Your OLED TV has a hidden problem that manufacturers don't mention

OLED panels suffer from color banding — visible stripes instead of smooth gradients — due to manufacturing imperfections and the technology's near-perfect precision making flaws more apparent. The issue is most noticeable in dark scenes and grayscale gradients. Tandem OLED may be more susceptible due to its dual-layer construction, while QD-OLED handles it better. Practical mitigations include watching high-bitrate HDR content and lowering brightness. The problem is inherent to OLED manufacturing and has no complete fix, though it varies by panel and may improve as manufacturing matures.