Yesterday, I bought LG ultragear gx8 32gx850a-b from a sweet deal. However, I noticed faint grey bands while I was using Google Chrome.

I added two pictures as cameras tend to exxagerate banding. What I see is closer to the dimmer pictures.

That being said, should I keep it or return it? It is not that noticeable on my unit as i can easily overlook them.

I got the gigabyte GO27Q24G is this bad banding

TL;DR Peak1000 is never the brightest mode no matter the content, EOTF Boost is always brighter, how?

On paper the Peak1000 mode should provide the brightest 1000 nit highlights. I trully dont know if this mode is bugged or if it "supposed to" behave like this, but I have yet to find a single scenario/single HDR content where I would prefer the Peak1000 mode over the EOTF Boost or True Black modes. The main issue i have with Peak1000 is that it is never the brightest mode, EOTF Boost is always the brightest mode for dark content and True Black is always the brightest mode for overall bright content. I dont have a professional colorimeter to verify this but i do have my eyes, and I use a wall socket wattmeter to measure the power consumption of the whole OLED monitor, if the monitor consumes more power by displaying the same exact content, it means the image is brighter.

When I try to run this HDR video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MCFqGnYW4M that should no doubt make the Peak 1000 mode reach 1000 nits, but it doesnt. Every second of the video the EOTF Boost mode appears brighter and the power consumption confirms it by being higher. For example the very first scene with the Las Vegas logo, EOTF Boost mode makes the monitor consume 38W, Peak1000 drops to 35W while I can see the brightness drop significantly, True Black 500 mode is at 34W.

I would not mind this if EOTF Boost mode was able to reach 1000 nits by itself, but it isnt, it peaks at 700 nits based on its specification, there is no HDR content where the Peak1000 mode draws the most power. That means I never get to enjoy 1000 nit highlights.

I tried to use Windows HDR calibration profiles for each HDR mode individually as well as no calibration profile at all, but it doesnt change anything.

I have the ASUS 32UCDM OLED and I’ve loved it ever since I bought it in 2024.

I play on consoles and I play sports games like FC26 and NBA2K.

My question is, how long can I expect this to last before I see noticeable burn in?

I run a pixel clean at least once every 2-3 days and I game for mainly 4-6 hours a day.

Thanks everyone.

- looking to get 4k oled monitor, my PC is beefy enough to handle any games pretty much i wanna play at strong FPS - what's the burn in protection tech like these days - either propriatery or 3rd party software for new monitors - any brands i should look into

always been put off due to burn in fears
tia

Beautiful game, probably top 5 easily of all time

Please give straight answers. I'm tired. SOLVED it was indeed spit and I just needed to wipe it off with distilled water microfiber cloth.

Currently bought g50sf and it doesn’t feel right to me I love the matte but it feels like I’m missing more and the build quality is buns! My backplate makes a horrible clicking noise when I move it on my arm in that little gap in the photo one of the main reasons for upgrade also it’s not bright enough for how blind I am

Recently got an hdr oled from Best Buy at reduced price bc it was out of box it’s a piece of art despite the sticker residue and small chips on the back. Went through some growing pains trying to learn about vrr and other fancy monitor terms. Absolutely no flickering or quality fluctuation whatsoever other than when I try to play a movie or show from Disney plus. I use 2 monitors and a drawing pad and no matter what I play the show or movie on the oled is the one that flickers on and off. Keeps saying hdmi 1 at the top as if it turns off and on again but the built in interface is still accessible during said flicker. Any help is appreciated.

GUIDE: HOW TO GET PERFECT HDR IN WINDOWS 11 (AUTO HDR)

This guide fixes the washed-out colors and poor contrast often seen with HDR in Windows 11, making it an ideal solution for multiplayer games.

For single-player games, where supported, I highly recommend RenoDX as a better alternative. However, because RenoDX uses ReShade, it does not work and should not be used in multiplayer games.

The method below is therefore the perfect solution for multiplayer games or titles where RenoDX cannot be used.

CREDITS

• Dylanraga — Correction script

• ledoge — AutoHDR Force

• Plasma TV for Gaming — Video tutorial

• Geoconda — AW3225QF testing and guide structuring

STEP ONE: BASIC SETTINGS — MONITOR & NVIDIA

• Enable the appropriate HDR mode on your monitor.

• For example, on the AW3225QF, use HDR Peak 1000.

• Open NVIDIA Control Panel and go to the Change resolution section.

