Especially with HDR.
You're in for a treat, dark games on this are in a whole different league now
The only con now with oled as I mentioned before is with how superior its pixel response is, is that stutter is definitely more noticeable, at first I thought gsync wasn't working but nope, that's all fine, just don't have lcd "masking" the issues now
Hows the bright white uniformity during HDR if you don't mind my asking?So used it a bit more, quick thoughts:
LG e7 in technicolour preset (most accurate out of the box preset) and dell mon. just in default standard and HDR400 for HDR content since I'm not sure on settings yet till hdtvtest or tftcentral get their hands on it.
- no doubt dell is superior for uniformity and banding or rather lack of banding on 5-10% grey slides
- colours overall are better than the lg e7
- blacks/shadow detail is handled better than my e7
- sharpness/clarity, I do think if you're a fan of 4k and all about pixels, you might find this a bit lacking but then it kind of comes down to a 21.9 vs 4k/ar thing really (of course could wait for a higher res. 21.9 at some point....)
- text fringing is very much a non issue imo, can notice it if you look for it but you do have to be pixel peeping
- anti glare finish is great
And as we all know, it's got all the other usual advantages of oled i.e. superior motion, viewing angles etc.
As it, £750-850 and a "usable" monitor size, nothing can touch this imo so can see it staying for a long time, next upgrade for me will probably be 38" 21.9 but not in any rush now.
Also, this just shows how much contrast ratio and proper blacks makes to dark areas, don't have a comparison pic, maybe someone else can take one on their lcd though. Essentially on my ips, that back container part was completely black, no detail at all and just that area in general, I always had to turn the flashlight on to see where I was going (this is SDR mode too as DL 2 doesn't support hdr)
Have sent a service ticket now instead, annoying how character limit is 500 as can't add all the detail.....
@srekal34 any luck on the warranty front yet?
One of my concerns was the brightness of hdr content with monitor being so close but hdr400 is quite comfortable.
Also, the bad thing with no matte coating to smudge/hide artefacts in the image is that now aliasing/shimmering etc. is even more noticeable in games. So FSR 1.0 is even more of a complete no go now
In terms of non game ways to look at it on my CX 48 I can kinda force it by turning hdr on in windows, turning brightness up on the sdr content brightness and then using one of the rtings hdr test patterns that they use to measure panel brightness ( https://www.rtings.com/images/25pct.png ). You can kinda just see the panel isn't clean on my 48" with bright white hdr screens.
What.. You are now saying I may find it lacking if I like 4K sharpness/clarity? You got me worried now as before you said you did not think that would be an issue. Is the sharpness and clarity quite poor or something? How does it compare to your other ultrawide?So used it a bit more, quick thoughts:
LG e7 in technicolour preset (most accurate out of the box preset) and dell mon. just in default standard and HDR400 for HDR content since I'm not sure on settings yet till hdtvtest or tftcentral get their hands on it.
- no doubt dell is superior for uniformity and banding or rather lack of banding on 5-10% grey slides
- colours overall are better than the lg e7
- blacks/shadow detail is handled better than my e7
- sharpness/clarity, I do think if you're a fan of 4k and all about pixels, you might find this a bit lacking but then it kind of comes down to a 21.9 vs 4k/ar thing really (of course could wait for a higher res. 21.9 at some point....)
- text fringing is very much a non issue imo, can notice it if you look for it but you do have to be pixel peeping
- anti glare finish is great
And as we all know, it's got all the other usual advantages of oled i.e. superior motion, viewing angles etc.
As it, £750-850 and a "usable" monitor size, nothing can touch this imo so can see it staying for a long time, next upgrade for me will probably be 38" 21.9 but not in any rush now.
Also, this just shows how much contrast ratio and proper blacks makes to dark areas, don't have a comparison pic, maybe someone else can take one on their lcd though. Essentially on my ips, that back container part was completely black, no detail at all and just that area in general, I always had to turn the flashlight on to see where I was going (this is SDR mode too as DL 2 doesn't support hdr)
Have sent a service ticket now instead, annoying how character limit is 500 as can't add all the detail.....
Yeah, thought as much. Basically only worth claiming on high value stuff that are at least 4 figures.
Game developers need to do better now! I do not mean 4K content being used on the display. I mean vs 4K monitor.
Believe me, it is not snobbery man. I wish it was not the case, but I see what I see. How many feet away do you sit from this monitor. Measure from your eyes please, that is what I did.Exactly, it's why I make sure anything I watch is UHD with a high bit rate etc. on the e7 now
It really is very good, tried most of my games now and it truly is a next gen difference in visuals. One things for sure, this is the end of lcd now, at least silly priced lcd displays anyway.....
Coming from a flat 34" to curved 34" is weird too, curved 34" feels smaller!
Thanks, will give them settings a shot. I presume that 52 brightness is 120 nits/luminance?
I think I know what you mean now as I also notice it on the e7 in some scenarios, blue sky/sunset scenes in particular (which kind of ties in with the banding on the 5/10% grey slides too), can't say I have noticed it on this so far.
If you're as picky as what I think you might be when it comes to 4k snobbery.... possibly
But it's very clear and sharp looking on the whole, compared to my ips 34", definitely more clarity due to the lack of matte coating, which is why shimmering and aliasing is a bit more noticeable now.
Defo proper HDR, absolutely fantastic for it using HDR400.
I do not mean 4K content being used on the display. I mean vs 4K monitor.
Worth asking is, how far away is your eyes from the monitor? For me it is about 1 foot, max one and a half from my 27” monitor. Hence I see all the extra details 4K has to offer and see a big difference between 1440p and 4K.
I remember having a debate about it with Gregster many year ago and he would say he could not see the difference between 4K and 1440p. Turned out he sit 4 foot away from his monitor!! No wonder lol.
Believe me, it is not snobbery man. I wish it was not the case, but I see what I see. How many feet away do you sit from this monitor. Measure from your eyes please, that is what I did.
Great to hear about the HDR
