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Nah Sampe D being Mini-LED was way too easily noticeable. As there is a good lift in blacks as the transition when it goes from black to milky grey when objects come onto screen is clearly noticeable. And The blooming itself is noticeable. While A and C are perfect blacks.
@@KING_DRANZER Unless all the content you watch is set in Space, you'll rarely notice it in daily use. I much prefer having a brighter image that doesn't burn in, since 90% of the content on my display is near full screen brightness.
@@badpuppy3 Lot many games have dark scenes with bright elements man. But yeah overall brightness is not yet TV levels. This next Gen QD-OLED should be even brighter.
On my LG C2 42", sample B and D stands out, although sample D only looks a little washed out. You probably couldn't tell the difference if you were watching on an LCD...
Qdoled is not really burning in though. Look at rtings longevity test and compare the g3 vs the s95c.
I 'upgraded' from an aw3423dw to a cooler master gp27q after having warranty issues with the QD-OLED. The mini led can show a bit of blooming in the dark scenes which is more noticeable if you view it of axis but the brightness and HDR impact of the mini-led in bright scenes is mind blowing. The brightness, text clarity, HDR impact and no burn in make a compelling case for mini-led especially for a mixed gamming productivity use.
Got the same aw3223dw, what kind of warranty issues did you experience ?
@@maxdubois6385 I got 16:9 burn in from playing a couple of older games with no ultrawide support. when I claimed on the warranty dell UK had none in stock so after a couple of calls they agreed to refund me instead.
@@maxdubois6385 I got AW3423DWF yesterday and I love it.
@@maxdubois6385 I'm curious to this as well , if you buy from Dell you have a fantastic warranty from what I hear its 3 years that includes burn in for no extra cost.
I moved to the Samsung Mini Led g8 after burn in on my QD oled Alienware in only 7 months. QD oled panels just aren't suitable for any long term productivity.
MiniLed just needs more zones. RedMagic just announced a 5000 zone monitor for 2024, its getting there.
Mini led ips lcd with 5088 mini led zones seems like my end game monitor for me, the 4k resolution on 27 inches make everything crystal clear, the 160hz provides buttery smooth, 5088 mini led zones which create minimal blooming and very similar to oled and all that with no risk of burn in for every task you do. Until then we will have to wait for a test for that monitor.
For passive content consumption this is true but for gaming local dimming will add additional processing delay that's absent on an OLED so you'll have to make a pretty big sacrifice there
@@islaymmmim pretty sure techless showed in the video about processing lag 9:48
360hz ann then we´re talking @@TrinhNguyen-qc1ry
@@ameserich lol I didn't finish the video. Maybe this ktc model is an outlier or maybe it's improving to a significant degree, but generally speaking processing lag gets longer with local dimming enabled. Refer to HUB and MUB if in doubt
This is seriously the most underrated channel, amazing work man, i'd love if you could make a video on the current sate of Freesync, gsync, vsync and fast sync and the best case usage for each type.
I bought the G9 neo over an OLED monitor because I usually have bought a monitor and used it for 6-7 years. I got a 3440x1440 back when they were still pretty new in 2015/16 and just upgraded. if I got burn in after 3 years it would kind of ruin the investment for me. besides the upgrade to mini-led was so much better than the regular IPS panel I had before. It was a good panel in 2015, but no HDR or local dimming so blacks were pretty grey.
Super informative video with good comparison and explanation. I probably won't notice the local dimming imperfections because I hate looking at monitor in dark room (most noticeable I think). Mini Led still has rooms for improvement. Hopefully next year, there will be a lot of cheaper options for mini led and oled monitors.
Watching this on an IPS, I liked C better, guessed A and C were OLEDs, didn't know B was VA but def was a backlit screen, D isn't bad, but something on it was kinda off to me. Can't wait for MicroLED
Could you do a comparison between the KTC M2T20 and the AOC Q27G3XMN with response time performance at 120 and 60 hertz. Both are 27 inch QHD mini LED, would like to see which is best. Thanks
As someone who oddly prefers miniled I will say burn in risk is overated on current oled displays. I did have a Samsung s7 that experienced burning from watching KZhead videos but current displays have developed ways to minimize risk of burn in. So much so that a KZhead burn in test of the OLED Nintendo switch have set on a single screen for over a year with no real sign of burn in
It's still a dice roll tbh. People were saying burn in was "a thing of the past" when I got mine, so I expected it to last longer than just a few years. It's so freeing not having to worry about it anymore...
minimize risk vs no risk at all - the best bet is to grab mini led and use that till micro led is actually affordable.
