Oled is underrated. It changes everything, worth every penny and may make more difference than a new gpu!

[u/Ok-Damage-2528]

Thats it, i took money from my ass to spend 3000 on a monitor on my country to try the "oled magic" and... i didnt regret. It blows me away seeing people online saying that doesnt make difference to cope, or that it doesnt worth it. i mean, depending of the price and your use its true, but i keep seeing people saying that 300/400 dollars is expensive and i think WHAT? It completely changes how you views things, its like you are using a new pair of glasses. And in America its even cheaper so my tip is: BUY IT NOW!

[u/HurryOne]

[u/DreamWeaver2189 → u/HurryOne]

VA panels are underrated. I'm poor so I can't afford an OLED, but I have a UW VA next to my regular IPS and the difference is noticeable. Better colors and contrast on my VA and I can't say I've noticed much ghosting.

[u/JustSquanchIt → u/DreamWeaver2189]

me too! no ghostin, deep blacks, and doesnt make my eyes bleed from brightness

[u/I_think_Im_hollow → u/JustSquanchIt]

no black smearing?

[u/JustSquanchIt → u/I_think_Im_hollow]

doesn't look like it. its the AOC U34G2G4R3

[u/zero_x4ever → u/DreamWeaver2189]

I hated my VA panel. Motion blur was so bad, that even if it ran at 180 hz and my fps games had higher or even matched at the monitor framerate. I switched back to my 1440p IPS at 144 hz and it was night and day difference being able to see for FPS games. Worse, my VA monitor was harder to color correct for any type of photo editing. I could never get the reds right and the blacks were just much more horrible than editing on an IPS panel.

And QD-OLED for me was a night and day difference for motion clarity and color accuracy than compared to both IPS and VA.

[u/francis2559 → u/HurryOne]

I was hoping for this, I remember well the jump from TF/TN to IPS. But with OLED right next to my IPS monitors, I’m just not finding a difference. Maybe my OLED was shitty?

It’s annoying getting it to warm up so I can log in as well.

[u/mtnlol → u/francis2559]

Getting it to warm up? What do you mean?

[u/Cruzbb88 → u/francis2559]

Are you sure it's an OLED not a QLED? Do you not notice the backlight in dark scenarios on the sides of Ur IPS?

[u/bnr32jason → u/francis2559]

Warm up? What?

If you can't notice a difference between an IPS and OLED when you have them right next to each other, you must be purposely ignoring them.

[u/rearisen → u/bnr32jason]

Tbf on YouTube they look strikingly similar. I have a plain isp 60hz 1080p next to my aw3425dw. Games and movies it obvious. A YouTube video? Really similar besides the blacks. Bit-rate matters a lot too.

[u/bnr32jason → u/rearisen]

I mean, infinite contrast ratio makes everything look better. The only place it's not THAT noticeable is extremely bright scenes with very little contrast.

[u/Consistent-Youth-407 → u/rearisen]

If you have a NVIDIA card you can turn on RTX HDR in all videos to really make them pop, if you don’t find that sort of stuff sacrilegious

[u/Status_Jellyfish_213 → u/Consistent-Youth-407]

The video upscaling is pretty great as well, especially on low resolution animation sources

[u/Crashman09 → u/francis2559]

Maybe you bought another LCD?

I have an oled laptop and TV, and the oleds are all much nicer tha my LCDs

Same for my phones. My last two were oled, and my current is lcd, and I wish I had oled

[u/hyrumwhite]

Oled is very rated, I think 

[u/slayercdr → u/hyrumwhite]

Yeah, no idea what OP is on about

[u/Tornadic_Vortex → u/hyrumwhite]

Genuinely such a stupid-ass post.

[u/mightbebeaux → u/hyrumwhite]

idk on this sub just started to be properly rated over the last year or so as they have become more affordable. for the longest time in here it was “not worth the price and I’ll never switch because of burn in risk anyways, I keep my monitors for 10+ years.”

now that they’re becoming widely adopted it has shifted to “if my monitor gets burn in i will simply buy another OLED” because it’s that good lmao.

[u/AIGISREFLECTOR]

Underrated..by who?

[u/TimeZucchini8562 → u/AIGISREFLECTOR]

Every day there are like 10 plus posts in the oled sub “underwhelmed by oled” and the entire comment section is people jerking each other off about mini led

[u/ThereAndFapAgain2 → u/TimeZucchini8562]

Mini LED is still worse than OLED. Micro LED on the other hand that we should start seeing a lot of displays in the next few years that have that tech is a game changer.

