I've also found the coating on the LG OLED monitors to be quite good. It retains black in all the lighting conditions I have in my viewing area, where the QD-OLED panels immediately get lifted and have that tint to them.
I dont know why, but the LG monitor seem to have more depth in its picture... meanwhile samsung looks brighter most of the time, but also flatter... 🤷♂
Certain bright/saturated colors are likely undersaturated with woleds, you should use the left one (Samsung) as reference for a more accurate HDR panel, not the right one. *Forgot to add, the technology difference no effect on white balance inaccuracies, so any inaccuracy caused by white balance can vary with both.
I have a question, because something is strange. Samsung seems to have also dimmer colors, I think something is wrong with your calibration. That can;t be right for the sole reason thhat regarding colors volume and color vibrance, nothing beats SAMSUNG's 3rd GEN QD OLED's and especially SAMSUNG ONE's monitor which is the most over saturated.
The facade of Big Ben is much more clearly in details on Samsung 32GS95UE than LG 32GS95UE at 1:28! But the star pattern paint of ceiling is quite sharp on LG 32GS95UE camparing with 32GS95UE at 1:56. The picture colour of LG is much more saturation than Samsung I think. Samsung looks a bit wash white on picture colour.
I watched the video on an IPS/OLED monitor. At night, everything indicated that the Samsung had a brighter backlight and a red color, but when I saw this video again this morning, but during the day, the LG seems to be much better, it has a depth as if hgig was running, and there was also a red color when playing Returnal , these lasers look naturally better than Samsung during the day, but these are my observations. I'm curious about the hdr tone mapping function and whether it changes anything.
yo, you're that guy from reddit who seems to know what he's talking about. did you test the LG black crush after the firmware update? in your cp2077 example maybe. cheers
Yes. The black crush is greatly improved in both peak brightness high and low but the high setting is still over brightening content too much. I also didn't really note any improvement to actual HDR highlight brightness like people claim online. Its in a much better state now but they really need to better optimize the high peak brightness setting.
15:57 gotta love that pink tint on the WOLED, guess LG still can't get that right. My C2 has it too, I'm 100% dark mode on web pages to avoid seeing it.
That’s actually the QD-OLED panel, he swapped the orientation of the panels for text comparison. I was browsing the OLED subreddits and came across the post where he showed this comparison and confirmed it in the comments.
I looked on my smartphone with an OLED screen.. better than my old TN 4k screen which needs to be replaced 8:46 The lava seems much more natural to me on the LG, red orange and contrasting. Samsung seems to increase light intensity but everything looks artificial with bleached red and pink... Thank you for this very useful video. I was thinking of taking the supposedly better QD-OLED, but the LG W-OLED seems more faithful and natural, I will see if I take this brand or the next Asus that uses it. And I absolutely need matte, I tried gloss I'm too sensitive, matte is much more relaxing for me and comfortable
Great comparison! One question regarding game mode on the G80SD: In HDR, when connected over DP and peak brightness set to high, is the monitor clipping at the correct value at 1000 nits or 400? There is a bug on the old 34-inch ultrawide G8 OLED which doesn't allow 1000 nits clipping with peak brightness set to high. It always clips at 400 which is wrong. very frustrating and i do wonder whether this is fixed on the new model or not. but it's only bugged on DP, not over HDMI
Thank you. Let me verify this for you a bit later today. The video was shot with it connected via HDMI where it correctly clips at 1000 nits when peak brightness is set to high. I'll swap over to DP and see how it behaves. EDIT: I can confirm that over DP it clips correctly with peak brightness set to high. It actually clips at 1080nits. Medium clips just a bit over 400 and off clips at around 370. Setting it to off further brightens high APL scenes compared to medium.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Thank you for testing and confirming, that sounds great. I also didn't know that the G80SD was already available, may I ask in which country it can already be purchased?
@@SolaceinScrutiny Just got my monitor and in high APL scenes the "high" peak brightness setting seems to be the brightest overall; not sure if they did an update but the overall picture appears to get darker with the lower settings.
Sorry for the noobie question, but somebody who just wants the best gaming monitor without knowing too much about all these topics: which one would you recommend? Is there any specific downside on one of these, also considering other factors?