This is much helpful thankyou ❤
I will say I ended up sticking with my LG C2 over the $3000 PA32UCG MINI LED, the contrast and ability to turn off pixels looks better to the eyes than 1700 nit brightness. It took awhile to fully conclude but I have no doubts or regrets
I saw reviews that a Hisense mini-led q-led out performs over the lg C2
The black level matters more than the brightness for HDR gaming. I got a great deal on a 40-inch LG C2 for under 600 dollars, and it looks much better than most 1000-nit monitors I’ve tried.
@@DraconicA5 ineed, it’s crazy on paper but to the eye, so much more pleasing
I think the OLED screens are plenty bright, I have had to squint watching some HDR content on my MacBook Pro with mini led screen (1600nit peak). 800-1000 nit is enough for me. Also anti burn in tech has come so far that it’s not a problem for TVs anymore. If you get enough dimming zones mini-led could be perfect for computers. My MacBook Pro has 2000 dimming zones on a 14” screen. I do see blooming but only on high contrast hdr footage
You are smoking something to be comparing a middle shelf TV to a pro grade photo processing monitor, two very different things
Top video, excellent and clear explanation.
Hi! Excellent video as always. How could I contact you to ask you some questions regarding to DisplayCAL? Thank you 😁
Greate work man you just elaborated each and every thing nicely.
@techless What’s the best monitor for competitive console gaming on ps5?
Very nice unbiased review. You did a great job showing the pros n cons
great knowledgeable video, what monitors do you personally use?
Thanks! I'm basically using whatever I'm reviewing at the moment. But I'm also trying to get as many hours as possible on the LG OLED to see if it will burn in (and I also really enjoy it a lot for gaming and content consumption).
my whole thing is motion blur as it helps me a lot. Over a year or so ago you did a review on the ex2510, and I bought it instantly coming from a 60hz benq. Now i want to upgrade again and idk if i want to save up for the ex2710qm or just pull the trigger on the xl2566k.. 🤔@@techlessYT
Do you recommend the KTC M27T20 over the MSI G274QPF-QD?
The only place where mini-LED looks as good as OLEDs is cinematic experience. That also happens to be the only place where OLEDs are least prone to burn in. Mini LEDs are crap in desktop work compared to OLEDs (I speak from experience) - but it is also the most burn in inducing task for OLEDs… Why can’t we just have the perfect tech?
Just at the 0:43 mark for Sample D, watching on a VA panel I immediately saw the camera capturing the halo around the fruit on the left. Since the rest of the blacks looked good and A and C didn't have this effect it was pretty obvious that D was the Mini LED from this alone. You also need to factor in other aspects that make OLEDs better than LCDs such as superior response times for the OLED which cannot be fixed by introducing dimming zones on the back light. An LCD will always be an LCD.
This. It's oleds are better because it's the much simpler tech, yet delivers better results. No algo for backlight necessary, it's just binary for every pixel. My theory is still that if anything, oleds will get a "brightness boost backlight", but in the end everything will be an oled.
Hey! what about gaming? if you take the KTC at 144hz and the oled at the same refresh rate (you as a fps player), is it very noticeable the difference in response time, etc? Thank you!
Response times in a display aren't noticable as a time delay between your input and it showing on screen (a difference of 1-2 ms isn't noticable by most people) However, when a pixel changes color, this takes some time (the response time), making objects in motion slightly blurry or washed out. Since the change from one color to another happens instantaneously with OLED, everything looks much crisper in motion.
@@thatoneguy385 thanks for the explanation!
Curious if Oled is more energy efficient thanks to it's ability to not turn on individual pixels (in addition to having lower Nit brightness capabilities)
I just got the ktc H27T22 but seeing all these sales making me think i picked wrong anyone have any better recommendations ?
Can you do a monitor review on the hp omen 27qs? its been out for 5 months but no reviews on here at all only threads about it, just wondering if i should get the 27qs or the alienware 2723df or the LG 27gr83qb
I have a 34" ultrawide OLED monitor for gaming, but I also use a laptop for watching movies and general media consumption. Right now I'm still using my old IPS laptop, but I am looking to upgrade that. Just not sure if I should go with OLED or Mini-LED. What do you recommend, if image quality is the utmost priority?
Bro do you recommend AOC LED 25g3zm 240hz ? i need your answer please : )
Oled also has the advantage of ultra low grey-to-grey response times so it virtually has no motion blur, the only two downsides (which also is a doubled edged sword) is the low brightness of oled. If you want more brightness there is a lot more risk of burn in.
