My current Lenovo monitor is a pretty nice IPS screen. No real complaints at all.
I was at Best Buy this weekend browsing, and saw a monitor demo section where 2 BenQ 27", 280Hz monitors were set up and playing the same images. One was OLED, the other was a Quantum Dot Mini LED. The Quantum Dot Mini LED was the one most people picked for best all-around image quality and viewing angles.
I may very well be looking at a Quantum Dot Mini LED for my monitor upgrade in the not-too-distant future.
Here’s a breakdown from one of my favorite gaming/PC build channels on YouTube, Toasty Bros…
Personally, for visual creative work, like photo manipulation and graphic design, I’d like to suggest true black is more important than intense brightness.
When calibrating my screens with my X-Rite i1Display Pro calibrator. to bring it in-line with standards, I’m actually reducing the brightness of my displays. For example, my (non-OLED) “gaming” monitor when calibrated, is running at just 31% of its capable brightness. My secondary 4K screen is running at 40% brightness.
Where brightness is beneficial, is if your screen is going to be used in a really bright area, like right next to an open window in daylight, or outside during the day. Digital signage (an area I used to work in for years) is the other area brightness is important, but I doubt that’s in the scope here.
So with that in mind, if one wants to retain a good contrast ratio (a high range of tones), without needing to crank brightness (and power) to achieve it, the OLED is arguably a more comfortable and visually superior technology, because it’s black ARE BLACK. Whereas the competing technologies are dark grey by comparison.
Just my thoughts. Your visual preferences, use cases and ultimately budget, are really important, so I wouldn’t begrudge your choice of course, whatever that is!
@Bink if I may please pick your brain. Would it be possible for you to please do a writeup or a tutorial on how did you calibrate your monitors. Tips and Tricks, etc. Did you use any specific ICC color profile, etc.
