Its hard tho not impossible to find a good one and if you're looking for specific panel reviews it gets even harder.
Warning.... rant.
It seems that a lot of Youtube tech journalists just cannot separate their own personal bias from objectivity, for example one, someone who seems to be and certainly puts himself as neutral and perfectional vocally thinks that any monitor with a contrast ratio of less than 10,000:1 is not HDR at all and should be ignored, the only way you're going to get that level of contrast ratio is with an OLED, so anything that isn't OLED isn't worth considering, right ok so thanks for wasting my time.
That IMO is just pure snobbery. Not helpful.
Another just hates VA panels, he explains why he thinks VA panels should be ignored and i get his reasons for not liking them as i have one but because he just hates them goes on to ignore the benefits they have vs an IPS.
So as i'm browsing, not necessarily in a hurry to buy unless i find something that grabs me..... i have in mind what i want, i do want a VA panel as they have much better black levels than IPS, they are the best panels for that behind OLED with contrast ratios of 3000:1 or even 4000:1 where as IPS seem to top out at 1000:1 and to me look washed-out in comparison.
VA have black smearing, in some scenes yes they can be smeary during motion, my current panel is like that, but it is a first gen VA, i'm sure newer VA panels still have it but to what extent? Just because it has it making that a reason to dismiss it is not at all helpful to me as i'm ok with it but if there are panels that are better for it than mine then its worth considering, almost no one it seems wants to talk about it other than it existing and therefore BOOOO... "look at this IPS next to it it doesn't do it" ok sure but next to the VA the image on that IPS looks like a blotchy grey background with some water colour on it. No comment on that? what... nothing at all?
I did recently find one review of a Samsung G6 VA panel, he did make the point that its the first time he's seen a VA panel that didn't have any black smearing, or any game smearing at all.... great! Is this a new VA panel type? is this the only one or are there more out there?
PS: why oh why are almost all large (32 inch) VA panels curved? i'm not joking 95% of them are, i don't get it, you don't have this problem looking at IPS screens most on them are not curved, what is it about VA panels that makes manufactures think you would only buy them if they are curved? No.... don't want a curved panel.
Warning.... rant.
It seems that a lot of Youtube tech journalists just cannot separate their own personal bias from objectivity, for example one, someone who seems to be and certainly puts himself as neutral and perfectional vocally thinks that any monitor with a contrast ratio of less than 10,000:1 is not HDR at all and should be ignored, the only way you're going to get that level of contrast ratio is with an OLED, so anything that isn't OLED isn't worth considering, right ok so thanks for wasting my time.
That IMO is just pure snobbery. Not helpful.
Another just hates VA panels, he explains why he thinks VA panels should be ignored and i get his reasons for not liking them as i have one but because he just hates them goes on to ignore the benefits they have vs an IPS.
So as i'm browsing, not necessarily in a hurry to buy unless i find something that grabs me..... i have in mind what i want, i do want a VA panel as they have much better black levels than IPS, they are the best panels for that behind OLED with contrast ratios of 3000:1 or even 4000:1 where as IPS seem to top out at 1000:1 and to me look washed-out in comparison.
VA have black smearing, in some scenes yes they can be smeary during motion, my current panel is like that, but it is a first gen VA, i'm sure newer VA panels still have it but to what extent? Just because it has it making that a reason to dismiss it is not at all helpful to me as i'm ok with it but if there are panels that are better for it than mine then its worth considering, almost no one it seems wants to talk about it other than it existing and therefore BOOOO... "look at this IPS next to it it doesn't do it" ok sure but next to the VA the image on that IPS looks like a blotchy grey background with some water colour on it. No comment on that? what... nothing at all?
I did recently find one review of a Samsung G6 VA panel, he did make the point that its the first time he's seen a VA panel that didn't have any black smearing, or any game smearing at all.... great! Is this a new VA panel type? is this the only one or are there more out there?
PS: why oh why are almost all large (32 inch) VA panels curved? i'm not joking 95% of them are, i don't get it, you don't have this problem looking at IPS screens most on them are not curved, what is it about VA panels that makes manufactures think you would only buy them if they are curved? No.... don't want a curved panel.
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