I love my Innocn Mini Led Monitor. For under 500$ 4k 27" it's a steal for what i use it for. Which is mostly video editing and content consumption. The dimming zones are definitley noticiable but arent that big of a deal. The image is absolutely beautiful and color accurate. My end game would be this same monitor but with more zones and higher refresh rate. That would be perfect and that future monitor will still probably cost less than 1000$ when it comes out which will be the deciding factor over OLEDs if their prices dont go down.
Monitor A looked neutral, B had backlight and a bit oversaturated, C was undersaturated and D was also oversaturated but without easy to see backligth. From there, I was guessing each correctly, but I think if A, B and D were callibrated to have identical colors, telling A from D might be difficult. Looking more closely, there also seems to be some aliasing, especially for monitors A and C, indicating that they may be 1440p vs 4k for D.
The difference in aliasing is probably caused by how the camera sensor pixel layout (X-Trans) interacts with the different pixel layouts. It's the newest gen triangular RGB for A, and WRGB for C and regular RGB stripe for B and D. All of them have basically the same pixel density.
Man I wish microled was already full mainstream available at cheap prices
Can you test the msi 24c4 E2?
PLEASE MAKE REVIEW OF Cooler Master Tempest GP27U because i really struggled to fix the colors and with the HDR !!
I won't be getting either Mini LED or OLED. But currently, I've been struggling with trying to decide between several brands of monitors and have yet to figure out which to get. The specs I'm looking for are: 32" UHD [4K] IPS 144hz ^ I've looked at LG, ASUS, DELL, and Samsung...and have no idea which way to go. I currently have an LG 32" 4K IPS monitor, but it is the 60hz model. Been thinking that upping the hz would be good, but when these monitors are so expensive, I've had a hard time deciding what to do. What would you your advice?
Anyone? @techlessYT
You didn't mention your use case
@@0hMyGandhi Gaming, mostly. 4K Youtue [as it does make a different between 4K and 1440]. I play games like Ghostwire Tokyo, Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Modded Skyrim,...things like that. Thanks, if you can offer advice on which brand/model.
Gigabyte m32u, or MSI MPG321UR-qd if you can spring it, quantum dots really do help with colors, 85% coverage of rec.2020!
@@Zicrixdoesart I appreciate the input. 🙂
I have a 27” oled sitting right next to a 27” mini led monitor. I 100% agree with everything stated here. High APL games like Spider-Man Miles Morales? I play on my mini led. Low APL games like Resident Evil 2 Remake? I play on my oled. Also, very glad you highlighted at 3:39 how teeny tiny highlights (0.01% window size?) are far far less bright on mini led displays than oled. It makes a huge difference in hdr impact and cannot be emphasized enough how much of a limitation this is for mini LED monitors and TV’s.
I say the worst cases for mini-LED are star maps or just games with view of the starry sky. Mass Effect's maps looked terrible and even the sky in Terraria looks awful. I've also noticed in some cases to prevent the bloom they sometimes completely crush out stars.
@@Skylancer727 What screen do you have? I really don't have any issues with stars in dark skies or anything like that on my monitor
what is APL?
@@Skylancer727 I have the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 Mini-LED and I don't have a problem with how the stars look in space themed games like Mass Effect and Starfield. It's fine. I barely even notice any ghosting or blooming.
Is there a general Problem with freesync and Oled Monitors? My ktc g27p6 flickers in loading screens with freesync on.
Seems like that's just a ktc thing
@@ShadowLady1 Yes it is
I will answer it before watching. In perfect contidion oled will be better. But in a bright room with natural light there will be no siginicant difference, except the fact you will get a way brighter display from mini leds. Now if you are a pro oleds do have a better response times but for general use. This also depends on the refresh rate of the mini led panel as for example 540hz TN from Asus is generally better than current oleds in motion clarity.
A year back i got a Samsung Neo G7 which is a 32'' 4k 165hz miniled VA with 1200 dimming zones. And its highlights at certain points reach 2000 nits with HDR on. HDR looks amazing, i dont have to worry about burnin, its WAAAAAAAAAAY brighter overall compared to an oled panel and its a perfect size and resolution for my use case. Downsides are... viewing angles are not great, but they arent disgusting either. For me thats not a dealbreaker anyways. I mean i use my monitor head on so yea, got no problems with that. 2nd thing, small bright highlights like dots on pitch black background when local dimming is on, can have a little bit of blooming but thats to be expected with miniled. All in all iam willing to try gen 3 oleds with the same size and resolution when they release next year but my next monitor will probably be a miniled with ~5000 dimming zones.
i got the neo g8 and feel the same way when i got it i also got a qd-oled at the same time and tested both for a month and kept the better one i didnt like how dim oled was
Can you please review Dell G2524H monitor? Even if you don't have a chance to review it, can you tell me your opinions about this monitor, it is very cheap in my country?
