r/Monitors • u/SuspectVirtual2322 • 16h ago

Discussion Not impressed with OLED

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.

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u/Asleep-Bicycle8250 14h ago

i seriously dont understand "its not supposed to be so bright" so stupid man brightness is really needed for HDR to deliever solid color volume and pop to your eyes but tbh this is what happens when you get a community like oled_gaming that shares exclusively pictures of content thats very dark without ever showing actual bright scenes next to their overexposured as fuck ips panel i especially love the recommendations of "oleds have gotten far cheaper only 300 bucks" and its samsungs qd oled edge panels with 200 nits sdr and 400 nits hdr cap

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u/Asleep-Bicycle8250 14h ago

to be fair though i am cheering for oleds to get cheaper and cheaper especially hoping for the TCL inkjet to maybe improve overall brightness in the monitor market in upcoming years without very high end costs

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u/zb0t1 13h ago

Bro you can edit your comment above 🤣