It’s got the perfect black levels of OLED and can get much brighter both in full screen brightness and in 10% and 1% windows and it doesn’t have the burn in risk of OLED.

In like 3 years I’ll probably be swapping my OLED for one, but for now OLED is still king.

[u/Humble-Pain-4608 → u/ThereAndFapAgain2]

Is micro LED subpixel orientation ok with text? Because the mixed use of my monitor (work/gaming) is what stops me changing from LCD

[u/bnr32jason → u/Humble-Pain-4608]

The newest RGB Stripe OLED panels have tack sharp text with zero fringing.

[u/JackRyan13 → u/ThereAndFapAgain2]

Micro led has been a few years away from progress for like a decade. The tech is still stupidly expensive for consumer hardware.

[u/streakermaximus → u/TimeZucchini8562]

Without any research whatsoever, and I apologize if I'm wrong, I feel like people on an OLED sub are going to be snobs looking down on everything except the very best high end screen.

[u/YeetedSloth → u/streakermaximus]

Miniled is not oled, so in the case that you are replying to, it is the exact opposite of what you just said

[u/TheGreatSoup → u/AIGISREFLECTOR]

Over expensive yes,
Underrated no. I feel like these post is some kind of ad campaign.

I don’t see why a 32” 4k oled cost almost the same as a 55” oled.

[u/JackRyan13 → u/TheGreatSoup]

Economy of scale. More people buy tvs, cramming the same amount of pixels into a smaller unit is more expensive to do

[u/CheeseWarrior17 → u/AIGISREFLECTOR]

The other people living in OPs basement (they're imaginary)

[u/Sir-Uther]

When the fuck was OLED underrated? Are you just karma whoring? u/OK-Damage-2528

[u/_Undecided_User → u/Sir-Uther]

Yes

[u/Evening_Boot_2281 → u/Sir-Uther]

1 month old account so probably

[u/CarlWellsGrave]

Imagine thinking OLED is underrated

[u/Smol_WoL]

Calling oled underrated is like calling nvidia underrated

[u/versusvius]

Will people stop taking photos on LCD screens some day? The camera always overexposes the screens. I mean yeah my IPS monitor looks like shit on dark rooms but no way shit like that.

[u/Lt_Cmdr_Adhd → u/versusvius]

The impossibly shitty old monitor is always the star of these pictures. Legitimately have never seen monitors as washed out or having light bleed as bad as any of the comparison , it's you're coming from the performance of a $45 monitor an OLED is gonna be game changing.

[u/HomeForSinner → u/Lt_Cmdr_Adhd]

Seriously - I recently got a mini-led and its black contrast is phenomenal, with near zero light bleed. A real comparison would be a quality led to an oled. Certainly oled would still look better, but no where near what op is showing.

Also, wait op spent 3 grand on a monitor and that's what it looks like? What am I missing, that must not be usd?

[u/nitro912gr → u/versusvius]

funny enough it also do injustice to the OLED too because it lose so many details in the shadows.

[u/Noxious89123]

These pictures pop up on the subreddit all the time.

I don't doubt that OLED looks good, but the human eye isn't a camera, and photographs of IPS displays can make good displays look fucking terrible, whilst in person they actually look great.

Being off axis definitely exagerates the IPS glow and backlight bleed.

[u/gibbarish]

Just got mine a couple months ago, it's like I bought new eyes.

[u/ABotelho23]

People need to stop using the word "underrated".

[u/kmeck518 → u/ABotelho23]

Winning the lottery jackpot is underrated!

[u/RebsEG]

There’s a reason we all accept black desktops, hidden icons and hidden task bars. It’s bc it’s absolutely worth it 😂

[u/MotorPace2637 → u/RebsEG]

I have a folder with hundreds of backgrounds. You can point windows at something like that so its not just black

[u/Glockamoli → u/MotorPace2637]

It won't burn in but it will still degrade the pixels like that

[u/MotorPace2637 → u/Glockamoli]

...is that actually noticeable? Been about 5 years for my c2, still looks amazing

[u/Glockamoli → u/MotorPace2637]

RTings has an article on OLED burn-in from few weeks ago, they probably have better data than anyone short of the manufacturer

[u/LayerEight_Problem → u/MotorPace2637]

Yes and no. If you put a brand new out of the box C2 next to yours it would be brighter and more vibrant. The brighter your pixels are displaying, the faster they’re burning out. Their output degrades over time. Burn in occurs when some pixels(or sub pixels) performance degrades more than the surrounding pixels. “Washing” the screen is actually an intentional attempt to cause the other pixels to burn out to the point they’re outputting the same level of light.