It really depends what kind of gaming you intend to do and the hardware you have available. For example if its competitive gaming mixed with some slower paced single player stuff the LG has an advantage thanks to its 480hz refresh rate toggle. Outside of the specific esports titles, I personally think the QD-OLED monitors like the Samsung have a slight edge in overall picture quality.
@@SolaceinScrutiny thanks for the quick reply! It's interesting because I do own a LG OLED TV and I'm a fan of it so I was kind of biased towards the LG monitor. But I'm really getting the impression that the Samsung has an edge. I'm mostly playing single player RPGs but also sometimes CoD. However, I'm not playing highly competetively. The big question though is whether my RTX4080 will give me the a decent picture quality on any of these^^
Just received the Samsung and it's the best monitor I've had. The brightness is overall great. NOT better than the S89C (S90C). Despite the AW3225QF from Dell having the same panel, I felt it was way too dim and limited on brightness options. Thank you for the recommendation!
@@ChaosBG_ none yet. I had the OLED G8 2023 and THAT monitor had so many issues that are not present in this monitor. Even tizen so is better this year
Thanks for this video ! What about image and text quality with this matte coating (not about pixels structure) with the G80sd? Because I was really hoping that the G80s have a glossy coating like others . Thanks !
It's of course not as clear as a glossy panel but I think its much better than normal matte from like an IPS. Its a lot thinner and isn't so thick and sparkly looking.
It's very hard to say which ones better, LG has a little bit more yellow in it, and Samsung slightly more red. But if i'm correct the Samsung doesn't have a fan for cooling, so that's a plus.
can you recommend your top 4k monitor to me please? and did u test Samsung oled g9? I test Samsung g8 oled: it was not very bright ( darkish) but colour and black looks good, return it because text clarity was not so great and limited game mode 175hz.
The worst part about these videos is that you literally just can't see what you're looking for on an LCD. LCDs can't do a good job showing you how good an OLED is. You'll never be convinced until you get an OLED in front of you.
Yeah I'm in the minority here but I don't really view them as HDR monitors. They are SDR displays with great colors and motion clarity that can sometimes make HDR look great.
I'm not in the camp that dismisses a monitor because it's matte. I think it's a preference thing. If glossy is your thing and you can control the ambient light in your room, the MSI MPG 321URX is the best value.
Are you referring to the Samsung? If so yes, magnet sticks to the top half, bottom half is plastic. Can easily tell because they are different shades of silver.
10:00 oh you say that the pink colors instead of red come from the camera? in reality the red of the qdoled samsung is very natural warm red or even better than the woled lg?
The reds of oleds are blood orange, QD-Oleds produce pure reds. I have an Alienware and a G3 and the Alienware produces significantly better reds and the reds are much nicer to look at. I don't know why most displays display reds as blood orange, even my lg G5 produced pure reds.
No issue with PG32UQX but there are many who seems to experience eye strain with OLED monitors. I'm not personally affected but you'd have to use one to know.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Dunno, I have the LG 27gs95qe-b monitor, noticed Gamer 1 tends to get washed out on bright scenes and the blacks are crushed on dark scenes, it seems that the blacks are crushed on your unit too. I am using the RTS mode, it is a bit saturated but it looks better than Gamer 1, the blacks are much better and the bright scenes are not washed out.
@@SolaceinScrutinyyou are right. What i like about lg is more stable software and aestetics. I have rtx 4060ti, next year im gonna build totl pc with new upcoming cards and dont know if i should also get monitor next year...
You shouldn't. Its has plenty of advantages over this PG32UQX. Much faster pixel response, lower input lag, etc. Some people value those characteristics more than pure HDR performance.
In your experience, which would you recommend overall? Im debating to wait for Samsung. I just want the brightest picture possible with the least amount of compromise. Samsung S89C has spoiled me
Sorry for the super late reply, I didn't see your comment. Of the two I prefer the Samsung QD-OLED. If you prefer a glossy finish though any of the 32" QD-OLED monitors basically perform the same so just grab whatever is available and at the lowest price.
