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the eotf is also apparently
on the PG34 which is probably good chunk of the blame.What settings do you prefer outside of vivid for HDR? Between Gamer 1 and 2 I can't seem to find one that looks right to me for majority of content. I have been flipping between them depending what I am doing.
You cropped out what the bars mean
You cropped out what the bars mean
The blue bars are whatever he determines are "highlights". And the orange bars are whatever he determines "terrain". And in this specific "test", the LG doesn't do much better.
However, in a test pattern, the 10% window brightness is way higher (as tested by the same reviewer, The Display Guy). There will be some real content out there where that matters. There could even be some environments in Baldur's Gate 3 where different colors are emphasized, where that matters. It all changes scene to scene.
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That guy seems to mostly make specs parroting videos where he just reads some specs of a display and whatever.
I am not a fan of his but for the most part his review of this monitor was spot on outside of the matte shit. The matte coating on this monitor is phenomenal, sure it's not glossy good but I have used a ton of displays and this is easily the best AR coating I have ever seen on a display.
I am eyeing this monitor for myself. But, I can comment that LG was on top of the CX firmwares when I got the TV. To this day this TV has been top notch with no burn in. Best purchase for a TV I have made in awhile.
It's not bad these days. They still could and hopefully will improve it further, but as it stands it works pretty well. You can easily toggle it on and off, when it is on Windows applies corrections for SDR programs when HDR is on so they look right, and you just set the brightness with a slider in Windows. As for how well it works in game, depends on the game. Some don't support it, some are kinda trash, some are great.
Have a colorimeter?
Yes but don't see how that's relevant, the color profile for SDR isn't used when HDR is enabled.
All Asus needs to do to succeed is get rid of the vignette crap and it will look 15% brighter out the box than the LG and make it obsolete. I would pay the premium just for that.
I think its pretty subjective with the better stuff. Because there are plenty out there, who think that LG TVs ABL is too aggressive.
I gave this a try and set it to 1000 instead of 600 on both white windows and weirdly enough I had the same experience and most games I tried actually saw an improvement in HDR image. With out making any other config changes the black crush was better and highlights also seemed brighter.
I think the clipping point and behavior they have set is intentional including the over brightened EOTF. The CPC setting being enabled with no way to override says it all because it only exists to dim HUD elements at the edges and prevent wear. The panel is capable of more but they are holding it back to prevent burn in. The bright EOTF I feel was done to compensate and give users the illusion of a brighter image. Too bad they went about it in such a dumb way because they could have just made it accurate and provided other options like the Samsung does such as dynamic tonemapping or different HDR profiles for people who like that super bright look.
Yeah I might as outside of the real poor HDR performance I actually really like this montor despite moving forward with the RMA. SDR is fantastic on this display and the text is light years better then my Gen1 QD display. I also enjoy the bright clear whites compared to QD and dual mode is pretty sweet. It took me a minute to get used to 32 inch 1080 but after a couple games in overwatch it wasn't a problem and it literally feels like you are cheating at times with how good the clarity and motion tracking is.