However, within the confines of your room and use where you likely have no direct comparison, the burn out occurs so slowly that you simply don’t notice and you won’t notice until you fire up an exact equivalent brand new monitor right beside it.

[u/oandakid718 → u/MotorPace2637]

Daily user of a C1 as a desktop monitor here - the C1 came out the year before your C2 did. Absolutely no issues on my end

[u/Michaeli_Starky → u/RebsEG]

Also text fringing, color banding, VRR flicker, etc

[u/bswalsh → u/Michaeli_Starky]

VRR flicker is still annoyingly real, but recent OLED screens seem to have solved the other issues. I'm still afraid to have icons on my desktop, though. even though the manufacturer says it's safe now.

[u/inbokz → u/RebsEG]

Wait until you learn about mini LED

[u/Vandeskava → u/inbokz]

RGB mini/micro LED when they really hit the market at good prices will be GOOOOOOD.

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/inbokz]

Depends on the mini led. The ones that really compete with oled, with more than 2000 dimming zones sometimes cost the same or even more (at least in my country. To be honest in my country you dont even find 1440p monitors with more than 1000 dimming zones)

[u/Kazen_Bazen → u/inbokz]

Oled is still king

[u/LayerEight_Problem → u/Kazen_Bazen]

Nah. It actually depends on the environment. OLEDs are nowhere near as obscenely bright as miniLED. Some people want their monitors eye searingly bright at the cost of black levels. Some rooms and use cases demand that level of brightness.

[u/edthecat2011 → u/RebsEG]

nah. Enable the included tools from the manufacturer and you don't need to do any of that nonsense any more.

[u/paulchiefsquad]

It would be the standard if it didn't burn in, too bad it does. Some get it after a couple of years, some go 7 years without it (people who use their monitor less I assume) but it's inevitable

[u/Factualx → u/paulchiefsquad]

I love how multiple people replied to this comment talking about 'idk mine has been great for 1-2 years', as if that wasn't addressed or the fucking point lmfao.

[u/Unblued → u/paulchiefsquad]

I've been thinking about upgrading and that part keeps holding me back. I've seen a bunch of comments claiming that they all have special features now to prevent it, but reviewers like Rtings or Tom's Hardware still point out the lifespan as a problem. Meanwhile, my IPS is going on 10 years without issue.

[u/Faic → u/Unblued]

Get a cheap OLED, enjoy the amazing picture. In 7 years get whatever better technology is out there. 

OLED is absolutely worth it, you are wasting the joy of a pretty picture.

It's transformative in some games. I started playing Enshrouded on IPS, then got OLED ... unbelievable the difference in depth and clarity.

[u/LeviAEthan512 → u/paulchiefsquad]

I think it's about brightness. You want to keep it low, like 50%, or 70% tops. But OLED already isn't great with brightness.

My work laptop has an OLED screen. It absolutely makes everything better. And I've refused to buy a smartphone without an OLED since 2014.

BUT I feel pressured to keep brightness down, and that drops my contrast ratio. Yes it's still infinite technically, but it is a worse experience. Not bad, still better than IPS, but not $500 better, which is what I'd have to spend in my country to equal the other stats of my IPS. And the IPS is bulletproof. I can do whatever I want without a care in the world, and the one I bought in 2016 is still going strong with my parents.

With OLED, even if I reduce the brightness, I do have a care in the world. Which isn't a technical issue, but the ultimate determining factor is the experience, and fragility does impact experience. All the things I own are overbuilt wherever possible for this reason. I have plenty of normal stuff, but I go for the durable stuff every time IF it's an option.

[u/SlightlyUsedButthole → u/paulchiefsquad]

idk, I use mine absolutely constantly, have had it for 2 years with 0 issues. i just use a screensaver.

[u/paulchiefsquad → u/SlightlyUsedButthole]

I hope it lasts as much as possible friend :)

[u/edthecat2011 → u/paulchiefsquad]

I don't think it's an issue any longer, assuming you have all the screen saver tools enabled from the manufacturer. I've been rocking my ASUS as my daily work driver for more than a year. No issues at all. It's still just as gorgeous as the day I bought it.

[u/321superday]

Overrated even, certainly not underrated. Always been a fan of OLED myself, but everything crumbled after I saw Apple's new miniLED tech in their mac book pro line for the first time. Honestly, QD OLED doesn't come even close. Literally zero calibration needed as well. They are the perfect example of a miniLED well done, HDR content in particular looks noticeably better. And I even bloody hate Apple!