I just had to take a second to say this video has incredible production quality.
Excellent breakdown.
Great comparison and very informative. Thanks!
I went QD-OLED with the alienware some months ago and I will keep using that until microled is in and buyable at a fair price. Oled monitors are decently priced now and I imagine mine will last atleast 5-6 years with little to no burn in as I mainly just use it for gaming and have another monitor for productivity.
We'll probably be having QDEL displays sooner than microLEDs and they're even better.
MicroLED is likely still 10 years out. We haven't remotely solved the problems with it and have had better luck making completely new display types instead. Full emissive QD-OLED is more likely to be close enough to microLED to most and that should come in the next 3-5 years.
Yea, amazon has been having some good sales on oled monitor lately. Sadly, I paid full price for my alienware for being impatient :(
@@Skylancer727 yeah we will see, samsung has already produced microled tv's but they are very expensive and a lot harder to make atm.. This reminds me of what OLED was like 5-6 years ago. Now you can get oled monitors that are priced within 1000 dollars and tv's as well when before the monitors were non existent and the tv's were insanely priced.
@@KingsDR It just means new better versions will most likely be coming out. Looks like alienware will be releasing 4k ones and 32" sizes too.. I could see them going for the 38 or a larger size as well. I have the DWF QOLED from them and love it, 34" is the perfect size for 1440p. Anything less is too small imo, and anything more screws the pixels.
I could easily tell which one is the VA and which one is the Mini LED. I just had to turn my phone's brightness to max, 2 in the monrning and it feels like someone threw a flashbang at me. Thanks techless 😁
Using Innocn hdmi 2.1 monitor with 1152 dimming zones … consider the latest upcoming QD Oled monitor.. but I am concern with the 250nits brightness level limit for well lit rooms
To say the Mini LED is worse than OLED isn't really an argument (I'm not saying this video is useless, but it's very informative). Mini LED is meant to be a product in between regular LCD and OLED. Sort of like 'OLED quality at an LCD price' kinda marketing.
Really glad with my aliendware qd oled monitor, amazing picture quality with amazing clarity and response time. The only and only issue I have with it is the risk of burn in, but other than that I can easily use for atleast 5-6 years without the need to upgrade
Brother could you please please review the LG 27gr75q-b? It is one of the only bang for buck 1440p 165hz gaming monitor at a low price in India and Vietnam currently. I don't know how long it will be this cheap and there are no reviews of this. Please at least tell me if I can buy this one or not.
I own it since three months and I absolutely love it. For me, I love its design, colors, decent sharpness. It has a hard coating like normal. There's however a noticeable IPS light bleed in one corner. If you are not too picky, go for it, in my opinion.
Well... what I decided to use is QE55QN85C mini-led TV as... a monitor/TV hybrid. Obviously not at desk very close, but like a meter away, mostly to display spreadsheets for work. I didn't use it yet, seems like a dumb idea but... had limited space to work with in my new flat. So space arrangement is a bit unusual to say the least. Desk that doubles as coffee table, repurposed from gaming desk meant for kids (lifts from 50 cm to 81 cm via electric motor within)... the idea being that for work I just bring it up to full height, shift it a bit closer to tv, drag gaming chair behind it, and use the setup as such. Will let you know how it works out.
is there a chance to review the ktc m32p10 monitor
Hard to tell with compressed KZhead video where shadow details does not exist by definition. My first guess is Sample D is MiniLED. And i was right. Black level is just not there. Also i am sure that it would be much more noticable in person, because its still an LCD and they always have backlight leaks if watched from the angle. And for a monitor it is very noticable.
I was able to tell that sample D was the mini led, though I am watching on a shitty LCD phone, so take everything I say with a grain of Halite. 0:11 Panel D stuck out, as the grapes looked a lot greener than for panel C, and oleds are able to nail golden shades better. 0:14 Also the honey was a lot brighter, so that is another potential giveaway.
Is there any miniLED monitor with glossy finish?