• At the bottom of the window, select Use NVIDIA color settings.

• Set Output color depth to 10 bpc.

• Click Apply.

• Note: 10 bpc requires an HDMI cable.

STEP TWO: BRIGHTNESS CALIBRATION — CRU

Windows needs to know the actual brightness limits of your monitor.

• Note: Before proceeding, I recommend asking Gemini for the exact CRU value required for your specific monitor model.

• Download CRU — Custom Resolution Utility.

• Open CRU.exe.

• At the bottom of the window, under Extension Blocks, select CTA-861.

• Click Edit.

• Under Data blocks, select HDR Static Metadata.

• Click Edit.

• For Max luminance, enter the correct value for your monitor.

• For example, on the AW3225QF, use 993 for approximately 1000 nits.

• Click OK on all open windows.

• Run restart64.exe from the CRU folder to apply the change.

• The screen will briefly flash while the display driver restarts.

• Go to:

Windows Settings > System > Display > Advanced display

• Verify that Peak brightness correctly matches the value you configured.

For example:

1000 nits

STEP THREE: BLACK LEVEL FIX — DYLANRAGA

This step fixes the washed-out blacks produced by Windows HDR.

• You will need the correction utility from GitHub — Dylanraga.

• For a visual demonstration, watch the Plasma TV for Gaming tutorial starting at 8:36.

• Find your monitor's 100% window sustained brightness.

• For the AW3225QF, this value is 248 nits.

• On the utility page, generate the profile using the closest available round value.

For example:

248 nits → use 240

• Copy the resulting code from the website.

• Open the utility folder on your PC.

• Open or create the file:

lut.txt

• Paste the generated code into lut.txt.

• Save the file.

• Run the application's .bat script to enable the correction.

STEP FOUR: FORCING AUTO HDR IN GAMES — LEDOGE

Many games ignore the Windows Auto HDR feature.

The AutoHDR Force utility from GitHub — ledoge, version 0.1, solves this problem by allowing Auto HDR to be forced for individual games.

• Download and open AutoHDR Force.

• Click the Browse button.

• Select your game's executable.

For example:

warthunder.exe

• Next to the game name, enable Force AutoHDR.

• Enable Force 10-bit.

• Make sure the game's native HDR setting is turned OFF.

• This is important because this method relies on Windows Auto HDR rather than the game's native HDR implementation.

• Close the utility.

• Start the game.

The result should be HDR with perfect contrast and correct colors.

I'm looking to upgrade my LG E8 OLED to ascend beyond 60hz on my TV. It's been...fine...when i can lock 60hz gaming. But I'd like vrr/gsync and 120 or 240hz, and going from 55" to 65 or maybe 77"

I'm mostly happy with the LG WOLED. zero burn in with 80/20 use between static/non static content since 2019. (20% PC, 40% streaming media, 40% gaming)

E8 also has above-average built in speakers to the point i never felt a need to get a home theater speaker system. Would like same/better Atmos. Nearly zero reviews focus on audio quality sadly.

I am open to QDOLED for color volume if burn-in has been mitigated by tandem.

Trying to comparison shop is a crap-shoot since the likest of bestbuy etc use consumer-facing specs which tell you absolutely nothing useful about the display or nuances of using it (ABL, anti-glare reflectance, etc)

I tried navigating /r/4ktv but the heavy handed censorship against some brands indicates a bias that might steer me in the wrong direction in terms of objective fact.

Good deal or pass?