I was just thinking how better samsung looked then I realized it was the LG,mannnnn idk if its the camera or whatever but he lava scene was awful for the Samsung
Camera made it look weird, the LG also looked better there. Unfortunately these kinds of comparisons can be deceiving hence the note during that part of the video. Really the biggest difference between QD OLED and WOLED is in color brightness with HDR with QD OLED having over 100% more brightness which is noticeable side by side, but otherwise I think between these monitors you need to decide if you want 480hz, or the built in smart tv features of the samsung, also the Samsung is easier to get cheaper.
Thanks for great review and comparison. One question, which one has less reflective matte coating? I'm looking for OLED with stable matte surface suitable for document reading. I have used 42C2 & 48C2 for my desktop but glossy screen was bad experience for document reading.
Thank you. Of the two the Samsung is definitely less reflective matte and more like a traditional monitors matte coating. You can see the comparison I did near the end. Yeah glossy isn't for everyone. I know people who hate seeing their reflection all day on their 42" C2.
I've also found the coating on the LG OLED monitors to be quite good. It retains black in all the lighting conditions I have in my viewing area, where the QD-OLED panels immediately get lifted and have that tint to them.
Very good video. Finally someone compares side by side.
Bright room comparison would probably out off many people from qd oled. Maybe useful to do it
LG more depth, more sharpness. AMAZING. I have the SAMSUNG G80 SD in front of me, and don't know what to do.
I dont know why, but the LG monitor seem to have more depth in its picture... meanwhile samsung looks brighter most of the time, but also flatter... 🤷♂
QD OLED + more blue -> WOLED, WOLED + more red -> QD LED. I think.
Both monitors are great, but the one on the right seems better with deeper colors.
Certain bright/saturated colors are likely undersaturated with woleds, you should use the left one (Samsung) as reference for a more accurate HDR panel, not the right one. *Forgot to add, the technology difference no effect on white balance inaccuracies, so any inaccuracy caused by white balance can vary with both.
@@verttisyrjala2897pure nonsense
I have a question, because something is strange. Samsung seems to have also dimmer colors, I think something is wrong with your calibration. That can;t be right for the sole reason thhat regarding colors volume and color vibrance, nothing beats SAMSUNG's 3rd GEN QD OLED's and especially SAMSUNG ONE's monitor which is the most over saturated.
The facade of Big Ben is much more clearly in details on Samsung 32GS95UE than LG 32GS95UE at 1:28! But the star pattern paint of ceiling is quite sharp on LG 32GS95UE camparing with 32GS95UE at 1:56. The picture colour of LG is much more saturation than Samsung I think. Samsung looks a bit wash white on picture colour.
Hi, thanks for this comparison, which one would you recommand overall ?
I watched the video on an IPS/OLED monitor.
At night, everything indicated that the Samsung had a brighter backlight and a red color, but when I saw this video again this morning, but during the day, the LG seems to be much better, it has a depth as if hgig was running, and there was also a red color when playing Returnal , these lasers look naturally better than Samsung during the day, but these are my observations.
I'm curious about the hdr tone mapping function and whether it changes anything.
yo, you're that guy from reddit who seems to know what he's talking about. did you test the LG black crush after the firmware update? in your cp2077 example maybe. cheers
Yes. The black crush is greatly improved in both peak brightness high and low but the high setting is still over brightening content too much. I also didn't really note any improvement to actual HDR highlight brightness like people claim online.
Its in a much better state now but they really need to better optimize the high peak brightness setting.
@@SolaceinScrutiny thank you for the answer!
15:57 gotta love that pink tint on the WOLED, guess LG still can't get that right. My C2 has it too, I'm 100% dark mode on web pages to avoid seeing it.
That’s actually the QD-OLED panel, he swapped the orientation of the panels for text comparison.
I was browsing the OLED subreddits and came across the post where he showed this comparison and confirmed it in the comments.