I have the KTC M27T20, but in the local dimming settings I don't have the *auto* option, I was wondering if that's on the new firmware or only on the Pro version of the monitor..
New firmware 😊
@@techlessYT Is there any difference between the US and the UE version?
I got the LG 27GR95QE oled a week ago. Before I have been gaming on the LG 27GP850 IPS and an LG C2 65" oled. The new display are both of these combined. There is no denying this is the "end-game" monitor for me. A lot of games have a whole new feeling when playing them, also I do play mostly in a dark room so no backlight-bleed/blooming is something I'm glad the oled is without.
I got the 27GR95QE recently as well. I’ve been pretty happy with it and it’s my first OLED and actually HDR capable monitor. I did notice a dead pixel after a short use though and I’ll be sending it for warranty after the holidays. Another problem that I never had with my IPS is VRR flicker which can be quite annoying sometimes. I would also much prefer glossy coating on the panel and the matte screen coating has a ”grainy” look to it with certain colors.
@@Simon_Denmark Could be the nature of a dodgy computer monitor,TVs don’t have this issue so it’s still in its infancy for sure
@@Jza-GZa If you meant the VRR gamma flicker, it’s a common issue on OLED monitors AND TV’s. It doesn’t only affect monitors. I think that some VA panels have it too. LG has even addressed it themself. LG has even added a warning in the settings that flickering may occur in certain conditions.
This is by far the best video I have seen on the subject. Some people think OLED is always better and anything else is so much worse. Mini LED has so much potential, just way more zones and better response times.
OLED's just way overrated. It is the best in most areas at the moment... but only very slightly better than the best LED has to offer. And outside of extreme case scenarios, people won't notice any blooming when just watching movies or playing games. For most part, to even see a difference you'll need to be playing in a very dark room in the first place for most content. And within a few years from now that difference will be signicantly smaller again.
@@thenonexistinghero "OLED's just way overrated. It is the best in most areas at the moment..." - How does that sentence even make sense? You just admitted that OLED is superior and yet at the same time still say it's overrated. You're just being delusional. OLED is superior and will remain superior to miniLED in both contrast and colour vibrancy. "And within a few years from now that difference will be significantly smaller again" - In those few years, you think OLED will remain stagnant and wait for miniLED to catchup? OLED itself is steadily improving and is getting more efficient and burn-in resistant than before with QD-OLED (and with blue phosphorescent OLEDs on the way) so it only needs to get brighter and be burn-in resistant and OLED will retain its position as the gold standard for displays while miniLED will pretty much remain as entry-level quality display.
The only display tech that'll be able to overthrow OLED is microLED (which is unlikely due to it's FAR more complex issues) and QDEL (Electroluminescent Quantum Dot displays).
@@fidelisitor8953 OLED still has significant burn in issues, which is why Alienware had to start putting 3 year burn in warranties onto their QD-OLED monitors. Mini LED has no burn in issues. The number of dimming zones will keep on going up as the tech matures, while being significantly cheaper than OLED. For productivity Mini LED is superior to OLED. For super bright content Mini LED is superior to OLED.
@BeggProductions Same here. I'm really satisfied with my 65 inch Mini LED. We don't have to deal with wide viewing angles when watching TV so the drawbacks of VA Mini LED panels aren't important to us.
Can't wait for next gen with more local dimming zones, probably gonna upgrade with rest of specs same as my current nano-IPS.
I have the KTC M27P20P and have to say... I love this monitor.
something i was always wondering, does Local Dimming work in SDR too or is it restricted to HDR?
It works (usually) in SDR too, but then you're even more at the mercy of the local dimming algorithm inside the display, as SDR content contains less information about the brightness of the content being displayed.
@@thatoneguy385 thx for clarifying, i think i will stick with OLED until MicroLED is affordabe
Could you review ASUS TUF VG249QM1A and the LG 24GN65R please? 🙏🏼
I have used a Mini LED monitor same model (m27t20) as the vedio for over half year, and figured out that the color accuracy under HDR mode is acutually the biggest problem. Since there're almost no color calibration resolution under HDR playback.
How is one suppose to compare the tv picture on video playing on their? The picture is the one your tv produces not the ones being discussed. If I can see the difference between MiniLEd and OLEF on my 15 year old tv that is neither, then it can’t be that great as my old TV reproduced the blacks. But great video and explanation. Thanks
very great video, congrats. subscribed.
Even though you sacrifice contrast, I usually used my cooler master miniled monitor without the backlight or set to minimum. I'd rather have a bit less contract, but basically no distractions, because I found the blooming way to distracting with anything higher than minimal backlight dimming set.
