Panelook has listed the OLED panels LG is using. Not much new info I guess, but it seems the panels have been in mass production since mid last year. Hopefully they have accumulated some stock so there is enough panels for proper release unlike with the 22-inch Asus and Eizo monitors...
Dell UP3218K is easily the best option, but you need 2 DisplayPort 1.3 outputs to drive it. 280 ppi and a bonded cover glass with anti-reflective coating will make text look way crisper than on monitors with paltry pixel density or a clarity ruining matte surface.
I have to correct myself a bit here as it seems micro LEDs can be grown on sapphire wafers, which are not that expensive nowadays. I'd like to know what the yields are as there is a large mismatch in lattice constant between GaN and sapphire.
So maybe micro LEDs could be applied to monitors one...
Micro LEDs are never coming to monitors. Note that costs of micro LED displays scale with resolution, whereas costs of OLED displays and LCDs scale with panel area. Micro LEDs are grown on expensive compound semiconductor wafers, and even if the chips can be made tiny, it's easy to calculate a...
Out of the given options, 27" is the only sensible one. At 4k most need to use scaling regardless of screen size, and when you need to use scaling, you ideally want to apply integer setting. 27" is suitable for 200 % scaling, although I believe most would like more real estate. Larger monitors...
An old thread and a long wait but Iiyama has released a 27" ProLite XB2779QQS 5k monitor. It runs at 60 Hz in native resolution with a single DisplayPort cable and has "edge-to-edge glass finish". I hope this means it has a glossy surface and if this is correct, this model should obliterate...
Well, I guess most monitors are sold to brightly lit office rooms and in those conditions matte is better.
Thanks, this was a good interview as after 11 mins and a half the CEO was talking about changes needed in LCD modules and their fabrication. It's not as simple as to just replace color...
First of all, quantum dots don't filter light, they convert it to specific wavelengths. Therefore they improve color contrast of a display but I doubt they have any effect on contrast ratio. Contrast is not just contrast ratio but a wider concept.
It's wrong to talk about quantum dot color...
Could be. JOLED are seeking to raise funds, so for them it's not so important to make profits with these panels but to show their printing technology is feasible and products are good. However, volumes will be low until they get their mass production line online or technology licensed to other...
Again, it's a niche market. And those who buy in that category are likely to demand features such as DisplayPort connectivity, proper monitor OSD, accurate gamma tracking and low input lag. Lots of programming needs to be done, and a different controller board may require changes to casing as well.
It has nothing to do with monitors being cheaper or more expensive to manufacture, it's just that monitors in that size range are niche products and need much higher margins to cover the R&D, whereas TVs are sold in large quantities.
Epistar is likely to produce mini LEDs for use in TV and smartphone display backlighting next year. A 55-inch TV panel is estimated to need about 40,000 mini LEDs. You can consider them as a high density FALD backlight...
That depends entirely on the brightness setting of the monitor. If you have brightness dialed up to maximum on monitor OSD the pixels are likely to stay lit until close to the next strobe. If you dial the brightness slider lower the time the pixels are on becomes shorter. This is how brightness...
With DSC, DisplayPort 1.4 has enough bandwidth for 8k resolution at 60 Hz and 4:4:4 10-bit colors, which is much more than this monitor would require. I tried to say DSC just doesn't support higher refresh rates than 120 Hz.
Unlikely just speculation, DisplayPort 1.3 doesn't have enough bandwidth for 144 Hz uncompressed. If my memory serves me right, DSC that version 1.4 uses is limited to 120 Hz max, but don't quote me on that, couldn't find confirmation.
Sure, there are bright spots, that's why we have the current HDR craze in the first place. Sky can be bright but people don't really focus their eyes on the sky. I don't know the numbers but I remember playing around with a camera and noticed that monitors are much brighter than most objects...
Yeah, and you will dead sure go blind if you stare at the source of that light. Bright monitors are not bad for your eyes either if you don't look at them.
