a while I think about replacing g the screen, but that sounds like more than I’d care to do because the burnt in ghost of an old screen is t that much of a bother. You see through it to the pertinent information and co to us to make the sounds.
I have a mk1 from 2010 and it is often powered on for weeks at a time, never had any issues. Have not noticed any loss of contrast. I wouldn’t worry about it, even when that does happen components like this are pretty standard and it’s not super-complicated to replace. The industrial-machinery type design of the Elektrons is one of the major selling points for me.