Is there a good HDR monitor on the market ?

[Michaeljcox24]

My Asus TUF monitor says it supports HDR, but when I enable it the colours look horrendous and the display looks pale. As I understand it, it's because it only supports HDR300 and this isn't real HDR. Is there a monitor on the market (27") that if I was to enable HDR, would actually have bright colours, good brightness, good blacks etc and yield the benefits of enabling HDR in games ?

 

[Black Dog]

Looks like OLED is you only answer.

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[Baddass]

Don’t get put off by the handling of windows desktop /SDR content when running within HDR mode, that’s often poor. And one of the reasons why it’s recommended you only enable HDR for HDR content

Here's Why You Should Only Enable HDR Mode on Your PC When You Are Viewing HDR Content - TFTCentral

Looking at a common area of confusion and the problems with SDR, desktop and normal content when running in HDR mode all the time

tftcentral.co.uk

Having said that, most so called HDR monitors lack the hardware capabilities to even produce an HDR image, from a contrast or even a colour point of view. So a new screen would offer you better capability. Look for either an OLED screen or an LCD with a Mini LED backlight. But in all cases you may still experience that same dulling on desktop for non HDR content, as outlined in the link above

 

[Captain_Bosh]

First off make sure you are using Windows 11 and have used the Windows HDR calibration tool as that makes a big difference. Unfortunatley there is no Windows 10 version.

Best options for good HDR and good blacks is either a Mini LED or OLED screen.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

First off make sure you are using Windows 11 and have used the Windows HDR calibration tool as that makes a big difference. Unfortunatley there is no Windows 10 version.

Best options for good HDR and good blacks is either a Mini LED or OLED screen.

Yeah thanks - I get the impression I've got to go OLED to have a proper experience with it.

 

[Captain_Bosh]

Yeah thanks - I get the impression I've got to go OLED to have a proper experience with it.

Not really, generally mini led has better HDR than OLED. OLED has better blacks than mini led. Both are good. I found the difference in HDR more noticable than the blacks to be honest.