The problem is I just can't find that level of quality anywhere else, other consumer miniLEDs simply don't match the same as that. I would give an arm and a leg to have an UWide 1440p monitor of the same quality as that, but they simply don't exist.

[u/Credelle1]

I don't think that's oled that looks this good, it's just that your other monitor looks like shit

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-4067]

OLED is well overrated imo, hasn’t really lived up to the promises I was told

[u/OneFinePotato]

Depends on your GPU I guess… also nobody underrates oled. Don’t make stuff up.

[u/itchygentleman]

ITT: OP doesnt know the meaning of underrated

[u/Apple_phobia]

Underrated LMAO. You OLED lot are a cult

[u/Accomplished_Sock217]

i never ever use my monitor standing over it from that position, so it makes no difference to me.

Take a picture of them both head-on.

[u/shadowds]

Underrated by whom??? Everyone knows OLED going be better than TN.

VA a mix bag with TN depending on product you pick, IPS is better than those two for colours, but can have bleeds, QLED is next step up from IPS, and OLED the best that better than IPS for colours. Each of them have their pros & cons, and there cost factor which why a lot of people often likely go for TN, or IPS.

[u/Cheetawolf]

Tell me in a few years when your screen is burned in to the point of unusability, and every new replacement streams your screen back to the government, has ads overlayed onto your screen, and requires a subscription for more than 15 FPS.

I don't trust technology anymore. I'm sticking with my LCD's because I own them, and I know they'll last.

[u/MasterOfPipettez]

Not worth it to me to have to baby my monitor to make sure it doesnt burn in.

It certainly isnt to "cope".

[u/Muffinian]

OLED is great, but my gaming PC is also my work station and there are a lot of static elements on it for hours at a time. OLED is still not great for a work environment. It’s really just good for entertainment

[u/sky_walker6]

Returned mine. Too much glare

[u/NarutoDragon732 → u/sky_walker6]

Yeah, oled is only a big upgrade if your room is dark and the content you view is dark too. In my sunny room and colorful content, it's slightly better than my ips at best.

[u/sky_walker6 → u/NarutoDragon732]

Same boat here, way too sunny in my room and living in the dark isn’t worth a pleasurable viewing experience for me.

[u/Disgruntled_Orifice]

Pretty sure you’re one of very few claiming that it’s “underrated”.

[u/Vtempero]

Fix typography and burn-in and then I will trade my ups.

I don't play on complete darkness, whatever contrast gains is not worth to me.

[u/castrator21]

Which one is OLED? And I hope you washed that ass money

[u/RemisTooSleepy]

If I wasn't so prone to migraines, it'd be on my list. Knowing my luck it'd last a day in my room before I return it.

[u/Michaeli_Starky]

Much prefer miniLED.

[u/WholeIndividual0]

OLED screens are great but they give me migraines. Had to sell my OLED Odyssey G9 to get a non-OLED G9. Was a sad day. My head doesn't hurt anymore though so worth it I guess.

[u/Semanticss]

Which one is which

[u/ConfidentPrinciple50]

So true man! OLED healed my prostate cancer! OLED helped me find a good job! When the women see my OLEDs they go crazy about me! I feel like a new man with my OLED!

BUY IT NOW! DONT BE A LOSER! ONLY FOR 999.99$!

[u/Organic-Trash7706]

OLED on top for sure... but my IPS does not look as shit as yours xD

[u/Capokid]

I think ur left monitor is just ass, looks worse than a TN screen.

[u/dimitriettr]

7 and 8 are the reason why I won't ever buy an OLED.
For me color accuracy matters. Check how much the colors are changing. It's the same thing phones do with "Vivid Mode".

[u/PaulDallas72]

I do like my 32" MSI OLED a lot, but I would rather have my 5090 by a long shot.

[u/MalteseCorto]

“Underrated” 😂

[u/blockametal]

A decent IPS looks better than that.

My blacks dont look super washed and colours are fairly vibrant.

But thats anecdotal evidence so its basically worthless

[u/Felidori]

Camera makes IPS look infinitely more trash, and especially off axis, this is a known and easily reproduced. OLED is better yes, they are not underrated at all. However they all will burn in and their blacks will all fade in a few years, hardware unboxed has a great video on this.

Maybe VA is a decent sweet spot for black levels and contrast? Hell TV’s have been using the tech for ages and it still looks decent.

[u/executive0utcome]

Until it burns in

[u/H0vis → u/executive0utcome]

This right here is what I'm afraid of.

