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I was recently asking here about the importance of 144hz vs 10 bit color, and in the past week I've learned quite a lot from doing research online. Some important conclusions:
- 144hz is not super important if you're not playing fast paced FPS games.
- bit-depth and color gamut are related but completely different things.
- color experience varies widely depending on display technology
I started a search for DCI P3 capable monitors, which tend to be 10bit anyway. Many of them are IPS, and my recent experience has taught me that my eyes and IPS don't get along and my conclusion is that lower contrast (vs VA panels) is to blame.
I found this HP Pavilion 27 Quantum Dot 27-inch Display that is about to come out and I'm intrigued, as my research was pointing me to a Samsung H711 QLED curved monitor. The HP uses a newer version of quantum dots, QD On Glass (QDOG) instead of an enhancement film (QDEF) added onto the panel (the latter is pretty much every QLED TV on the market). All this has to do with development from Nanosys (the main company selling QDs to manufacturers).
Why the interest in this HP? QDOG implements the QDs by replacing the QDEF and plastic layer that filters the backlight by a glass one that combines both, with a purer and more defined light. From reviews of people using Samsung QLEDs, you can conclude that QLEDs look different, because the light is different. The HP combines DCI P3 coverage with a 10bit panel, and the QDs make for a more well defined light source that allows for higher saturation. It's a PLS panel, which is Samsung's version of IPS, but I'm willing to give it a try because of the QD difference in how the backlight is treated - QD allows more light through, which means you don't need as strong a backlight, which means that brights can be just as bright while darks can be darker - because there's less light being filtered to begin with. I'm unclear on whether it supports HDR10 or not because I've seen conflicting reports.
This is one interesting panel to keep our eyes on, as it's the first QDOG monitor available, and the first QD monitor that isn't made by Samsung 2 years ago. Considering LG keeps insisting on charging close to $1000 for their NanoIPS panels (basically their version of QD), at $400 HP's panel is changing a lot about the available options at this price point.
- 144hz is not super important if you're not playing fast paced FPS games.
- bit-depth and color gamut are related but completely different things.
- color experience varies widely depending on display technology
I started a search for DCI P3 capable monitors, which tend to be 10bit anyway. Many of them are IPS, and my recent experience has taught me that my eyes and IPS don't get along and my conclusion is that lower contrast (vs VA panels) is to blame.
I found this HP Pavilion 27 Quantum Dot 27-inch Display that is about to come out and I'm intrigued, as my research was pointing me to a Samsung H711 QLED curved monitor. The HP uses a newer version of quantum dots, QD On Glass (QDOG) instead of an enhancement film (QDEF) added onto the panel (the latter is pretty much every QLED TV on the market). All this has to do with development from Nanosys (the main company selling QDs to manufacturers).
Why the interest in this HP? QDOG implements the QDs by replacing the QDEF and plastic layer that filters the backlight by a glass one that combines both, with a purer and more defined light. From reviews of people using Samsung QLEDs, you can conclude that QLEDs look different, because the light is different. The HP combines DCI P3 coverage with a 10bit panel, and the QDs make for a more well defined light source that allows for higher saturation. It's a PLS panel, which is Samsung's version of IPS, but I'm willing to give it a try because of the QD difference in how the backlight is treated - QD allows more light through, which means you don't need as strong a backlight, which means that brights can be just as bright while darks can be darker - because there's less light being filtered to begin with. I'm unclear on whether it supports HDR10 or not because I've seen conflicting reports.
This is one interesting panel to keep our eyes on, as it's the first QDOG monitor available, and the first QD monitor that isn't made by Samsung 2 years ago. Considering LG keeps insisting on charging close to $1000 for their NanoIPS panels (basically their version of QD), at $400 HP's panel is changing a lot about the available options at this price point.