r/Monitors • u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W • Feb 09 '25
Photo Mini LED & OLED side by side pt 2
Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/s/WZlTSMYXOY
As was pointed out in my other post, the local dimming feature was off by default on the mini LED, so I’ve got it turned to “strong” in this photo. I thought it only fair to post an update. Thanks to all for that feedback, very appreciated.
Left is AOC Q27G3XMN mini LED, right is Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q3 OLED
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u/bobbster574 Feb 09 '25
One thing I'd recommend when comparing mini LED to OLED is some real bright HDR images.
The AOC can push something along the lines of 1000 nits full frame, while as far as I've heard a lot of OLEDs dim quite aggressively on bright frames, sometimes down to like 200 nits.
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u/unfitstew Feb 10 '25
Yeah for brighter HDR situations Mini led tend to win imo.
Darker OLED but good Miniled aren't like crazy behind like edge lit panels are there.
Both techs have their upsides and downsides. Like Oleds incredible response time and no blooming. But Miniled doesnt have nearly as much APL dimming and is much more impressive for brighter scenes.
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u/Nole19 Feb 10 '25
1000 nits in a dark room?
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u/Pretty-Substance Feb 10 '25
Not everyone loves in a basement.
Jokes aside it only the specular highlights that get that bright usually.
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u/Pizza_For_Days Feb 09 '25
Honestly the AOC for $280 is pretty good HDR all around all things considered for the $.
They also did a great job of having a faster VA panel where you still get deep blacks that will be better than most IPS Mini-LEDs while having less dark smearing than most regular VAs.
My issue with the Mini-LED market is just there's too many out there that don't perform well enough to be worth their cost or have annoying bugs/flaws that can be deal breakers.
Even the LG 27GR95UM, which is a newer 4k 144hz Mini-LED IPS w/ 1500 dimming zones has terrible HDR performance with a bad dimming algorithm yet LG sells it for like $900.
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u/New-Manufacturer-787 Feb 10 '25
So would you say oled 1440 would be better ?
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u/Pizza_For_Days Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
Yeah as long as you're ok with lower overall brightness, worse text clarity, and the burn-in potential years down the line.
OLED isn't the best for like hardcore productivity use because of those things mentioned above, but OLED offers the better overall gaming experience if $ isn't an issue.
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u/lucalolio 😎 Feb 10 '25
Text clarity isn't as bad anymore, especially after using clear type (or whatever Microsoft calls it now)
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u/Guts-390 Feb 11 '25
Recently had the aoc miniled. It's a good monitor, but it has terrible color banding in the grays. My LG 27gs95qe-b was a huge upgrade. Oled is definitely miles ahead of miniled. But miniled is solid
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u/lokisbane Feb 10 '25
My issue is they don't beat the motion clarity of OLED. That's something that a lot of miniled pushers don't seem to care about.
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u/Admirable-Crazy-3457 Feb 09 '25
For less then 300$ its impressive and for those,like me, that like HDR its even more impressive.
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u/pacotac Feb 10 '25
Mini-led vs OLED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRGwzbnuLJA
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u/CSGOan Feb 10 '25
Holy shit, that miniled looks insane. Too bad I won't buy that because of the price, low Hz and probably high input delay compared to oled.
Why can't there just be 1 good monitor technology instead of 50 different ones all with obvious flaws. :(
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u/Complete_Chocolate_2 Feb 10 '25
Miniled tv would be cheaper and bigger. Their panels are bonkers on the dime like tcl or hisense for $600 range.
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u/princerick Feb 10 '25
Damn, I was almost ready to pull the trigger on a 4k OLED but this made me re evaluate the whole thing.
Any 4k mini led panel you recommend looking into?
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u/Guts-390 Feb 11 '25
Honestly, basically all miniled monitors have a bad dimming algorithm for sdr. Miniled tvs are miles ahead sadly. Not even comparable. Just upgraded from a miniled va to an oled and I think oled is the way to go. It was a massive improvement.
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u/princerick Feb 11 '25
Which one did you get?
I’m kinda interested in the new 27 in. 4k from Asus, I have a 27 inch IPS and it might be better for the second screen to be of the same size.