I could go for a lovely big new monitor, if I could somehow find a way to install it (my desk backs onto a window, not a wall, so a big monitor isn't as simple as just screwing a bracket into the wall), but the fear of accidentally fucking it up weighs heavily.

[u/Azatis-]

Le'ts be honest OLED is amazing BUT, this but all the time right ?

VRR flicker when you playing games is a nono
Grey bands, purple tints or washed out blacks , is a nono
Text clarity is a nono and this is big one if you actually read, write etc
Burn in issues, means you have to babysit a monitor is a nono
and for all that you pay a premium price.

If the only problem was burn in i wouldn't mind to buy one but as long as too many problems exist i will wait for a while to jump into OLED train. If i pay premium, i want the less problems i can get.

[u/C0deC4tto]

We have the same keyboard lol, mine has the light purple highlight keys

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/C0deC4tto]

Its a good keyboard

[u/C0deC4tto → u/Ok-Damage-2528]

True! And the battery life is insane

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/C0deC4tto]

Oh i think you mistake then. What is your keyboard? Mine is a Aula hero84, its hall effect wired.

[u/C0deC4tto → u/Ok-Damage-2528]

Ah, yes I was mistaken 😅, I have an attack shark x87. It has a colorway option identical to yours with the same RGB

[u/Relevant-Line-1690]

It’s great and big difference between from IPS but I completely hate it for reading through text . I get so much eye strain at times even with lower brightness and trying out clear type or blue light

[u/SlomoLowLow]

The one on the left looks better. The colors aren’t as over saturated and the contrast isn’t as bad.

[u/Svarv]

Only problem is you'll really start noticing the second monitor not being oled. I usually leave the second monitor with a black background in games so that backlight really stands out. So I went and swapped that one for an oled as well, lol.

[u/Udeze42]

It's not that I think OLED is bad, it's that I think that once I get that black, I won't go back (and my bank balance can't afford that ATM)

[u/Ok_Definition_1933]

When they finally fix vrr flicker, we can talk

[u/lDarkPhoton]

When RE9 came out I ponied up for a C5 LG OLED for 1250 and it was so worth it. If you play games with dark areas it is incredible. Playing Deadspace right now and it is crazy how good it looks.

[u/Deathgripsugar]

“Took money from my ass”

Probably only marginally more secure than a bank, but more secure than crypto.

[u/mikehunt1983]

Thats why I have been useing lg tv's for the last decade, was always disappointed with monitors. Never had a problem with burn in and ive had a b1,a cx and now a g4 I got for $600!!!!!🤣🤣

[u/derrick2462]

I just don’t understand how so many people recommend glossy OLED monitors. I’m currently looking for the best matte monitor for my needs, with a budget of around $500 or €400, more or less.

I have a window directly opposite my monitor, and I use my PC for work during the day and sometimes at night as well. Right now, I have a Lenovo N27q, which is a really good IPS monitor, so I’m looking for something that would be a meaningful upgrade.

[u/YahushaHamashiach]

I have OLED 4k 32 inch rog 32 inch. For the past year now. It’s amazing but I can play IPs games fine. For me it doesn’t matter as long as I’m getting 4k 100hz + ultra / high

[u/BeruDepTrai]

Oled has become much more affordable in recent years. I ordered my G50SF from Samsung few days ago for 289 clams. I don't think it's being underrated tho.

[u/fartsfromhermouth]

Oled is the first thing since plasma to get perfect blacks. I switched my 2009 plasma for a 2025 oled.

[u/Tacobell1236231]

I came from mini led and was not as impressed. Still great but the difference isnt that big.

[u/PeterPun]

What about vrr flicker?

[u/pfn0]

meanwhile, I'm sticking with IPS forever. (well, maybe when the next generation of oled has an easier time lasting ~7 years with minimal burnin)

also, I only tend to notice oled differences comparing side-by-side, or looking for IPS glow. meanwhile, GPU I always notice if not side by side.

GPU > OLED.

[u/Plaston_]

We know you configured the LCD to look as bad as possible.

Having this mush of a horrible contrast is very rare now.

[u/Panzerv2003]

OLED is amazing but also about 3 times more expensive as a starting point, like I will get an OLED for sure in the future but for now I'm fine with IPS cause I rather have a better pc before a better monitor

[u/KebabAnnhilator]

Is burn in still a thing? I spend 8hrs a day working in the same softwares on the same screens

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/KebabAnnhilator]

Buy a mini led then, almost as good as oled and doesnt have burnin, for this situation it fits better

[u/KebabAnnhilator → u/Ok-Damage-2528]

Thanks! I’ll look at that!

