New 32" 4K - What to get?

[Stu]

Sat close to a 32" screen, it there a potential viewing angle issue just looking from side to side because the monitor is so big? I assumed this is one of the reasons for UW monitors being curved.

 

[FreeStream]

I hope you are not serious. There is no wash out at angles with VA TVs.

As an idea this is super stupid because a TV is made to be looked at from any point in a room.
Monitors are not.

Your coming very close to being the first member I've added to my ignore list as I seriously can't understand why your arguing about this.

My 55" VA panel 4K TV also suffers from this too.

I had both monitors, side by side and the washout on the LG was irritatingly visible whilst the BenQ had no noticeable drop off. This is backed up by numerous reviews and online statements about VA's poor viewing angles compared to IPS.

Either way if you don't have anything factually correct to add to this thread please avoid posting in it

 

[4K8KW10]

Having used both VA and IPS - IPS is far more accurate - also u can turn black clipping on if its a dark image, but most of mine are not.

Its about colour gradation thoughout the spectrum - 100% adobe RGB or go home - never seen a VA do full 10-12 bit on 100% ARGB

What you fail to recognise is the difference between VIBRANCY and ACCURACY. A monitor with a VA panel will often have better contrast and look more vibrant... but that doesn't make it accurate. It just looks nicer. Where colour accurate work is required, this could create serious problems, especially in print media (photography, graphic design etc.) for obvious reasons. Bit-depth, consistency across the panel (where IPS often excels), Adobe RGB/sRGB colour space and colour gamut all come in to play here. As above, I've never seen VA do 10-12 bit 100% either.

Of course, this all comes with the (obvious) caveat that not all panels are made equal. There are some bad and excellent examples of them all, so they can't all be thrown in the same pile and compared based solely on their type.

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1268212583
Eizo has announced a new 22-inch CG223W with a 10 bit VA panel. The new monitor is a part of the ColorEdge graphic series for graphic designers.

Eizo CG223W with 10 bit VA
Eizo’s new 22-inch ColorEdge monitor is called CG223W and utilizes a 10 bit VA panel with a 12 bit 3D LUT (look-up table).

 

[Legend]

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1268212583
Eizo has announced a new 22-inch CG223W with a 10 bit VA panel. The new monitor is a part of the ColorEdge graphic series for graphic designers.

Eizo CG223W with 10 bit VA
Eizo’s new 22-inch ColorEdge monitor is called CG223W and utilizes a 10 bit VA panel with a 12 bit 3D LUT (look-up table).

Haha, OK I stand corrected, now I've seen one... aww but it doesn't do 100%, only 95%... so close! Nice try though. Plus you do realise that is OLD, nearly a decade old! And it obviously had a very unique use case, being only 22". Clearly the trend didn't catch on.

 

[4K8KW10]

Haha, OK I stand corrected, now I've seen one... aww but it doesn't do 100%, only 95%... so close! Nice try though. Plus you do realise that is OLD, nearly a decade old! And it obviously had a very unique use case, being only 22". Clearly the trend didn't catch on.

Why does it need to cover 100% of Adobe RGB? The monitor can still display 1.07 billions colours out of its palette of 278 trillion ! ! https://www.eizo.com/products/coloredge/cg223w/
You also have hardware calibration..


Now, you will see a second one BenQ EW3270U
4K with VA and 1.07 billion colours.

https://www.benq.com/en/monitor/video-enjoyment/ew3270u/specifications.html

 

[Legend]

Why does it need to cover 100% of Adobe RGB? The monitor can still display 1.07 billions colours out of its palette of 278 trillion ! ! https://www.eizo.com/products/coloredge/cg223w/
You also have hardware calibration..

Now, you will see a second one BenQ EW3270U
4K with VA and 1.07 billion colours.

https://www.benq.com/en/monitor/video-enjoyment/ew3270u/specifications.html

If you're not a photographer/graphic designer/artist etc. who has some involvement in print (where colour accuracy matters) then it's not going to be an issue. I'm sure YOU don't need this (most people don't), but again you're failing to recognise needs outside of your own. Put simply, full Adobe RGB coverage is the only way to guarantee that your image will be consistent on the screen AND in print. A calibrator (which would always be used by a pro regardless) can get you pretty damn close on a good quality panel, but obviously the better the monitor is at achieving this full colour coverage in the first place, the more accurate it will be. If you don't understand the importance of this for those people who work in print, then I can't help you.