Please can you do the Alienware 34 ultrawide F vs Samsung Odyssey neo g7 32 miniled?
Can u review the msi g244f?
I could easily tell that sample A and sample C were OLED monitors at 720p youtube quality and 2% monitor brightness. For some people Mini-LED might suffice but after my LG C2 there's no way in hell I'm letting my next monitor be anything other than a glossy OLED. Only problem I can think of is text rendering but that is fixable to some degree, I believe.
OLED monitors cost more and LG OLED tvs have no displayport. OLEDs also still have burn in issues, which is why Alienware has a 3 year burn in warranty because they know the issue still persists. Mini LED was created as an alternative to OLED, with similar dimming tech but without the burn in issues. The final version will be Micro LED but that's still some time away.
I'm waiting as the mini-led technology will be more mature with at least 10000 zones on 27" and without flickering problems. OLED is a NoGo for me as a computer monitor. This technology is great to watch a movie or play a game from time to time but not to work on it 8+ hours per day. Conclusion: OLED TV - yes sure. OLED PC monitor - hell no.
4:18 how did you simulate the backlighting animations with different zone counts as a monochrome output? looks pretty insane tbh and hard to come by such a nice illustration!
Desaturate to black & white to remove the colour while keeping the luminance then run a pixel grid filter effect over the top, done. 👍
@@Sean-fj9pn thank you!
can you please explain why you are saying that for productivity on a mini Led is better to turn off local dimming? I get that local dimming is not perfect, but why no dimming at all would be better?
How can OLED diplays on laptop avoid burn in such as the ones used in Dell laptops? If you were going to get burn it it would seem like you would definitely get it on a laptop with the taskbar and spending extended periods of time in one particular software interace?
I have the KTC 27" miniLED monitor and i am totally satisfied. Great brightness 🔅 (its really bright) and no tearing anymore. Perfect for gaming and regular use. Its half the price of an OLED monitor. OLEDs are flickering in dark areas if you game 🎮
Can you review new koorui gn10 monitor?
Minileds are better with more zones and a higher native contrast ratio. High zone count VA panels are much more appropriate for HDR content. I'd rather have a 1000 zone VA panel vs a 2000 zone IPS panel
i can't take IPS glow anymore. VA has its issues but unless you're a competitive pro gamer, fuck IPS
@@Amfibios Except there are only a few VA panels with Mini-LED and Samsung and their crap QC makes 2 of them. Can't find one that actually works personally so at the moment I'm using an Asus PG32UQXR which is amazing with only 576 zones and fast IPS, it's damn near if not better in some ways than my OLED.
Do you have a review for Samsungs 57” VA monitor?
Do you have a website where you archive those tests at 9:12? (it's not in the description)
These need to be measured with a special tool - I'm using the OSRTT with custom settings.
@@techlessYTRight, but I had hoped that we could maybe view them somewhere, independently from dedicated videos, all the graphs for the panels you've tested that is.
@@jesperburns Ah sorry, I've misread your comment. I usually make a post on patreon for every monitor I test containing the response time tables and UFOs for all (or at least the most relevant) OD modes and refresh rates. I typically don't share the graphs of the individual transitions though (would be a lot of data..).
@@techlessYT Excellent revenue model ;) Thanks! I guess I'll check those out when shopping for my next monitor.
Fantastic video, very informative thanks for it:). 1 tip to consider, perhaps lose the “Gerald Undone” look away. Once I saw it I became more focused on when you would do it next, than listening to the content:).
I love black levels of OLED but now I'm trying to choose a laptop, shoul I consider Mini-LED laptop if I do gaming 30% of the time and 70% of coding in dark themed code editor? Will I see the blooming and stuff?
I had a Samsung Neo G7 and I loved and hated it in equal measure. Strongly dislike the curve, which as a monitor for productivity and graphic design, made it very difficult to really have an understanding of how my image was actually look on a flat screen. Blooming is a massive issue. What good is contrast if scenes with challenging white and black differences become a chore for the dimmng algorithm to make sense of? I made the mistake of watching The Expanse on my Neo G7 thinking that those inky blacks of space would look so great, and it was a horrible experience. Small bright spots, even with 1100+ dimming zones would blow out the surrounding darkness, making it every bit as noticable as backlight bleed or VA "smear". Also, because color accuracy often degrades when dimming and HDR are turned on, i would often leave these off for desktop use and it made me feel like a fool. The ultimate goal for a monitor in my eyes is to be absolutely a swiss army knife. If i have to baby it or finangle with the settings for every single use case, it becomes an annoyance. Improved zone counts will help, but mini led still relies on hdr to look good, whereas a bunch of the OLEDs I've used look great no matter what you throw at them.