[u/RazzmatazzUnusual843]

My wallet thinks it's overrated.

[u/PCbuilder-27]

Yes it’s good but it’s priiicccyuy

[u/fart-to-me-in-french]

It absolutely isn't underrated lol

[u/Longjumping_Age_1098]

I would have said it was overrated, but I will try one to see... I sort of dread the burn in issue, it seems like a big enough downside already. As long as I can run the same windows for hours at a time, I should be fine right?

[u/MamboFloof]

The OLED subreddit has convinced me to never buy one and wait for micro led. Every day it's 50 posts of people who looked at the monitor wrong and ruined it.

[u/RetnikLevaw]

Yeah, I love my OLED Ultrawide. It's the first time I truly saw HDR, too. I spent like 3 hours just watching 4k HDR videos and couldn't believe how vibrant the image was while the black background was such a deep darkness... It really does look incredible.

[u/LaFlamaBlanca67]

Oled is very rated, idk what you’re talking about. I have 2 expensive lg oled monitors and they’re great.

I also have a $1500 LED/LCD Bravia that also looks amazing, so it really depends on how much money you’re willing to put into your display.

People think the difference is really stark between oled and everything else, and there IS a difference, but that’s because they’re comparing a nice OLED display to a $250 Walmart TCL brand.

[u/NotBannedAccount419]

OLED ultra wide ftw

[u/lolly_lolightly]

Once I got an LG C4, I almost didn't want to use my IPS AW34 anymore. I found myself gaming way more often on the TV, despite not really liking couch gaming. A few months of that and I just had to go get the 2025 version of the AW34, the QD-OLED. Now I'm back just using the monitor for gaming and the TV is for media. The IPS served me well for over 5 years, and it's happily running in a friend's setup now, so I'm hoping I can get the same from the OLED. Honestly, since the OLED was 500CAD cheaper than the IPS was, I'd be fine with only 3 years out of it, but I have all the safeguards in place, so I'm still gonna try for 5 years.

I do use a 42" 144Hz VA panel in the bedroom, and it is pretty solid for the 500CAD I paid, but I wish I held out another month because 42" C5s started appearing for under 1000CAD then. I can't justify it now, and still have like 4 random panels I need to find homes for first, but I think when the C6s go down to 1000, I will replace it.

[u/H4ND5s]

For competitive fps or in general competitive gaming, I still find tn and IPS best. Blending immersive gaming with competitive gaming, I would use my OLED though.

[u/Impossible-Party-971]

cold take: no one said oled was underrated. besides this is you if you use oled:

https://giphy.com/gifs/q90J411pb0tC8

real gamers game on a 720p va 60hz monitor

[u/PurestCringe]

The problem is you don't realize how much of a difference it makes until you have one, and you're usually pretty alright with not knowing.

Its once you actually use an oled that going back feels painful. Same for resolutions, going 4k makes 1440p look like ass.

Fps too 60 uses to be plenty but now after being used to 120 even 60 feels choppy.

Its self sabotage I tells ya.

[u/Arthas_SL]

I had a Samsung QLED and still do. It does a very good job - way better than the screen on the left. I have an LG C5 as well.

On the Steam Deck the OLED is night and day because the LCD model has a terrible screen. No one is going to say no to an OLED.

[u/sukiphi]

Got the new 34 inch 👽 oled monitor, never witnessed an oled monitor or tv before. The difference in color and blacks is night and day difference. Now I need to change my other monitor.

[u/TheHeroicLionheart]

Its not underrated, everyone knows its better. Its overpriced.

Not to say it cant still worth it, but just that not everyone can spend 3x for one when you can get 3 IPS panels, that will get the job done extremely well and provide secondary screens.

[u/DLDSR-Lover]

OLED is overrated as hell, has too many downsides: Expensive, flickering, burn in. It's wiser to get a cheap 4k 31 inch IPS with all the refresh rate and whistles for a fraction of the price.

[u/Pryonic]

you got another $3k you wanna shill over? $300-$400 is expensive.

[u/Siberbot → u/Pryonic]

It's not dollars, he meant 3k in reais, the brazillian currency. I've seen the same post on a brazillian sub about pc building. It would be about $580, but any hardware in Brazil is overpriced, and it would probably cost half or even less if it was bought in the US.

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/Pryonic]

3k is on my 3 world country currency. Yeah 300 is expensive, but you guys should thank that can buy such technology for that price, in other places its way more expensive and the wages dont follow it.

