Very high brightness monitor - which one?

Combat squirrel

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Hey all, looking for an extremely bright monitor to attach to a MacBook Pro for my friend to use for office work - she is working in a conservatory so wants a very bright one to see easily in daylight - whats the best one for sensible money? Screen size doesn’t really matter, anything 24 - 30 inch is fine.
 
Combat squirrel said:
Thanks all, hmmm I’ll have a think, any 4k monitors that go silly bright? I.e. more suited to office work? Colours arn’t too much of an issue.
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Yes there is, but you'll pay silly price for silly brightness

* Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX

This monitor can sustain over 1200nits of brightness on a 100% full white screen which is still much higher than anything else so far and it is 4 times brighter than most monitors. But it costs around 3000 pounds

If you need something much cheaper, the 2nd brightest 4k monitor I know of is luckily much cheaper

* Cooler Master GP27U, this 700 pound monitor is able to sustain over 600 nits at 100% full screen making it twice as bright as most monitors on the market. It's only half as bright as the Asus but it's it's also 75% cheaper and as mentioned at 600 nits it's much brighter than most monitors (the vast majority of monitors are between 250 and 350 nits)
 
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You're fighting against the laws of physics using a monitor in a conservatory.

The best way to cope with it, is to look at the conservatory itself.
Roof blinds and side blinds.. They don't nesesarily need to be heavy duty.. Light weight semi opaque blinds will probably work well.
 
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Hey guys the monitor thing didnt happen but I'm once again looking for me - it needs to work in daylight, what I have now is far too dim - its for my campervan when im working on location so need colour accuracy & v v bright - well over 1200-1400 nits easily, anything on the market now? Ideally a 24 - 27" screen also, 32 if I must but I dont like it.
 
You need a high end mini led monitor like an Asus Pro Art/Apple Studio XDR etc. that will get you 1600nits and cost between $2k and $5k

If you need even brighter then you need lotto money, there are 4000nit monitors but they cost $50k

Either way, the high brightness monitor market is an expensive niche and if you want to play, be prepared to pay
 
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You can just make a monitor "hood" out of bits of cardboard, i.e. some cardboard stuck on left, top and right sides, so it looks like you're looking down a periscope.

My Iiyama VA monitor seems very bright and wasn't that expensive.
 
radderfire said:
You can just make a monitor "hood" out of bits of cardboard, i.e. some cardboard stuck on left, top and right sides, so it looks like you're looking down a periscope.

My Iiyama VA monitor seems very bright and wasn't that expensive.
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Done that no difference

mattyfez said:
Buy a parasol or an awning for the van?
Monitors in direct sunlight are never going to work... Even if they were bright enough, it'll be caining your battery.
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Have an awning makes little difference
 
melmac said:
You won't be able to find one of those. Very limited numbers made.

What about this.

KTC M27T6. 27 inch Miniled, HDR 1400.

www.displayninja.com

KTC M27T6 Review 2025: Everything You Need To Know

The KTC M27T6 is a 27" 1440p 180Hz gaming monitor based on a flat-screen VA panel with an 1152-zone mini LED FALD backlight.
www.displayninja.com www.displayninja.com
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Thanks for the heads up on that - I think the Xiaomi Mini LED Gaming Monitor G Pro 27i is superior for me due to great colour accuracy - its not too bad on that but on the lower end - id have to compare this Xiaomi and this monitor - they are really good for price/perf though
 
Combat squirrel said:
Thanks all, hmmm I’ll have a think, any 4k monitors that go silly bright? I.e. more suited to office work? Colours arn’t too much of an issue.
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This is the monitor I use if it helps - https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/technology/monitors/philips-evnia-32-32m2n6800-review

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"The Evnia 32M2N6800 has one of the best IPS panels on the market and it can reproduce 177% of sRGB, 125% of DCI-P3 and 122% of AdobeRGB. Colour is presented with a high degree of accuracy, too.

Compared with the ideal profile, the sRGB, DCI-P3 and AdobeRGB presets in the Native picture mode returned Delta E variances of 1.03, 1.09 and 1.17 respectively. As a rule of thumb, variances of 1 or less are going to be indistinguishable to even the most skilled of colourists. For what is first and foremost a gaming monitor the new Evnia is bang on the money.

Thanks to the Mini LED backlight, brightness reaches levels beyond the most fevered imaginings of any OLED display, with peak full-screen brightness of 884cd/m² in SDR mode and 1,443cd/m² in HDR mode, the latter more than sufficient to earn the screen its DisplayHDR 1000 certification.

A case could easily be made for the Evnia’s screen being too bright. Flicking the display to a full-screen white image at maximum brightness in HDR mode was an almost painful experience that caused me to look quickly away and even with the brightness turned down as low as it would go, my colorimeter still read 110cd/m².

In SDR mode, with the local dimming turned off, the contrast ratio came in at 1,080:1 which is the middle of the road for an IPS panel and far less than you would get from a VA let alone an OLED screen. However, in HDR mode or SDR mode with local dimming set to Strong, the contrast ratio increased to an OLED-matching inifinity:1 thanks to a perfect absence of backlight show-through in black areas."
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It's available for £548 at the moment!
 
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Firegod said:
This is the monitor I use if it helps - https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/technology/monitors/philips-evnia-32-32m2n6800-review

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"The Evnia 32M2N6800 has one of the best IPS panels on the market and it can reproduce 177% of sRGB, 125% of DCI-P3 and 122% of AdobeRGB. Colour is presented with a high degree of accuracy, too.

Compared with the ideal profile, the sRGB, DCI-P3 and AdobeRGB presets in the Native picture mode returned Delta E variances of 1.03, 1.09 and 1.17 respectively. As a rule of thumb, variances of 1 or less are going to be indistinguishable to even the most skilled of colourists. For what is first and foremost a gaming monitor the new Evnia is bang on the money.

Thanks to the Mini LED backlight, brightness reaches levels beyond the most fevered imaginings of any OLED display, with peak full-screen brightness of 884cd/m² in SDR mode and 1,443cd/m² in HDR mode, the latter more than sufficient to earn the screen its DisplayHDR 1000 certification.

A case could easily be made for the Evnia’s screen being too bright. Flicking the display to a full-screen white image at maximum brightness in HDR mode was an almost painful experience that caused me to look quickly away and even with the brightness turned down as low as it would go, my colorimeter still read 110cd/m².

In SDR mode, with the local dimming turned off, the contrast ratio came in at 1,080:1 which is the middle of the road for an IPS panel and far less than you would get from a VA let alone an OLED screen. However, in HDR mode or SDR mode with local dimming set to Strong, the contrast ratio increased to an OLED-matching inifinity:1 thanks to a perfect absence of backlight show-through in black areas."
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It's available for £548 at the moment!
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My god that looks great!! that colour space and brightness is amazing
 
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