4K QD-OLED vs. 4K WOLED: What You Need to Know

[caffeine774]

I have been using full HD LCD monitors and am now considering purchasing an OLED 4K monitor.
I was curious to read that you "recommend WOLED monitors if you like competitive gaming and QD-OLED monitors if you like single player gaming."
I understand that there is a difference between these two methods in terms of expressive power, but am I correct in assuming that the difference is minor compared to the difference between a full HD LCD monitor and a 4K OLED monitor?

Translated with DeepL.com

 

[Burty117]

So you use your TV for productivity? Of course not. TV's aren't a problem they don't have static objects other than stupid logos. I have no problem buying an OLED TV but this is about a desktop monitor and if you don't basically just game or watch videos all day, using one in a work environment with apps like Photoshop or rendering programs open all day is going to be highly problematic. I don't care if it lasts the entirety of the pathetic 3 year warranty, I expect at least 10 years from a monitor that will cost $2K+ where I live and there's not a snowball's chance in hell OLED for productivity will last the distance

Again, I'm not worried, I feel like we'd have far more reports of the Gen1 panels being ruined by now if they were so easy to "burn-in".

I work from home a lot these days, so the screen will get used for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Various SSH Windows, Powershell Windows, a lot of web browsing, Teams, remoting onto various things throughout the day etc...

Then in the evenings, a bit of gaming, anything from Battlebit to BG3, Halo to Mass Effect, Heroes of the Storm to Helldivers 2, all down to what I fancy at the time.

I'll let you know in 10 years whether I regretted getting the screen or not. If it fails before hand, I'll also report back.

Lets put it this way though, I bought a 27inch 1440p 165Hz IPS screen over 12 years ago now, enjoyed every moment of it, friend of mine bought his first 1440p monitor late last year, he's blown away by how much better it is over his old 1080p screen.

I'm sure in another 10 years, I'd have enjoyed 4k@240Hz OLED the whole time while he finally gets on the upgrade wagon.

 

[Squid Surprise]

I have been using full HD LCD monitors and am now considering purchasing an OLED 4K monitor.
I was curious to read that you "recommend WOLED monitors if you like competitive gaming and QD-OLED monitors if you like single player gaming."
I understand that there is a difference between these two methods in terms of expressive power, but am I correct in assuming that the difference is minor compared to the difference between a full HD LCD monitor and a 4K OLED monitor?

Translated with DeepL.com

You are correct - the difference between the LG and Asus/MSI/Dell will be quite minor compared to the difference between ANY of them and an LCD.

If you're content watching/gaming, the OLED is vastly superior.

 

[Disiw]

OLED is vastly superior than LCD for gaming/video. Motion clarity is way better, even the fastest LCD has smearing where OLED has pretty much instant pixel response.

However if your primary use is coding / text only in a bright room, then OLED is not for you. It is not worth it here.

OLED can work in a bright room but it excels in a dark environment where it absolutely stomps on LCD. Difference is clear as day vs night.

Immersion is insane on OLED when gaming at night. No LCD even comes close. Regardless of how many dimming zones and lipstick you put on the LCD.

No backlighting system can beat per pixel control.

 

[bandit8623]

Flawed testing, any 24/7/365 testing for OLED is flawed because pixel cleaning happens in standby mode.

I have tons of OLED panels and zero burn-in at all. Never seen it actually and my first OLED phone was 15 years ago, my first OLED TV was 8 years ago. Never going back to garbage LCD thats for sure. My PC monitor is the last LCD panel. I will never again buy this dated tech. Replacing it this year or next.

I always laugh when people point out OLED burn-in, while accepting LCD issues on day one;

Smearing, backlight bleed, blooming, slow response times, corner glow (ips/va), bad viewing angles (and lowered contrast if wide viewing angle filter is used), low contrast, bad HDR, bad uniformity just to name a few. The tech is flawed beyond fixing, which is why Samsung Display stopped LCD development completely a few years ago.

Also, FALD and Mini LED backlight looses most (or sometimes, all) funtionality in game mode because it needs around 200-400 ms to control the backlight properly, which is not possible in low input lag modes like game or pc mode. Sad.

The high-end market is going towards OLED and away from LCD for a reason. LCD should only be used in low to mid-end stuff really.

It was the same when I bought my plasma TV in 2008. Sales spewing LCD is better blah and no burn in... Guess what?still have my Panasonic plasma an zero burn in.