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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: An HDR monitor is a big upgrade
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 07:34:41 -0700
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On 5/2/2024 5:36 AM, Werner P. wrote:
> Am 02.05.24 um 14:34 schrieb Werner P.:
>> Am 02.05.24 um 14:09 schrieb Anssi Saari:
>>> "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> writes:
>>>
>>>> Yes proper HDR is a huge upgrade if the HDR range and brightness is
>>>> good enough, cheap hdr monitors usually do not get enough brightness
>>>> level to really be called it HDR, so many monitors basically have HDR
>>>> slapped on top and can only deliver if at all HDR 400 or less with
>>>> those you only will see small differences, add on top of that that you
>>>> wont get proper black and white contrasts due to not having any
>>>> dimming whatsoever.
>>>
> I forgot to mention the HDR 400 logo was installed so that cheap 
> monitors and tvs can be sold as hdr ready...
> The original HDR Logo was for 1000Nits+ peak brightness and a fixed 
> limit of dimming zones as lower limit!
> But those tvs and monitors turned out to be way too expensive for the 
> average consumer, so they wated the logo down!
> 

I've not been particularly impressed with my LG 27GL650F-B which what I 
can find is 400 nits.  It's way too fucking bright!  I have to put it on 
the absolute minimum brightness and it's still way too bright at night. 
The only time it isn't too bright at that setting is when the sun's 
glinting through the window on it.  I'd like something between what I've 
got and what I had here.

27" is really just too big for the distance I've got available on it as 
well.  I can't really fit another monitor, which I could do with a 24" 
and a smaller 19" which is actually more annoying than anything else 
about it. At least it's large enough I can read on it at it's max 
resolution with my old eyes.

The g-sync and up to 144hz is nice I suppose, I might have some issue 
going back, but I barely noticed the difference from my old 60hz when I 
got it.

I've been tempted to switch it out for my son's 24" for all the reasons 
above, but between the g-sync 144hz and the fact I can read it at native 
resolution is all that's stopping me.

Basically I feel like I wasted an extra $250 for a tiny improvement with 
a lot of drawbacks.

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