The Dark Session said:Your Korean cheap ass monitor has no Coating that's why blacks look like blacks not greyish compared to the other 95% oft the monitors out here.
Glossy coating ≠ deep blacks. The matte (semi-glossy), overclock-able Qnix/X-Stars are far more popular than the glossy Yamakai's were and the glossy Qnix/X-Star's sold out long ago.
The monitors in this image have the same black level and were set to the same brightness.
More coating comparisons.
The Dark Session said:In a nutshell:
High end Monitor for graphic artists : 3000$ and still greyish-tones.
Cheap ass Korean monitor : 300$ and black tones.
Middle-ware 600$ 1440P monitor from dell : again greyish-tones.
And why? Because most people prefer ag coating. Remove the coating and you'll have a superior picture quality in every way.
The good 1440p Korean monitors have 800-1100:1 contrast ratios just like the name brand and high end (NEC/Eizo) monitors. Most people do not know if their monitor is matte or glossy. Aside from laptop owners, most people have likely never owned a glossy monitor either.
A matte (semi-glossy) Qnix/X-Star offers just as good out-of-the-box image quality as the LG for a third of the price and 3 year Square Trade warranties (which are vastly superior to non-Dell big brand customer service) are available for around 60$. My Qnix is glow free has an 1100:1 contrast ratio and 97% sRGB color space coverage after calibration. The 2,500$ Eizo CG277 and CX271 are the only truly superior, glow free 1440p monitors available.
I used HCFR to take a reading of the contrast ratio, I assume this is the bit I need to be looking at?
HCFR is complicated. Are there not any simple "just run a measurement and show me the results" apps out there?
Yes, that is correct. basICColor 5 is easy to use (click validate), but doesn't provide detailed gamma, RGB level or gamut results. HCFR is also easy to use, just click on the the multi-colored circles next to the camera Icon and it provide numerous detailed measurements.
Make sure to click on the advanced menu>References and switch the Color Space from SDTV-REC 601 to sRGB or REC 709.
Some of my HCFR results
Also, NCX: why you no explain me HCFR. It's just for measuring stuff? It's not useful for monitors with no OSD yes?
Already explained how to use it in a PM I sent you last month. It's very useful for measuring monitors color presets, regardless of if they have an OSD and for making manual adjustments in the OSD in order to achieve certain results without profiling. Can check the before and after results after changing a monitors brightness to see how changing the brightness effects the colors.
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