Eli5: why do pixels get burnt in?

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What exactly are pixels i mean aren’t they just your screen how do they get burnt in? And why are some screens seemingly immune?

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Each pixel is a separate thing that wears out individually. Literally a completely separate tiny whatever. Your screen doesn’t just have a million pixels as a mathematical number, it really does have a million precisely manufactured microscopic parts. Luckily they don’t have to manufacture them all individually and glue them together.

You don’t notice if your whole screen wore out a bit. But you do notice when some spots wear out more than other spots because that makes a picture.

Some types of screens are immune just because the pixels don’t wear out that way. Some other screens have processing that compensates for it by making the worn out pixels brighter (it keeps track of how much each pixel was used).

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