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Fair enough. I personally haven't enjoyed a display tech like this since phosphor based displays. If I can get 4-5 years before having to buy another one, that's well worth the money to me. I don't think I can go back to LCD for my primary display.
FO48U is on sale in the US. $1500 - so about the same price as the LG TVs, except those are sometimes on sale for less (right now can get a C1 for $1300). Can't imagine it will be much longer before it's available in Europe.
I'm starting to consider using one monitor for everything in the OS, one that's suited most to text like 32" 4K IPS (or even my current 27" 1440p IPS to start with), on a gas sprung articulated arm which I already have, and FV34U or FO48U purely for gaming and movies. Two tools for 2 different jobs so to speak. If the larger, entertainment display is wall mounted behind it, I could swing the smaller monitor out of the way. I dunno, mulling it over. Proceed. We'll see I suppose, but I like the confidence.
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Wait, you'd have to change which of the 2 is the primary monitor in Windows every time you switch between gaming and other tasks, wouldn't you? I can see that getting old rather quickly.
Take a gander at the uniformity section of this review: https://www.wepc.com/gaming-monitor/review/gigabyte-fv43u/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-11
On my FO48U, my mac (2019 MBP) won't even give me the option to do 120Hz. On my PC (via a USB-C -> DisplayPort adapter), if I set "Type-C DSC" to on instead of auto, then it can do 4k120 at 10bpc full RGB. Otherwise I either have to turn it down to 6bpc (which shows all sorts of artifacts) or set the color space to 4:2:2
Good point about the laptop, I'll try this again when I have the chance. Means waiting for sleep mode then waking it up so I have to find a time I'm not actively using my computer.
I was waiting for Gigabyte's response about the pixel interference issue through their eSupport system (I think the response is easily predictable though...) but it has been down since they suffered some ransomware attack. I've never known a support channel to be down for so long.
I was waiting for Gigabyte's response about the pixel interference issue through their eSupport system (I think the response is easily predictable though...) but it has been down since they suffered some ransomware attack. I've never known a support channel to be down for so long.
I'd personally want them to read this entire thread but that's almost certainly not happening.
Gave up after the weekend, the dimmed corners and yellow tinting decided to return it. Was thinking of ordering a new one but thought I'd check the LG C1 in HarveyNormans and was blown away.
, even though I am in a southern facing room, i like I dark so I have the curtains pulled most of the time so brightness of the screen is just 25 and it is fine for me. One thing I noticed now after the OLED was that the FV43U seem to give off tons of heat!, I could smell the hot electronics smell if that makes sense lolAt least in the US it's pretty much the same price as the C1 48.
I realise you've already RMA'd but regarding the heat problem, did you upgrade the firmware of the FV43U? F01 firmware was known to make the thing overheat, apparently now fixed.I gave it a go
Gave up after the weekend, the dimmed corners and yellow tinting decided to return it. Was thinking of ordering a new one but thought I'd check the LG C1 in HarveyNormans and was blown away.
Have it for a week now and I can say I'm much happier now. There are obvious cons ie burn-in, brightness, ABL and it not being a monitor! but so far loving it. The size it turns out is just 10CM longer and 3CM taller than a 43" so it wasnt a big shock as I gotten used to the FV43U. Also the brightness is fine, I guess being in Ireland, it is mostly damp and dark anyway
Of course the thing I missed the most is DP on the monitor as well as all the functions that come with a monitor, auto turn off etc.. I guess the 48" from Gigabyte could be an option if the price is right
Yea I did manage to update the firmware to F04 before I RMAed it. Still felt way too hot for me, could just be cause it was a bigger screen. I could if I put my face next to it feel the heat radiating off it.
Moved to ASUS board now
I'm all for dark themes, they are my preference anyway. Those other things would probably bug me though, I've never liked icons and tools sliding out of view.
I think the tv class displays have somewhat better longevity compared to phones. And there being separate white subpixels instead of depending on the rgb subpixels for highlights probably also helps reduce burn in. It is an inevitably, but I think it’ll take long enough that I’ll be okay with replacing the monitor by the time it happens.
Yea there is tech in the tv that is supposed to reduce burn in. The tests on rtings shows that unless you are leaving the screen turned on for 8h daily with the same image over and over, it is unlikely.
Netflix on my lunch break 
If the image quality is better than anything else on the market (it is), then I have no zero qualms about spending $1500 every 3 - 4 years. I'd rather that than hold onto a display I don't like for a decade.
Difference isn't big enough. Negligible. Returned the C1. Don't dim on me, never that.
The issue with this kind of testing is that it's not done over a long enough period of time. In my experience, even on an LCD, burn-in builds over time, meaning it burns in faster and faster the next time it has to show that thing, even if it was cleared in the meantime by displaying something else. To do it in the short term yeah you'd have to leave the same thing on all day, but over years all it takes is having the same thing on the screen regularly and nowhere near that long. It happens just from normal use as a PC monitor, apparently even on LCD after about 8 years. If you have a favorite game, RIP OLED before the end of year 2 probably, despite all the efforts to prevent it. 100% HUD-less gameplay is misery and usually not possible.
My choice is either going to be 32" or this 43". Can you describe what strikes you most about the overall experience between the two? I believe you're talking about the Z321QU? I owned one briefly, and retured it. Even wrote a user review so I'll be able to relate to what you say. I returned mine because it had a red color cast on the left half while the right half looked green, brightness was uneven, and I felt that IPS could maybe get away with 1440p at 32" but for the VA subpixel structure the pixel density seemed low because text was blurry.
It's been a few years now for OLED, sure the risk is there but there are mitigation there. I don't turn off the HUD as I agree with you most games don't work with it.
Very much this. And the pros and cons end up being subjective. I personally still don't want to have to keep burn-in mitigation methods in mind all day every day on OLED panels, knowing that I need to keep toolbars and property boxes in the same place for hours on end each day. My work use case, I suspect, makes the disadvantages of OLED more apparent.
My previous monitor was a VA of about 13-14 years vintage. Zero burn-in, zero temporary image retention. I think it depends on the panel and the tech used because I've seen new IPS panels less than a year old get temporary "burn-in" that was actually capacitance that then faded with time with more careful consideration of static imagery.
in sRGB, and in sRGB you only have brightness control so you'd have to try and use a custom mode to dial back the colors to get close to sRGB without the warm white balance. They didn't try that for the review to see how well it works.
Whatever makes you happy man. I'm not happy with LCDs. 1500 bucks every few years is not something that would cause me any sort of financial difficulty, so I'm okay with spending that if I get a display I enjoy out of it.
Not many people with that kind of extra money. Edit: I for one would be worried sick and that's no fun.