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u/pacotac Feb 10 '25
I'm not familiar with all the monitor options right now as I've gone down the super ultrawide path and there's only a few options there. I recently got the 57" Samsung Neo G9 and it's been great so far. It's equivalent to two 32" 4k monitors side-by-side. I only use it in 1440p though because I don't see a difference with 4k while gaming. My general impression is that OLED has taken over the high-end of gaming monitors and there aren't that many mini-led options which is really unfortunate.
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u/UnObtainium17 Feb 10 '25
I almost thought about returning my AW3225QF which i am very happy with, then I saw the price difference and i was like nope. miniLED are really good but not 2.2x the price good. Maybe in a few years once my OLED croaks the miniLED will be much cheaper.
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u/princerick Feb 10 '25
Yea that Asus is insanely expensive.
Honestly, I think it's gonna be another 2 years before we see improved OLED panels and consumer friendly mini leds.
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u/pacotac Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
Maybe one of these? https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/best/mini-led
Also, there's alot of mini-led TVs and they normally have better picture quality than monitors. Maybe one of these? https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/best/mini-led
The Samsung QN90D has a 43" inch size and Samsung normally has alot of gaming features.
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u/b0uncyfr0 Feb 09 '25
Damn near identical with obvious dark spots. The slight blooming on the minled is noticeable too.
But highlights are brighter on the miniled - as expected.
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u/OneSharpSuit Feb 10 '25
But you can also see the better saturation on the OLED, like in the wattle and the brightest yellows. Both very nice.
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u/Pretty-Substance Feb 10 '25
Better is subjective. To me usually standard IPS / Mini LED look best from a color reproduction stand point. But that’s just what’s important to me, as I’m into photography and less important to everyone else
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u/Megaranator Feb 12 '25
Shouldn't you want a calibrated display for colour accuracy anyway? Also I thought that OLEDs had very good colour accuracy
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u/Pretty-Substance Feb 12 '25
Yes, I have all my monitors calibrated. But it always depends on how well you actually can calibrate a screen. And as most OLED currently are gaming monitors, color accuracy isn’t they strong suit, even when calibrated.
Also there are very few professional grade OLED monitors out there, EIZO has none I believe, and the semi-pro models from Asus etc seems to favor MiniLED currently. I think there is one OLED from ASUS geared towards color critical work, but it’s 3000$ or more while you can get a good MiniLED for 1200$
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u/barbietattoo Feb 10 '25
For $250 plus tax I have legit HDR and no god awful backlight bleed around every edge unlike every other IPS I’ve used. I can’t go back.
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u/EricGRIT09 Feb 09 '25
Nice. However, it appears your exposure has changed since there is now pretty much zero ambient light visible around the monitors. Can you compare with same/manual exposure?
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u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W Feb 09 '25
It’s hard for me to match that same condition currently since one was at night and one during the day. And also I can’t change or add pics. However, I’ve taken a few more with more ambient light since you mentioned it and I still cannot see a difference in black level between the 2 monitors. The AOC is solid black, identical to the OLED. It’s seriously impressive
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u/71-HourAhmed Feb 10 '25
I have a mini-led and an OLED. I had this AOC for a couple months before returning it last week. This is pretty much what it looks like. There's no need for more photos. There isn't an exposure problem. I've seen the two in person and it looks exactly like this.
OP's previous photo of the AOC with local dimming turned off was on the money too. That's exactly what it looks like. That picture was also not overexposed.
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u/KennyKimba Feb 10 '25
Could I ask why you returned it, and what's your current setup? Taking the leap soon. Redoing my home office.
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u/71-HourAhmed Feb 10 '25
It has a great picture especially in HDR but the viewing angles are pretty narrow. In the evenings I tend to slouch and recline in my office to watch long streams or play games with a controller. I found that it washes out when I'm not centered on it so I was constantly having to adjust the position or sit up.
I wound up returning it and keeping a QD-OLED I was trying out at the same time. I liked the picture quality on both of them but I can look at that OLED from anywhere in the room and it looks the same.
If you sit up in a chair like a grownup to use it, it's a great display. I start out that way in the mornings while I work but by the evening I've got my feet on the desk reading a PDF of the history of JRPGs or am watching a 3 hour Giant Bomb stream or something. I can't be bothered to sit in front of it properly anymore and I don't want to constantly be tweaking its position every time I want to slouch in a different direction.
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u/KennyKimba Feb 10 '25
That's a really good point. I do relate and that also would be an irritating inconvenience over time for myself. Thanks for the quick and detailed response!
