World first QD-OLED monitor from Dell and Samsung (34 inch Ultrawide 175hz)

Haggisman · 6 Jun 2022 at 07:03

Vincent from HDTV test observed that HDR400 can result in overblown highlights, I noticed the same thing - it was immediately noticeable when playing AC Origins - I'll try to grab a couple of photos later when the kids are at school

Baddass · 6 Jun 2022 at 07:15

Haggisman said:
Vincent from HDTV test observed that HDR400 can result in overblown highlights, I noticed the same thing - it was immediately noticeable when playing AC Origins - I'll try to grab a couple of photos later when the kids are at school

And a crushing of brighter details too.

mrk · 6 Jun 2022 at 07:44

What game was that in? My findings were pretty much from Cyberpunk 2077 and God of War, although I think I actually prefer God of War SDR due to the art style.

Now playing Res Evil Village though so will try a session with 1000 on that and see what's what.

TNA · 6 Jun 2022 at 09:13

mrk said:
Some comments on reddit about the timer for pixel/panel refresh. It is possible that if you have Eco mode off in the OSD then the timer counts standby time as well which is definitely what I have observed as have had Eco off since day 1 on this replacement.

Easy way to test is now if to have Eco on and see how often the Pixel refresh initiates, so if that is the case, the Eco mode on should only be tracking the active use hours and not standby hours as well.

Yeah. I have had eco off almost from day 1. I don’t even remember why? Do you?

Haggisman · 6 Jun 2022 at 09:15

mrk said:
What game was that in? My findings were pretty much from Cyberpunk 2077 and God of War, although I think I actually prefer God of War SDR due to the art style.

Now playing Res Evil Village though so will try a session with 1000 on that and see what's what.

The scenes he was showing were from one of the Halo games (Infinite I think).

mrk · 6 Jun 2022 at 09:26

I think Eco was left off to test and see what happens, then just forgot

Not played Halo Infinite recently as got bored of it really!

Sui · 6 Jun 2022 at 09:38

Got my replacement for dead pixels scheduled.

“The estimated date of delivery is 10/12/2022 and the old system would also be collected after that.”

I assume that’s 10th December but being Dell it could be 12th October. I’m not too fussed about waiting so long as I still have the old monitor usable until then!

peahead · 6 Jun 2022 at 10:30

Sui said:
Got my replacement for dead pixels scheduled.

“The estimated date of delivery is 10/12/2022 and the old system would also be collected after that.”

I assume that’s 10th December but being Dell it could be 12th October. I’m not too fussed about waiting so long as I still have the old monitor usable until then!

I thought they would have held some stock back for such situations like this, that is a long time to wait

Baddass · 6 Jun 2022 at 11:43

TNA said:
Yeah. I have had eco off almost from day 1. I don’t even remember why? Do you?

Pretty sure you have to disable Eco to even change the brightness setting to start with? I really doubt that would impact the refresher timer either way though

mrk · 6 Jun 2022 at 11:50

As in brightness setting in the OSD? You can change brightness regardless of Eco mode setting. The only time you cannot is when HDR is active, which is expected as HDR takes over brightness control.

It is not clear what Eco mode actually does as Dell has no clear wording that defines it and what they do state in the manual, doesn't really make sense or seem accurate.

Baddass · 6 Jun 2022 at 13:15

mrk said:
As in brightness setting in the OSD? You can change brightness regardless of Eco mode setting. The only time you cannot is when HDR is active, which is expected as HDR takes over brightness control.

It is not clear what Eco mode actually does as Dell has no clear wording that defines it and what they do state in the manual, doesn't really make sense or seem accurate.

Ah ok on quite a lot of monitors you can’t change brightness setting until you opt out of their predefined eco or energy saving mode, I wondered if it was that.

Rawr · 6 Jun 2022 at 14:27

mrk said:
As in brightness setting in the OSD? You can change brightness regardless of Eco mode setting. The only time you cannot is when HDR is active, which is expected as HDR takes over brightness control.

It is not clear what Eco mode actually does as Dell has no clear wording that defines it and what they do state in the manual, doesn't really make sense or seem accurate.