左邊亮度高，右邊紅色、白色更真實漂亮，黑色也更黑。
I looked on my smartphone with an OLED screen.. better than my old TN 4k screen which needs to be replaced 8:46 The lava seems much more natural to me on the LG, red orange and contrasting. Samsung seems to increase light intensity but everything looks artificial with bleached red and pink... Thank you for this very useful video. I was thinking of taking the supposedly better QD-OLED, but the LG W-OLED seems more faithful and natural, I will see if I take this brand or the next Asus that uses it. And I absolutely need matte, I tried gloss I'm too sensitive, matte is much more relaxing for me and comfortable
Samsung G80SD has more bright, that´s what you see. HDR is better on QD-OLED.
Great comparison! One question regarding game mode on the G80SD: In HDR, when connected over DP and peak brightness set to high, is the monitor clipping at the correct value at 1000 nits or 400? There is a bug on the old 34-inch ultrawide G8 OLED which doesn't allow 1000 nits clipping with peak brightness set to high. It always clips at 400 which is wrong. very frustrating and i do wonder whether this is fixed on the new model or not. but it's only bugged on DP, not over HDMI
Thank you. Let me verify this for you a bit later today. The video was shot with it connected via HDMI where it correctly clips at 1000 nits when peak brightness is set to high. I'll swap over to DP and see how it behaves.
EDIT: I can confirm that over DP it clips correctly with peak brightness set to high. It actually clips at 1080nits. Medium clips just a bit over 400 and off clips at around 370. Setting it to off further brightens high APL scenes compared to medium.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Thank you for testing and confirming, that sounds great. I also didn't know that the G80SD was already available, may I ask in which country it can already be purchased?
@@xforx8672 No problem. It's not available until around the end of June here in America. Preorders start June 4th.
Would you suggest using DP over HDMI 2.1?
@@SolaceinScrutiny Just got my monitor and in high APL scenes the "high" peak brightness setting seems to be the brightest overall; not sure if they did an update but the overall picture appears to get darker with the lower settings.
Sorry for the noobie question, but somebody who just wants the best gaming monitor without knowing too much about all these topics: which one would you recommend? Is there any specific downside on one of these, also considering other factors?
It really depends what kind of gaming you intend to do and the hardware you have available. For example if its competitive gaming mixed with some slower paced single player stuff the LG has an advantage thanks to its 480hz refresh rate toggle. Outside of the specific esports titles, I personally think the QD-OLED monitors like the Samsung have a slight edge in overall picture quality.
@@SolaceinScrutiny thanks for the quick reply! It's interesting because I do own a LG OLED TV and I'm a fan of it so I was kind of biased towards the LG monitor. But I'm really getting the impression that the Samsung has an edge. I'm mostly playing single player RPGs but also sometimes CoD. However, I'm not playing highly competetively. The big question though is whether my RTX4080 will give me the a decent picture quality on any of these^^
Just received the Samsung and it's the best monitor I've had. The brightness is overall great. NOT better than the S89C (S90C). Despite the AW3225QF from Dell having the same panel, I felt it was way too dim and limited on brightness options. Thank you for the recommendation!
How is the matte finish?
@@Waitjayithought I've had experiences with only glossy screens. With that, it looks great and I don't have any issues with it.
Any issues yet with this monitor? Just placed my order in today but samsung are out of stock at the moment
@@ChaosBG_ none yet. I had the OLED G8 2023 and THAT monitor had so many issues that are not present in this monitor. Even tizen so is better this year
hi Jaz! I have been reading that Tizen is invasive with gaming mode and some other stuff. Is that true? is it more a TV than a monitor?
Thanks for this video !
What about image and text quality with this matte coating (not about pixels structure) with the G80sd? Because I was really hoping that the G80s have a glossy coating like others . Thanks !
It's of course not as clear as a glossy panel but I think its much better than normal matte from like an IPS. Its a lot thinner and isn't so thick and sparkly looking.
It's very hard to say which ones better, LG has a little bit more yellow in it, and Samsung slightly more red. But if i'm correct the Samsung doesn't have a fan for cooling, so that's a plus.
does lg has ? i dont think so
@@MsFearco The LG has a fan.
Compared to IPS panel It seems fine, but if compared to Asus PG32UCDM the image quality seems poor...
Thank you for this video. btw, are there any differences between HDR native signal vs. splitter passthrough signal?