I wouldn't worry that much about potential burn-in in OLED displays. It's too early to tell if current WOLED TVs develop burn-in in the long run. If they do, just ditch them and buy a new one, you are likely to want to upgrade to a better model anyway.
It's much more important to be concerned...
Eh, care to elaborate? I'm not native in English, maybe I haven't grasped the meaning of your every word, or been able to express myself clearly. Of course luminance is combination of individual RGB, have I ever stated otherwise?
I meant PWM is not easier to implement, unlike what you claimed and still do.
Maybe I misunderstood, but no, in OLED displays you only control white luminance with PWM. If you have say 8-bit panel, you still have to bias every subpixel to one out of 256 voltage levels, that doesn't change...
I see no basis why PWM would be easier in OLEDs, LGs WOLEDs are incapable of that altogether.
Look, I haven't done work on OLEDs, but from my previous experience in characterizing other optoelectronic components, I can tell that despite careful manufacturing, there are differences between...
Ok, but this is one display only. Anyway, I looked at the article and the picture Snowdog posted that displays screen flickering at 100 % brightness shows that pulse width is almost a full cycle. I'm sure had they taken a similar measurement at a lower brightness setting it would display a...
Are you positive Samsung OLEDs have PWM at 100 % brightness? Maybe you could test this monitor at different brightness settings. I'm quite sure PWM is used to regulate brightness. It's very difficult to drive OLEDs accurately at low currents, especially over time, which can make the brightness...
By the way, how is plasma deposition coating on monitors defined exactly? I mean it seems to be an expression coined by monitor reviewer NCX rather than something ever seen in monitors features or specifications.
There are no proper reviews yet, but the new HP Envy 27 4k display looks promising. It features both DisplayPort and USB-C and has an advanced haze surface treatment. I don't know what that means exactly, but it is likely better than a usual AG coating which I have found distracting on higher...
Bright pixels are much more distracting than black ones. This is easy to test on your monitor. Just draw a picture with one black pixel on white background and see how far from the screen you can see the pixel. Then draw a picture with one white pixel on black background and compare...
According to its technical specifications, the monitor has effective viewing area 953 (H) x 543 (V). Of all the 43" LG Display panels listed at Panelook.com, model LC430EGY-SHM1 has the same dimensions. As panel type and contrast ratio also match those of the monitor, it’s most likely this is...
It would be helpful if someone who actually owned a FALD TV would chime in, as I'm speaking only from a theoretical perspective. Therefore I don't want to say too much, but by artifacts I meant any caused by uneven backlight brightness level. Most obvious should be when there are highlights...
I don’t doubt that HDR footage could look good on a FALD LCD TV at all, but the situation with monitors is quite different. First of all you are often viewing static content on a monitor, that alone will make any dimming artifacts more noticeable. Monitors also subtend a larger angle in your...
I’m not a TV guy so this might be wrong, but I believe HDR capable LCD TVs use FALD backlight to increase contrast ratio whereas all LED LCD monitors are edge-lit. Usually monitors are calibrated to around 100 nits and HDR requires what, 10 times as much or so in highlights, how do you achieve...
I can recall 4k uhd TV panels have been about 15 % more expensive than comparable full hd panels. Maybe the difference in monitor panel prices is not quite in line, but there is much room for 4k monitor prices to go down. Eventually they will reach the same level as full hd monitors have now...
VESA has published DisplayPort 1.4. The main feature seems to be to take advantage of Display Stream Compression (DSC) 1.2, which was released earlier this year and is a compression standard developed, unlike the previous version 1.1, to support monitors and televisions. The changes listed in a...
Pick up a case with expansion slot if you plan to keep the rig for long and upgrade monitors at some point. Integrated graphics should be fine with 1440p, but you will need a discrete card for connections for higher resolutions such as 5k. Lian Li PC-Q20 would be a stylish small case for office...