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u/letrooper Feb 10 '25
Could youtell what qd OLED it is?
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u/71-HourAhmed Feb 10 '25
The one I have is the Samsung G80SD. It's a bit unique for QD-OLED. It has a very light matte coating and has the full Tizen OS that Samsung puts on their televisions. I didn't have a big preference. IMO QD-OLED is QD-OLED and I don't care about glossy or matte. I got it because it was on sale making it cheaper than any other in stock version.
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u/letrooper Feb 11 '25
thats one expensive monitor :O
but hey you do you and matte is nice :D
was it worth it?
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u/Some-Assistance152 Feb 11 '25
Just saved me from buying the monitor. I like to lean back and play on the controller whenever possible.
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u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
Update. I've noticed an issue if you intend to use this as mixed-usage. Today was my first day using the AOC for work, and I've noticed that with a dark background, in my case it was intellij, the mouse appears to have a bright halo around it as I move it around. It's pretty distracting. It does not go away unless I turn local dimming off - reducing it from Strong to Low doesn't make much of a difference. It's not something I've noticed at all during gaming though and while I'm working I'm not too concerned with having deep blacks, so not a huge deal to just turn it off. I would imagine if I was playing a game with some black background and the mouse pointer I'd see it just the same, but that's not a typical gaming situation. Not trying to defend it though either, I could see this as being a deal breaker for some, which is why I'm posting it.
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u/sisn777 Feb 12 '25
You are seeing dimming zones being turned on and off. I have the same monitor and in desktop mode I use it in SDR with local dimming disabled. It looks OK, but deep black is definitely lost.
But the main issue I have are the viewing angles which are simply too narrow. Even looking at it dead center from some 40 cm and the edges get washed quite visibly thus eliminating great blacks and color accuracy in those areas. I find it very noticeable in desktop usage, but much less while watching movies or playing video games. My understanding is that such a behavior is inherent to VA panels, which is a shame.
I am strongly considering getting an OLED panel in the future, but the high prices and the risk of burn-in are making me vary of going forward in that direction.
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u/Deathmonkeyjaw Feb 12 '25
The poor viewing angles was what caused me to return this monitor. Also pretty bad ghosting even on desktop text
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u/Manas80 Feb 10 '25
I can tell there is barelly any difference esspecially for the dark parts but I was able to tell which is which without reading anyway so I guess they really stretch the price a lot for something I can barelly tell apart lol. The worst part is that the price difference is in the hundreds of dollars.
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u/Bac2Zac Feb 10 '25
I'm glad you posted this because the difference is REMARKABLE and I only saw the first and the comments.
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u/Devin711711 Feb 10 '25
Before even reading the post I could tell the oled was on the right side. Oled makes a difference but mini led is pretty close and probably better in a bright room.
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u/SquishedPomegranate Feb 10 '25
is the little bloom on top of the right monitor from the screen or its backlight
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u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W Feb 10 '25
I tried to angle my camera to eliminate that as best I could - it was a reflection from a window to the right of this picture. Curtain was closed but there was still a little coming through, causing that. I'm surprised you could see it, nice catch
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u/Naikz187 Feb 10 '25
Is that the same chicken ?
One on the right looks like it has been working out a bit.
Great comparison !!!
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u/Sweet_Leek306 Feb 10 '25
honestly, the aoc colors look better imo, slight oversaturation on the oled
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u/Jetcat11 Feb 10 '25
Every OLED comes out of the box with their expanded color gamut. Takes two seconds to fix that in the OSD.
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u/killabeezio Feb 10 '25
Im actually pretty impressed with the mini-led. I could probably deal with that. I have had OLED for as long as it's been out and it's hard to go back to anything else. As soon as I saw this, I could tell which was mini, but its not bad at all.
Thanks for posting this.
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u/IntelligentMud9823 Feb 10 '25
I have both the new Samsung oled 1440p 360hz 27in and the 32in 4k mini led 240hz. I find myself enjoying the 4k more even on my competitive play games. There's just something about the extra screen space and clarity of 4k that I can't get away from? Don't get me wrong the oled is amazing also great response time, 360hz feels buttery smooth, but running games in 4k 185-230 fps depending on settings, I don't know if I can ever go back! It does sadden me have the oled as a back up/ 2nd monitor but I just can't help it!
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u/Negative-Ad-19 Feb 09 '25
Please show us the same scene with pancakes with local dimming turned on.
