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wow that is bad luck... They seem well packed. Was the box kicked in?
Yeah there's some pretty good foam padding in the box. Although DPD are pretty terrible as I've had a PC delivered by them before which was not only super delayed, the outer box was completely falling apart and only held together by extra tape that they had put on. Miracle the computer survived intact with its glass case!
Maybe try picking the monitor up from a shop like I did instead? At least that way you can return within 14days back to shop without paying the delivery (assuming of course that it's not defective-in which case they would pay for collection).
Maybe try picking the monitor up from a shop like I did instead? At least that way you can return within 14days back to shop without paying the delivery (assuming of course that it's not defective-in which case they would pay for collection).
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Out of interest what settings for Brightness / contrast / gamma / Sharpness / R G B / Six Colour are people using?
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You should never use color calibration profile from another panel, especially one from a different model. Every panel, even from the same batch, will have variances.
If you dont have a colorimeter, it's best to just set the basics by eye for your use-case on the display (Brightness, contrast, gamma, and just tickling RGB to get whitepoint where you want it)
If you are viewing predominantly SDR content, and dont want oversaturation, I found the sRGB mode on this display to be quite good and accurate, And contrary to belief, RGB gain CAN be controlled in this mode via DDC/CI, if the whitepoint is a bit off.
Brightness will be set to your preference and room lighting (probably somewhere between 10-30)
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to owners how is the panel uniformity with your panel on white? mine arrived with no dead pixel ok glow very little bleed but the left side is pink on white and on the right cold, has a small patch of yellowish hue if looked closely.
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Notice they are now out of stock where got mine. Sold out in 5 days.....
Out of interest what production dates have people got?
still loving the GN such a step up from my 5 year old x34
Out of interest what production dates have people got?
still loving the GN such a step up from my 5 year old x34
Everything looks fine on mine. Slight glow in corners on black but that's really about it. Sounds like you should return it for a replacement.
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Mine is the same as above slight glow on black but that’s normal.
Hey guys
I have received the LG 38GN950 and on paper it's the perfect monitor for me. But I'm not sure if I got a bad unit or this is how the new IPS tech looks nowadays (my last monitor was a 10 year old ACD).
With a black background (e.g. EIZO test) the monitor is still very bright (sRGB, 10/100 brightness, no local dimming), it gives out a lot of light compared to the ACD. And it's a lot more brighter than a 2017 MBP that is supposed to have more nits. I mean brighter in a bad way, on a black background I was expecting to get as close as possible to how it looks when it's powered down but this looks a bit like a desk lamp.
Also, more worrying, the blacks are quite uneven. If I move my head a little I can see the blacks towards the edges changing from a darker shade to brighter one or the other way around.
I'm attaching pics taken with my phone (standard settings, just point and shoot) in a dark room. I know it's not a faithful representation but could you still help me out with your opinion. Is it normal for these kind of displays? Should I try to post different pictures?
Should I keep it or try to exchange it?
Thank you.
I have received the LG 38GN950 and on paper it's the perfect monitor for me. But I'm not sure if I got a bad unit or this is how the new IPS tech looks nowadays (my last monitor was a 10 year old ACD).
With a black background (e.g. EIZO test) the monitor is still very bright (sRGB, 10/100 brightness, no local dimming), it gives out a lot of light compared to the ACD. And it's a lot more brighter than a 2017 MBP that is supposed to have more nits. I mean brighter in a bad way, on a black background I was expecting to get as close as possible to how it looks when it's powered down but this looks a bit like a desk lamp.
Also, more worrying, the blacks are quite uneven. If I move my head a little I can see the blacks towards the edges changing from a darker shade to brighter one or the other way around.
I'm attaching pics taken with my phone (standard settings, just point and shoot) in a dark room. I know it's not a faithful representation but could you still help me out with your opinion. Is it normal for these kind of displays? Should I try to post different pictures?
Should I keep it or try to exchange it?
Thank you.
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Fab on the quality. Loving mine and much better than the GL as I have a water cooled silent ish pc. July production date for mine.
Hey guys
I have received the LG 38GN950 and on paper it's the perfect monitor for me. But I'm not sure if I got a bad unit or this is how the new IPS tech looks nowadays (my last monitor was a 10 year old ACD).
With a black background (e.g. EIZO test) the monitor is still very bright (sRGB, 10/100 brightness, no local dimming), it gives out a lot of light compared to the ACD. And it's a lot more brighter than a 2017 MBP that is supposed to have more nits. I mean brighter in a bad way, on a black background I was expecting to get as close as possible to how it looks when it's powered down but this looks a bit like a desk lamp.
Also, more worrying, the blacks are quite uneven. If I move my head a little I can see the blacks towards the edges changing from a darker shade to brighter one or the other way around.
I'm attaching pics taken with my phone (standard settings, just point and shoot) in a dark room. I know it's not a faithful representation but could you still help me out with your opinion. Is it normal for these kind of displays? Should I try to post different pictures?
Should I keep it or try to exchange it?
Thank you.
mmm... I don't have the monitor to give you a definitive answer but that doesn't seem normal to me :-/
Hey guys
I have received the LG 38GN950 and on paper it's the perfect monitor for me. But I'm not sure if I got a bad unit or this is how the new IPS tech looks nowadays (my last monitor was a 10 year old ACD).
With a black background (e.g. EIZO test) the monitor is still very bright (sRGB, 10/100 brightness, no local dimming), it gives out a lot of light compared to the ACD. And it's a lot more brighter than a 2017 MBP that is supposed to have more nits. I mean brighter in a bad way, on a black background I was expecting to get as close as possible to how it looks when it's powered down but this looks a bit like a desk lamp.
Also, more worrying, the blacks are quite uneven. If I move my head a little I can see the blacks towards the edges changing from a darker shade to brighter one or the other way around.
I'm attaching pics taken with my phone (standard settings, just point and shoot) in a dark room. I know it's not a faithful representation but could you still help me out with your opinion. Is it normal for these kind of displays? Should I try to post different pictures?
Should I keep it or try to exchange it?
Thank you.
I'd say that wasn't far from par for the course for an IPS panel to be honest. I've certainly seen plenty worse. It's ALWAYS a crap shoot with any monitor purchase these days, and you never really know what you're going to get. IPS always suffers from glow and bleed to varying extents, so you'll never get a perfect example... it often simply comes down to finding something you can accept and live with. And your case is typical in that it often depends what you're coming from, therefore you will naturally compare.
You could certainly try to find a better one, and you may have luck in doing so, but you also may not.
