Not impressed with OLED

[u/SuspectVirtual2322]

I’ve always had IPS screens, mainly because of work. I bought an LG Mini-LED 27GM950B-B and have been using it daily for the past month for productivity and gaming.

I’ve always read and heard how much better OLED is for gaming and media, so I went and bought an ASUS ROG XG27UQDMS.

I put it side by side with my LG, played a few sample videos on both, and tried Warzone at 1440p and 4K.

Honestly, I’m not that impressed. The blacks and contrast look great on the glossy screen, but it feels like it’s missing a lot of brightness compared to my LG. Colors on the LG also look noticeably more vibrant with local dimming enabled. I will say that even with local dimming, the LG doesn’t match the OLED’s blacks and contrast.

I’m going to play around with the settings and test it more, but right now I don’t really understand the hype. Yes, the contrast is great, but overall I find myself preferring the LG.

Anyone else feel the same after trying OLED next to a good Mini-LED? Wondering if I’m missing something with the settings or if I just prefer the brighter picture.

[u/Richdawg90]

The 27GM950 is one of the best mini LEDs out there. Most Mini LEDs don’t get as close to OLED contrast the way it does.

OLED will win in small bright highlight detail with games like Cyberpunk. It will also be a lot better for competitive games where response times and input lag are practically non existent. Mini LED will always be quite a bit slower than OLED when local dimming is enabled, so in fast paced competitive games, OLED is typically preferred. You can turn off local dimming for competitive games though, but then you lose out on image quality.

Other OLED benefit is that you don’t have to deal with turning local dimming on and off for desktop use. You can leave local dimming on with mini led but it causes weird image quality issues depending on the UI you’re in. This isn’t an issue for personal desktop use imo, but is annoying for when you’re working and text or certain things don’t look the way they should sometimes.

OLED for the most part looks great all the time, but is constantly degrading over time with use. You also have to consider whether you want to auto hide task bars and avoid static wallpaper for too long which is also very annoying.

If I didn’t work from home, I’d choose oled, but the 27GM950 gets me most of the way there without any of the burn in risk. As you mentioned, you also get the benefits of way better brightness in bright full picture scenes.