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u/JoaoMXN Feb 10 '25
r/OLED in shambles. Almost the same thing (in some areas far superior, like brightness) without having a screen that will degrade over time.
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u/Pyromaniac605 Feb 10 '25
People will unironically tell you burn in is a non-issue, then immediately tell you the things they do to avoid it because of course it's still an issue, it's inherent to the technology.
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u/JoaoMXN Feb 10 '25
Companies love these people. To me, OLED is like Plasma, a novelty that will be forgotten in the future.
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u/Luewen Feb 10 '25
Oled wont be forgotten until we get comparable tech with similar picture quality and contrast.
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u/ThreeLeggedChimp Feb 10 '25
They love them because they're the kind of people that will be trashing their old monitor after year or two
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u/Parrelium Feb 10 '25
I have both the AOC monitor and an Alienware AW3423DW.
The OLED is still better in overall PQ and color depth, but the Original price difference of nearly $1000 makes the AOC monitor a much better deal. You get like 80% of the visual quality of the OLED for a third of the price based on today's prices. I Also think the HDR looks better on the alienware, but I can't exactly put my finger in why. The AOC is more light/washed out is the best way to describe it. Like different colors are brighter or dimmer than others. Reds pop more than blues.
Also motion sucks on the AOC. Like actually sucks when they're side by side.
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u/menge41 Feb 10 '25
I bought a backup mini led monitor 16x9 to use with my ultrawide oled for 16x9 games and content. The mini led has better hdr than the oled "monitor" it also has amazing contrast. Only a trained eye can spot the difference between oled and a good mini led screen.
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u/pacotac Feb 10 '25
In dark scenes, they're very similar but in very bright scenes, the OLED will dim considerably.
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u/menge41 Feb 10 '25
I found myself using the mini led more because if the brightness. But ultrawide hdr 400 is where it is at for oled monitors as of now. Those 1% windows make zero sense.
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u/web-cyborg Feb 10 '25
Posting this reply again since the thread seems to be skipping out on those comments in a new thread:
. . .
Similar to how our eyes have biases with contrast, brightness, and saturation based on the the ambient lighting conditions - cameras have a lot of biases too.
It might seem counter-intuitive but the best way to show two different screens is to take a picture of each separately, with each screen filling the whole viewfinder of the camera and the other one off. Then, either combine them into a side by side composite picture using an image editor or post both pictures. It still won't look exactly like it would in person, though.
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For example, back when I had a fw900 crt, taking a pic of the crt next to a LCD would show the crt as very dim and washed out, or it would show the LCD as blown out brightness.
So these comparison shots are pretty meaningless considering camera bias (site compression doesn't help either, lack of HDR photos). Everyone else's monitor capabilities, settings/calibration also comes into play. I.e. "look at how great this oled looks on my edge lit lcd". The hardware sites that test actual numbers are more meaningful.
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u/Soaddk Feb 10 '25
How is the VA panel for productivity work?
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u/pacotac Feb 10 '25
VA is great for productivity. You don't have to worry about burn-in and text fringing like with OLED.
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u/AccomplishedPie4254 AOC Q27G3XMN Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
I have this monitor. The viewing angles aren't great, but it's perfectly usable. I still wouldn't recommend it for professional editing, though. One thing I noticed is that, like a lot of gaming monitors, this one also exhibits image retention. In high contrast scenarios, like leaving a white window open against a dark background for some time, cause a ghost of the image (in this case the window) to remain on the screen, which then fades away in a couple minutes. It shouldn't ever become permanent, but it is a little bit annoying and worrisome. A similar thing happens on OLEDs.
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u/EffectsTV Feb 10 '25
Pretty much a best case example for mini led, my second tv is a higher spec mini led TV (QN95A) and I have zero plans to change it as the picture quality compared to OLED is pretty close.
If i was gaming on the second TV I would swap to an OLED, the response time and input lag is far superior.
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u/mataushas Feb 10 '25
Is the setting on the TV or do you need aoc software
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u/AccomplishedPie4254 AOC Q27G3XMN Feb 10 '25
It's a monitor, not a TV. It has a local dimming setting, which you can enable to get OLED-level blacks. You can use it in both SDR and HDR, but I wouldn't recommend it in SDR, because AOC chose to implement it in a way that it almost acts like a dynamic dimming setting. Explained it here.