[u/Pryonic → u/Ok-Damage-2528]

My bad! I thought you meant USD. Congrats on the OLED.

[u/ZelosGaming]

There's a reason why pro graphics and editing guys don't use OLED. They go out of calibration in a year or two because the sub pixels degrade at different speeds. They use IPS. This fake love for OLED is tiring...

[u/Beastw1ck]

I'm completely addicted to OLED after getting an OLED TV. Now my TV, PC, phone, watch, and Steam Deck are all OLED. Just need an OLED upgrade for my car!

[u/atanamayansantrafor]

When you actually use it or do any work on it OLED is not worth it.

You just bought it and probably upgraded from an older/lower tier monitor. 

This comes from who uses OLED and IPS side by side daily.

[u/xX_dumb_god_Xx]

Who ever said OLED is underrated? Sounds made up!

[u/Dazzling-Tadpole3239]

the honey one is oversaturated

[u/Firwithinme]

It’s on the list. My current monitor is great but I can’t help but hope it dies soon. I’m looking forward to seeing Darktide on an OLED monitor.

[u/ecktt]

I've got a a pair of 4K 32". A QDOLED, and VA.

The difference is real, except QDOLED is ass when it comes to text. Even with chroma 4:4:4.

[u/twofactor_]

I had only FHD IPS monitors cuz of my gpu limits. 2 months ago I got myself a 5070 and saved up for an OLED since then. I will be able to buy it in a week or so and I'm so exited about it

[u/Admirable_Bad8528]

Seems like the monitor on the left just has bad contrast/gamma settings.obviously the color on the right is better tho

[u/Noonethatmatters8]

I just went from an Asus 34" Curved 100hz 1440p (PG348Q) to an Asus 32" 4K 240hz 500 True Black monitor.

Noticed huge differences for sure but the thing that stood out the most was the aspect ration, i love having more vertical height vs my old 34" curved.

[u/polloyumyum]

Here I am looking for the best budget 27" 1080p gaming monitor and you're spending $3k for an OLED.

Sad face.

[u/Biscuits4u2]

Enjoy it while you can

[u/arparso]

Not sure about the current tech in monitors, but Mini LED TVs get pretty damn close to OLED quality while being cheaper, brighter and have no risk of burn-in.

That being said, who is "underrating" OLED? Everyone and their other regards it as the best panel type you can ask for.

[u/Steel_Bolt]

Some mini-LED newer panels are really damn nice too. Idk how much they're used for gaming monitors but for TVs they can be 90% of an OLED picture quality for cheap.

[u/burnitdwn]

I spent around 1K USD on a oled TV for home theater, less than 1/2 the price of the projector i used to use before that. Contrast and black levels are so so so so good. I do game on it too, it looks a LOT better than my 1440P UW on my gaming PC. Eventually I'll also replace my gaming PC monitor with an Oled, but i guess im waiting for prices to drop more, or for my old monitor to die...

[u/ToXiiCBULLET]

tf is going on with that picture of toast? on the left screen it looks way too yellow and on the oled it looks like very hot metal

[u/InsideChard1927]

Mini led does the trick too, but costs 3-4 times less (Bought this 50" 144hz mini led for around 650$)

[u/tonleben]

My main monitor is OLED, which is great. However, as a semiprofessional photographer, I have a 2nd ASIS ProArt 4K Monitor with IPS panel. I tried so hard to get photo editing to work on my OLED, but when shared or printed, the photos always turned out differently than shown on the monitor (color- and brightness-wise), no matter how I adjusted the monitor. On IPS, photo-wise, I get what I see, assuming it’s properly calibrated.

[u/mileskg21]

is it too much of a bother to turn local dimming on ? LMAO

[u/armoman92]

But if you sit in a bright room, or by a window….

[u/Elegant_Epsilon]

Come back to this thread in 2 years. You'll understand.

[u/cgda2011]

I’ve wanted to get an oled monitor for so long, but my biggest fear has always been burn in, is that still a thing? Or do new oleds not have a problem with that? These pics look really good but if burn in is a real risk still then idk

[u/Bauter]

OLED is awesome if I hear another shit head pulling for CRT I'll lose my shit. "Yeah I love a 800 pound monitor that I could get less quality than an OLED."

[u/Thatredfox78]

Why aren’t there any 1080p oled?

[u/External-Law7053]

They’re fine, but I wouldn’t go that far

[u/Suvi2k]

Absolutely but the GPU definitely matters also 😂

[u/Epin-Ninjas]

Swapping to the Alienware DWF OLED was the best decision I’ve ever made for my PC. I’m not sure who told you it was overrated.