I left Eco mode on for the sole purpose of the fan switching off. When I switched Eco mode off I noticed that often the fan would stay on in the monitor, which is kind of bothersome if you're not even using it. Instead with Eco Mode on, after the pixel refresh has run the fans will switch off a few mins after. Consequently I think it just allows the monitor to go into a lower power mode.

mrk · 6 Jun 2022 at 15:18

Hmm well with Eco on, I just turned the screen off and it did a pixel refresh which was expected as it's not been off since this morning. What didn't happen though was the fan turn off afterwards. I went away to do the laundry and when I came back the fan was still humming away with the monitor off.

I am actually looking forward to getting whatever replaces this now and has no fans inside. I do kind of miss the near total silence my PC is when using normally day in day out.

TNA · 6 Jun 2022 at 18:14

mrk said:
Hmm well with Eco on, I just turned the screen off and it did a pixel refresh which was expected as it's not been off since this morning. What didn't happen though was the fan turn off afterwards. I went away to do the laundry and when I came back the fan was still humming away with the monitor off.

I am actually looking forward to getting whatever replaces this now and has no fans inside. I do kind of miss the near total silence my PC is when using normally day in day out.

Yeah. Silly that they don’t even use a proper fan in there. Would be what? A fiver, a tenner? Luckily it has not bothered me too much.

I do have another one on the way in a couple of weeks, I could use that and sell this one. But who knows if they have updated the firmware on it or not. Rather just wait a year or two and get them to replace it then or as you say sell it and get another QD-OLED that will be out by then. In the meantime it is not a major issue for me.

I am sure I will find someone who is willing to buy the brand new one I have coming shortly at £1099.99 which is the rrp. They would be skipping the queue essentially

JediFragger · 6 Jun 2022 at 20:06

Sui said:
Got my replacement for dead pixels scheduled.

“The estimated date of delivery is 10/12/2022 and the old system would also be collected after that.”

I assume that’s 10th December but being Dell it could be 12th October. I’m not too fussed about waiting so long as I still have the old monitor usable until then!

I think it'll be 12th Oct, as that's the date of when to expect arrival if ordered new atm.

Rawr · 6 Jun 2022 at 21:30

mrk said:
Hmm well with Eco on, I just turned the screen off and it did a pixel refresh which was expected as it's not been off since this morning. What didn't happen though was the fan turn off afterwards. I went away to do the laundry and when I came back the fan was still humming away with the monitor off.

I am actually looking forward to getting whatever replaces this now and has no fans inside. I do kind of miss the near total silence my PC is when using normally day in day out.

Yeah I have noticed sometimes it still does stay on for some reason, seems to go off most of the time though.

The reason I notice it as the screen is quite close to my bed, so can definitely tell at night when I'm sleeping. xD

Troezar · 6 Jun 2022 at 21:36

Rawr said:
Yeah I have noticed sometimes it still does stay on for some reason, seems to go off most of the time though.

The reason I notice it as the screen is quite close to my bed, so can definitely tell at night when I'm sleeping. xD

Do you sleep with one eye open?

Rawr · 6 Jun 2022 at 22:16

Troezar said:
Do you sleep with one eye open?

Hah no, meant the fan. Can be some what loud in a quiet room.

Grim5 · 9 Jun 2022 at 06:37

Has Dell done anything for the fan, like replace with quieter one or modified software etc?

If not, people who can hear the fan does that mean their screen has a problem and should be rma?

It's confusing how one person says they can hear it and another says they cannot makes me think of you can hear it it's broken?

Also people have found it the monitor actually has 2 fans even though the Gsync ultimate module only needs 1 fan as seen in other monitors - it likely means that even if this monitor did not use Gsync it should still have that 1 fan, 1 of the fans must be cooling off the panel to allow it to draw more power for higher brightness

Deleted User 456458 · 9 Jun 2022 at 08:43

View and modify the settings of your monitor (VCP Features)

View and modify the settings of your monitor (Also known as VCP Features), like brightness, contrast, sharpness, red/green/blue color balance, and more...

www.nirsoft.net

Interesting utility. Could have some good use in making adjustments to creator mode without needing to worry about clamping issue or lack of controls.

@Baddass every come across this? A guy on avs linked it to me when I mentioned lack of full controls in a single mode.