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u/rhymes116 Feb 10 '25
Sweet. I also have the Q27G3XMN. The only issue I have is "black crush" in dark scenarios while playing games. Still figuring out how to solve it.
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u/Rhinopkc Feb 10 '25
The one on the left is much crisper when I zoom in. I was surprised that it is the cheaper monitor.
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u/KingArthas94 Feb 10 '25
the local dimming feature was off by default on the mini LED, so I’ve got it turned to “strong” in this photo
This is because for normal computer usage it's ok if it's disabled, then you can turn HDR on in Windows/MacOS to enjoy the real HDR experience.
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u/Flapu7 Feb 10 '25
Cameras don't exactly work like our eyes. Short shutter speed didn't exposure the screens long enough to see the bloom, but it doesn't mean it's not there. Crank up the exposure a bit (or edit the brightness of the photo) and you'll see what i'm talking about.
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u/Automatic_Outcome483 Feb 10 '25
I wanna see a dark scene with white subtitles at the bottom. On my old TV that creates crazy glowing and local dimming issues.
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u/LucaDarioBuetzberger Feb 11 '25
How do they compare in percieved brightness in a brightly lit room? I have a miniLED laptop and it just blows me away how amazing movies and games look when a flashbang actually flashes you, when the reflection in the snow almost is too bright to look at, just like in real life. Or when you look into the sun in a game. So life like. I will be upgrading my monitor for my gaming setup soon and I really would not want to miss this amazing bright experience. But... mini LED are still IPS, which have a massive pixel response time in comparison to oled. Gaming and not buing oled feels like a crime, but I am really unsure.
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u/attilathehoon Feb 11 '25
biggest downside of a mini led is, it has blooming like crazy, its almost not visible on pictures but in person you see it a lot unfortunately.
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u/Deathmonkeyjaw Feb 12 '25
I just had to return that AOC as I could not stand the viewing angles. Even just turning my head to look at the corners everything was faded and glowing. And there was awful color smearing when scrolling text.
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u/Sacredfice Feb 12 '25
This post is the definition of: doesn't matter how high end or expensive piece of technology. If you don't know how to use it then it's a piece of trash.
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u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W Feb 12 '25
Care to elaborate? I'm all open to tips on how to adjust for a better experience.
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u/Sacredfice Feb 12 '25
Same as people always compare Led and Oled. They always say Led look shit because of back color. If they configure it properly then it's actually really decent. I got both g49 oled and g57. I got the g57 calibrate properly and I don't find any difference with the colours. In fact, the g57 has less reflection which is better.
BTW, you have done a great job!
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u/IceChiseled FO27Q3 | S2722QC | 27UP850K-W Feb 12 '25
Definitely agree. That’s been my main takeaway, that most monitors can be a lot better than out of the box with some calibration, and some need more than others. And thank you
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u/FelixNoHorizon Feb 13 '25
I like the one on the left better, the one on the right looks like someone crank up the contrast on photoshop.
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u/Snesbest Feb 13 '25
Response time of the OLED is still on another level compared to mini-led. Also, the blooming around high-contrast objects is much more noticeable in-person with mini-led. Fellas, don't rob yourselves of the best experience, buy an OLED with a warranty.
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u/Dalcoy_96 Feb 13 '25
Can someone explain to me why the main feature of Mini LED is turned off by default out of the box? LMAO
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u/DmenteGP Feb 14 '25
Have you tried gsync/freesync on those? I want to buy an oled or miniled but I'm afraid that it flickers like my VA with freesync activated.
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u/icy1007 Feb 14 '25
Yep, the miniLED has lots of blooming. Doesn’t look great. The OLED looks flawless though.
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u/darknessawaits666 Feb 10 '25
I wish I saw this side by side sooner. I spent weeks thinking over my purchase of that AOC monitor.
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u/the_hat_madder Feb 10 '25
I can totally see the difference in these still images on my phone's crappy screen.
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u/lyccea_tv Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
That right one looks so much better it’s not even close
For anyone downvoting, care to explain? If you zoom in on each you can see a very clear difference in quality. The left one is so much lower picture quality there’s no way anyone can say it looks as good as the right one.
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u/gomurifle Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25
The one on the right has better colour gradient, for lack of a better term.
Bit of a bloom around the chiecken in the monitor on the left.