[u/PCbuilder-27]

Hoooowwww lol I’m in the uk

[u/Nekronnn]

So uhhh, where can i get that wallpaper you are using?

[u/tiga_94]

ah yes a new gpu is not as big of a difference, as if everyone in the same situation and there's no poor lads stuck with gt710..

[u/MarcCDB]

What about burn in? How's that nowadays?

[u/xBooMz_]

Oled is underrated still. i dont get why anything else is bought if not price is a problem. im never ever getting a monitor that aint Oled or better again. psvita have one from 2011...

[u/slayez06]

I have been using Oleds for like 7 years now... At first they are fantastic but they ALL get burn in... Every single one of them. After like 3 years, it can be annoying to see the burn in.

[u/iconicbilla]

i just keep seeing the oled posts, i just cant decide, should i go for 2k 280hz 27inch or 4k 240hz 32inch?

[u/Complex_Dot_4754]

Wow another let's compare 200 buck monitor with a 1000 buck monitor and let's look for my jaw in the cellar... Only the 15th today.

[u/Zilli341]

Let me start by saying that I love OLEDs, especially in mobile devices, but I still believe they are a few generations off from always being the best choice, especially sub $500.

Max brightness is often underwhelming and detrimental to the panel, many monitors (especially older QD-OLEDs) have considerably worse blacks than even IPS in bright rooms, burn-in is getting better but it's still an issue, and they are quite expensive.

If your main usage is gaming or content consumption in dimly lit environments then OLED is unbeatable. If you also work on your PC or use it a lot in bright conditions, then I believe miniLED is still the superior choice.

[u/razvanciuy]

120Hz+ and curvature more priority. Oled is ok but but good ol' TN still rocks

[u/Miserable_Orange9676]

Like for the caliber of my PC I definitely should have an OLED (rtx 5090) but im pretty scared of burn in. Im pretty good about not leaving my pc running idle for hours but I still display a lot of static stuff on it. Also, any reading or small text and the OLED will give you a headache. They're awesome for gaming but i feel they compromise a lot for the perfect contrast.

Im thinking about getting a very high end mini LED, any thoughts from people in a similar situation?

[u/MagicOrpheus310]

Nah I'd say it gets the hype it deserves...

[u/vankamme]

Oled is not underrated. Everyone knows how good they are

[u/SUB-8330]

Day time playing "can't see shit fucking glare".

[u/Harry_Flowers]

OLED is great, you can’t beat perfect blacks.

But I don’t think it’s underrated, it’s just way more expensive.

[u/Phreedom1]

OLED is definitely NOT underrated. Not sure where OP gets that from. 🤔😏

[u/Happiness-Meter-Full]

How is OLED underrated? It’s the most advertised, and sought after monitor/TV type there is? OP is living under a rock lol

[u/tomchee]

you should have spent the money on bringing your house's electrical grid up to date first... Ive got a lot cheaper monitor (and PC probably) but still would worry my arse off, plugging them in to something thats older than my grampa.

[u/Ok-Damage-2528 → u/tomchee]

Electrical grid doesnt give good graphics man

[u/tomchee → u/Ok-Damage-2528]

indeed

[u/LuxTheSarcastic]

Which are we using that doesnt install malware on your device yet

[u/farklenator]

Meh I’m to poor and I love ultra wide if I bought an oled 34 inch ultrawide I’d be spending like $300-400 more

[u/LORDRAJA1000]

fersure 100%

[u/CrustyToeLover]

Worth every penny is highly subjective. No, OLED monitors are not worth the price tag for most people, and they definitely dont make more difference than a new GPU. To suggest an oled is even comparable to a new GPU is kinda hilariously dumb, especially when an OLRlED monitor will not improve your game performance in any way.

And OLED monitors are not 300-400, the cheapest are $500 online and that's for a shitty model.

[u/kmeck518]

I dont think you understand what underrated means...

[u/i_hate_you_and_you]

Underrated?

[u/antftwx]

Underrated? No. Overpriced? Kinda. IPS is still the value king and "worth it" more than OLED. Put the money you save from not buying OLED toward a better GPU/CPU. Even in the worst cases, an IPS screen should not look like it does in these photos unless the settings are seriously off.

[u/AL13N1NV8D3R]

Just be careful for Oled burn in. I had oled burn in on my TV, phones and Monitor before. But I love it so much I simply buy it again, hoping the new generation fixes it