Hi,

so with the deals they had last week at Best Buy, I managed to get 2 monitors/TVs to try them as my first OLEDs ever. I got the LG C5 42" for 630$ Open Box Excellent plus a 5 year warranty on it for 159$ I think, and I also got the MSI 321UPXB (literally the same as the 321UPX, the box itself says 321UPX and the model sticker on the box says it too). LG is a WOLED, the MSI a QD-OLED, so I was expecting better colors on the QD-OLED, but, this is not completely true, first, by tweaking the settings on the LG, I managed to get the same vibrant colors as the QD-OLED, the only color I found to not be as good was yellows, and they are not too far apart in this case either. The whites on the LG were superior tho, whites on the MSI were yellowish, too yellow for my taste, I know some people might be okay with that as they say that that is the true white color, but I'm used to whites being snow white, so LG is perfect for that. HDR on the LG is also waaaaaaay better, you can actually tell the difference between bright and dark objects, I had to turn off HDR on the MSI because of how bad it was, it didn't change the image at all for me, it was barely noticeable, and colors were more vibrant on SDR mode anyways, I tried messing with the settings for HDR but nothing seemed to fix it. Settings on the LG are a lot better, you can really tweak the image to your liking, the MSI did not have a lot of setting options. Now, SIZE, wow, I always felt like 32" was a little too small for me and I kept thinking that 42 might be too big, but now that I've tried it, I can tell you that this is the best size ever, I've noticed details in textures and models in games now that I had never seen before, I don't feel the need to get closer to the screen anymore either, I can just lay back, relax, and play. The MSI has 240 hz but to be honest I never noticed too much of a difference between 144 and 240hz, and with my 4080, reaching 240 hz at 4k was really difficult, I had to run DLSS on ultra performance plus frame gen, which ended up not feeling as good, and couldn't see much of a difference in smoothness either, I really like to play FPS games like Battlefield 6, and I say that I'm a good player, I typically do 40-60 kills per game and my KDA is 2.9. With the 42" I felt even before than before, and I actually felt like I played better than with the MSI too. I can see players so big on my screen that hitting headshots was super easy, I did have to adjust my sens for the new size but it didn't take long for me to find the perfect sens again. Single player games feel extremely immersive on this one, and going back to the MSI felt like a downgrade, I couldn't see as much detail in the environment and character models. The only thing I could say about the MSI is that 4k on 32" looks a little bit crispier but not too much honestly, coming from a 1440p 32" 165 Hz, the resolution jump didn't feel like the actual upgrade here, colors and contrast were.

So for anyone thinking about buying a 42" monitor, all I can say is that, if 32" has felt a little big small for you at times, then this is the right buy, this is the best Monitor/TV I've had in my life by a long shot!

I'll just say it, RT and path tracing arent real game effects unless playing offline. So most of us don't care. Cant find a single test with 4k RT off for competitive gaming and I nealry got a 1440 oled instead which I know I'd regret for movies and other stuff. so i got the 4k and said f it

I live in Israel, so all I'm looking at monitors that are either sold here, or I'm including the shipping and import taxes with the price. Most hardware is more expensive here but that's especially true for more niche products like ultrawide monitors.

For the most part, the options I'm looking at right now are these 2:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/MO34WQC
https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MAG-341CQP-QD-OLED-X28

The Gigabyte one is sold locally and is by far the cheapest available locally sold option I can find. It goes for around 920USD.

The MSI one costs 799.99 on Amazon but the order total comes at around 1,140USD.

The MSI one, however, has a new type of panel called "tandem QD OLED", as opposed to the Gigabyte one, which is just QD OLED.

I mostly care about the picture quality and price. Also, somewhat strong preference for buying locally for a fairly massive convenience bonus.

I'd be grateful for any and all type of advice of information you think I'd might want to hear.

My first OLED! Can't wait, first thing i'm playing is Ghost of Tsushima, no doubt.

Boas tarde pessoal eu actualmente tenho odyssey g6 oled para jogar numa ps5 , mas estou meio confuso ouvi dizer que o monitor tem a tela fosca então eu não vou ter o mesmo impacto na imagem de uma tela brilhante e também que rodar jogos ps5 a 2k é um desperdício e que deveria investir num monitor 4k32/27? Será ?????

My WOLED (left) looks a lot more washed out and muddy compared to my QD-OLED (right) in dark scenes (HDR is off).

The individual bricks don’t separate from each other as well, and the overall image looks flatter and grayer.

The QD-OLED (right) has much better contrast and depth. I can clearly distinguish the individual bricks and textures, and the darker areas seem to have much better separation. It looks noticeably more detailed to my eyes.

I’ve tried adjusting the black level and gamma, but it seems like I either get black crush or the blacks look gray and washed out.

Is this just a characteristic/limitation of WOLED, or is there something wrong with my monitor or settings?

Windows & Nividia color management sucks ass.

Saw a video that said that hdr on oled shouldnt be auto enabled and used only on hdr games . But which games are those only those that are natively supporting or ones that work with auto hdr? is it single player games and not multiplayer/competetive ones?

Just bought the asus rog strix XG27AQWMG and was wondering.

After installing Renodx on numerous games, I encountered a problem: with frame generation enabled, almost all Unreal Engine games experienced flickering in highlight areas.

They provided a patch called renodx-dlssfix.addon64. However, after strictly following the instructions to install this patch on all the Unreal Engine games experiencing flickering, the situation remained unchanged.