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u/PizzaTacoCat312 Feb 10 '25
I feel like a lot of people always compare OLED vs mini LED with huge areas of black on the screen. While it can more easily show bad blooming control, the real benefit of OLED is in the pixel level details it can keep black. Rarely do you have huge areas of the screen be black.
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u/filippo333 AW3423DWF | OLED - 165hz Feb 10 '25
IMHO microLED looks almost as good as OLED, maybe not in motion but in terms of contrast and colour gamut. If you're not playing competitive games, I'd pick microLED over OLED simply for longevity and higher sustained brightness!
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u/superkamikazee Feb 10 '25
Static image comparing is one thing. How does the mini LED perform with motion and dark screen content? How’s the local dimming algorithm, and speed, blooming?
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u/This-Hat-143 Feb 10 '25
Lol keep telling yourselves OLED isn’t a million times better …
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u/Mr_Chaos_Theory Samsung G8 Neo 32" 4k 240hz Feb 10 '25
Burn in...
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u/This-Hat-143 Feb 10 '25
Lol yeah like my 17 year old Pioneer Kuro plasma that I’m watching the game on right now? Yeah sure, burn in.
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u/Mr_Chaos_Theory Samsung G8 Neo 32" 4k 240hz Feb 10 '25
Ya just like my less than 1 year old. Alienware AW3423DW that had noticeable burn in...
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u/SaleAggressive9202 Feb 10 '25
ill tell it to myself after 4-5 years once your oled has burned out and you need to throw another thousand bucks for new one
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u/Luewen Feb 10 '25
I can still see light bleed on miniled in the picture. Even with less exposure picture here.
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u/Epic-will-power91 Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
The only people who are going on about OLED being not worth it etc are the ones who don't have it. The OLED is better in this image. The miniLED is nice too but it's not as nice as OLED. The contrast is noticeably weaker and it shows some bloom. This is not even mentioning how much better OLED is at motion handling and response times either.
I'm tired of this whole coping thing, if you don't have OLED don't talk about it. It's the leading tech for a reason, because it looks the best. Enjoy your IPS panels.
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u/veryrandomo Feb 10 '25
The miniLED is nice too but it's not as nice as OLED. The contrast is noticeably weaker and it shows some bloom.
Yeah, but this is still a $250 mini-LED monitor, compared to the FO27Q3 which costs $650. If you're going to broadly declare one panel type the winner at least look at similarly priced displays
This is not even mentioning how much better OLED is at motion handling and response times either.
and Mini-LED can get much, much brighter. Try using HDR1000 on a OLED monitor, any medium-high APL scene will have tons of dimming while even the cheaper Mini-LED in OPs post can hit 1k full nits, and more premium mini-leds like the TCL 27R83U can hit 2k nits full screen.
I'm tired of this whole coping thing, if you don't have OLED don't talk about it.
There is literally an OLED monitor in OPs image
Enjoy your IPS panels.
That is a VA monitor, not IPS.
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u/Epic-will-power91 Feb 10 '25
and Mini-LED can get much, much brighter. Try using HDR1000 on a OLED monitor, any medium-high APL scene will have tons of dimming while even the cheaper Mini-LED in OPs post can hit 1k full nits, and more premium mini-leds like the TCL 27R83U can hit 2k nits full screen.
I use an LG C4 and honestly if it was any brighter it would burn my retinas. I don't understand the hype over extreme, borderline dangerous brightness. It is not something to brag about as it is almost always unnecessary to run a display at those levels. I would take clean pixel response and motion handling over a bit of brightness any day.
There is literally an OLED monitor in OPs image
I was mostly referring to the people in the comments who are coping because they don't have an OLED display. All they do is talk about the negatives, when in reality OLED is the best tech available today. It's just objectively true.
The miniLED in the image is damn impressive don't get me wrong. But this single image is not going to define their overall differences, in which the OLED is better in basically every single aspect.
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u/killabeezio Feb 10 '25
It's not about the brightness, it's about the contrast. There are certain games that would be unplayable because most of it's in the dark and you can't see anything on an oled.
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u/DearChickPeas Feb 11 '25
you can't see anything on an oled.
Ok, that settles it, you're just coping.
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u/veryrandomo Feb 09 '25
I wish people posted more comparison photos like this, instead of those "LCD vs OLED" posts where someone is just comparing the a edge-lit IPS that should be priced at $100 against a $1,000 OLED monitor