So basically mini LED needs more dimming zones/ better or more filters.
Not necessarily more dimming zones, it depends on the manufacturer. For TV, Sony with 576 zones is better than Samsung with 1200: kzhead.info/sun/g5erY5h_fYiPoqs/bejne.html
5000 zones mini-LED TVs and monitors are already announced this year. Pretty much the next gen mini-LED models will come around mid 2024. And they will bring the secret sauce Quantum Dots to battle OLED. Examples: TCL QD-MiniLED TV X955 (5,184 zones) REDMAGIC 4K 160Hz Mini-LED gaming monitor with 5088 zones.
I am so happy I got my LG 27" OLED. Comparing the Omen x25f to it makes the tn panel look like a washed out flashback from a movie or anime
The oled black crush in the first couple seconds practically deleting some of the cherrys. Oleds are great but they def have drawbacks too
I got a Neo G8 recently and the 1196 zones is an absolutely huge upgrade over any edge-lit display. It makes me wonder how many you'll need before Mini-LED can look the same as OLED. It's basically a race as to whether Mini-LED can get enough zones or whether OLED can fix it's issues.
Im not gonna lie, there is way too much distortion in this video to even tell the differences in black, not even the oleds are coming up as black in the video Viewing from my own oled
I hope KZhead will process this video in AV1 soon. The default VP9 codec unfortunately causes lots of artefacts.
Ahh that makes alot more sense as to why its so much more distorted then usual @@techlessYT
Me avoiding oled because of burn in : Also me 1 year after I bought a VA panel and I see my whole taskbar printed on it : 👁👄👁
M32P10 has 1152 dimming zones which is more than double, so I bet it's getting into imperceivable territory if larger bright objects are already hard to distinguish between mini-LED and OLED.
But the M32P10 is IPS. It'll have smaller sections of blooming, but they'll be much more jarring. Mini-LED only makes sense with IPS monitors if we're talking several thousand zones. If you want to get by with 500-1000, it'd better be a good quality VA (which is what most brands do on their TV's).
@@phahq I bought the M32P10 and it arrived yesterday. I can tell you the only time I ever notice the blooming is when using the desktop or looking at a browser. All other content I don't see any blooming whatsoever. It's very noticeable at an angle, but IPS are made to be looked directly at anyway. So if you want a budget HDR setup, I highly recommend it!
@@Zadrave Yeah, I understand the point of view. In actual content, with the exception of starry skies and that sort of thing, the HDR on 1000-zone IPS is pretty good. I don't disagree. But I'm the "see it once and can't unsee it" kind of person. Don't get me wrong, I'd totally be down for a 2000+ zone IPS, as I still much prefer their presentation over VA (better viewing angles and more consistent transitions for all RGB levels). But, at 1000 zones, it has to be VA for me, LCD wise. Though, truthfully, a TV like the S90C is bright enough in HDR to hold me over till better LCD or microLED tech comes along.
Well, it's not just dimming zones that matter. Also the dimming algorhythm. Sony TV's have the best one and it shows since their do have a pretty low zone count.
Very nice video. Yeah the mini led is doing great but you can still figure it out by looking at a bright spot, that backlight still bleeds into the darks that are next to a bright object.
The colour fringing on oled is negated by high DPI and scaling. For laptop displays and smaller oled is ideal.
i got the traditional LCD and mini LED LCD right but i mixed WOLED and QDOLED
11:50 the pixel size local dimming is basically micro led
Its tricky, I would like to use OLED, because its faster for gaming. If Mini-LED becomes so good, that there is no percievable difference with blooming, it will be the new default. Hopefully Mini-LED can keep up with the Refreshrates.
From my perspective, OLED technology has faced criticism for its susceptibility to burn-in, but it's important to consider the broader context of this issue. Human nature predisposes us to focus more on negative aspects and potential threats, which in this case, amplifies the perceived problem of burn-in with OLED. Moreover, it's worth noting the competitive dynamics in the display market, where LCD manufacturers have a vested interest in highlighting the drawbacks of OLED technology to maintain their market position (against LG and now Samsung). However, a key point often overlooked is the widespread adoption of OLED screens in smartphones. Despite the fact that most phone displays are OLED, concerns about burn-in are notably absent. This discrepancy is intriguing, especially when considering that, according to recent data, the average person spends around 3 hours and 15 minutes on their phone daily, often interacting with static UI elements - a scenario seemingly ripe for burn-in. This leads to an interesting observation: the issue of burn-in with OLEDs might be more of a theoretical concern than a practical one. In reality, the average consumer is likely to upgrade their TV or monitor long before any significant burn-in becomes apparent. Thus, while the concern over OLED burn-in isn't unfounded, it is perhaps exaggerated, both due to human psychological tendencies and competitive pressures in the display industry. Sincerely yours, a happy owner of LG C8 for 5 years.
The issue is,Apparently samsung had an old oled and it pretty much installed this fear early on back in the day,Now,Tech has advanced and OLED is exceptional and pretty much sorted,Burn in is rare especially in newer models especially what you use it for and what room you stick it in.Apart from that,They are so much superior to any other screen and no screen can come close to its self emitted pixel count,On top of insane contrast and superior movie watching,With game modes that have the fastest input lag you simply can’t get on other TVs.
@@Jza-GZa Oled still has a burn in problem
@@michaelandrews4783 FUD - i've used OLED screens exclusively since 2015, for TV and multiple computer/laptop screens that i use for 8+ hours a day. Never have i encountered any form of burn-in or retention effects. The last time i saw any burn-in was on my first-gen HTC Desire (Amoled) phone in 2012, well over a decade ago.
I got burn in on my phone
Learn to talk properly, my man. 😂
Before the first minute I actually thought the QD-OLED was the miniLED 😂
The problem with miniled pc monitors is that local dimming is not working well in SDR, only in HDR. And as most movies and tv series are in SDR well... That's the experience I had with the KTC 27" 1440p VA miniled at least.
How does it not work well in SDR? Could you elaborate?
@@_Doskiiits just doesnt, colors are washed out, no blacks. Maybe with recent nvidias sdr -> hdr gpu accelerated conversion it would be working just fine.
mini-LED is ramping up in zones amounts, 27" 4K 5000 zones monitors are already announced. 384 zones mini-LED monitors are just the first gen, next gen is almost here and 2024 will be a battle vs OLED and mini-LED.
they better hurry up, i am using the 14" 10k dimming zones 1600nits HDR display from my mbp for 3 years now. I need something way bigger badly, but i am unwilling to spent a lot of money for something thats not even in the ballpark.
now if you had INNOCN 27M2V which has more than 1000 local dimming zones... it would have been very interesting FR
What is the best 2k 170hz mini led in the market
Mico led will make OLED obsolete, but that's still a few years to a decade away. Monitors with >2000 zones already close the gap extremely well and great for monitors due to no worry about burn-in. I do too much productivity work to have an OLED for a monitor, so the PG32UQX works well for me. I really want a mini-led ultrawide ips, but for some reason that is taking forever to come out.
With the upcoming technology upgrades coming to OLED it won't become obsolete anytime soon infact OLED will be the way to go in the future
@@pjotrnygard1447 organics will always suffer degradation.
Personally I prefer the brightness of mini led over the absolute blacks of oled. I actually like to see when I'm playing and not be in complete darkness. Most games I feel the need to up the gamma on anyways. Also oled is like double the price of mini led. The mini led's colors are pretty close in vibrancy to oled to my eyes. Especially when comparing to non mini led and non oled monitors. I also like to have my monitors/tv's last more than 3-5 years. I used to have a plasma TV and burn in was a really bad issue. I know burn in on oled can be reduced or fixed but it basically is reducing the blues overtime. Also the organic nature of oled means it won't last as long. TV and monitor technology is getting so advanced we won't really need anything new for a very long time. Once you get 4k 144hz with vrr your pretty much set for life. The only other thing I'd like is the variable resolution tech that allows you to have native 4k and 1080p on the same display. But I doubt that will come to tv's and I use large displays. Micro led will be superior to anything we have now but it won't be affordable for over a decade. Rumors suggest that 2024 will have better mini led and oled tech but we will have to see. Unless gpus get cheaper and still get better at 4k gaming, I might just have to go back to 1080p 😭
oled is excellent technology. nearly perfect in every aspect. the only deterrent is the overblown concern of burning in, which is practically not an issue in most usage cases. oled will not be easily dethroned.
Even today technology is still trying to catch up with some qualities of CRT monitors like zero lag and perfect motion clarity. However I appreciate not having to mess with screen geometry.