Thanks for watching. Not that I can tell as long as the splitter isn't copying over one monitors EDID to the other.
can you recommend your top 4k monitor to me please?
and did u test Samsung oled g9?
I test Samsung g8 oled: it was not very bright ( darkish) but colour and black looks good, return it because text clarity was not so great and limited game mode 175hz.
It would be nice if there can be an accurate RGB OLED like a iPhone or the new oled ipad to act as a reference. Still great nonetheless.
Why do you choose to have peak brightness on medium for Samsung. I am buying this monitor soon, do you recommend medium? Why do you do that
It really depends on the game. Some games high is better, others medium is better. You will have to test for yourself which you prefer.
Does peak brightness works on SDR too?
The worst part about these videos is that you literally just can't see what you're looking for on an LCD. LCDs can't do a good job showing you how good an OLED is. You'll never be convinced until you get an OLED in front of you.
Most flagship phones are oled tho
Hi, I have the LG and am just wondering if you have any speicific settings i should turn on or any preffered colour settings? Thanks
I don't think these OLEDs are ready for HDR primetime. Gonna have to hold off until OLED monitors can perform similarly to miniled in high APL scenes.
Interesting how these monitors have such reduced brightness compared to their TV counterparts
Yeah I'm in the minority here but I don't really view them as HDR monitors. They are SDR displays with great colors and motion clarity that can sometimes make HDR look great.
I am a bit concerned about the Matte finish. Is glossy in this kind of OLED monitors really need it? What glossy models do you recommend?
I'm not in the camp that dismisses a monitor because it's matte. I think it's a preference thing. If glossy is your thing and you can control the ambient light in your room, the MSI MPG 321URX is the best value.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Nice to hear that. Thank you! I will consider that model !
too me the colours on the LG look more "correct".
Comparing HDR in the non-HDR video. Score!
I have a camera on order to shoot future comparisons in HDR. Thanks.
Is the upper part of the back plate metal? Can you test it by attaching a magnet? The previously released product was iron.
Are you referring to the Samsung? If so yes, magnet sticks to the top half, bottom half is plastic. Can easily tell because they are different shades of silver.
@@SolaceinScrutiny thank you!!!!!
No problem. I think you asked me on reddit too but I saw the question here first.
How are you able to run HDR on both monitors with one PC under duplicate/mirror. It turns off HDR when I try this.
I'm using a splitter.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Can you provide a link to yours? Does it work full res and refresh rate?
amzn.to/3wUwkOj
Yes it supports DSC and is capable of 240hz.
10:00 oh you say that the pink colors instead of red come from the camera? in reality the red of the qdoled samsung is very natural warm red or even better than the woled lg?
The reds of oleds are blood orange, QD-Oleds produce pure reds. I have an Alienware and a G3 and the Alienware produces significantly better reds and the reds are much nicer to look at. I don't know why most displays display reds as blood orange, even my lg G5 produced pure reds.
@@AiBot3777 ok thanks !
insane qd-oled
Any problem with eye strain with one of these monitors ?
No issue with PG32UQX but there are many who seems to experience eye strain with OLED monitors. I'm not personally affected but you'd have to use one to know.
any recommended settings for the samsung?
i feel it's a bit pink
Yours is pink? Mine is too blue. You can try changing the color preset from the default warm1 to something cooler if yours is pushing too much red.
@@SolaceinScrutiny yeah then it turns too blue.. haha..
Was the LG on Gamer 1 mode, high peak brightness?
Yes. It's the only usable setup.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Dunno, I have the LG 27gs95qe-b monitor, noticed Gamer 1 tends to get washed out on bright scenes and the blacks are crushed on dark scenes, it seems that the blacks are crushed on your unit too. I am using the RTS mode, it is a bit saturated but it looks better than Gamer 1, the blacks are much better and the bright scenes are not washed out.
The modes other than Gamer 1/2 all force higher sharpness that can't be disabled. That's what I mean by it being the only usable setup.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Yeh, this is a bit annoying, and there is no way you can adjust that as it is locked.
Which coating have better fidelity?
LG.
Damn. I would have purchased LG this year, but that stupid fan makes it a no go.
Both are best monitors this year in my book
Best to wait for the PG32UCDP. It won't have a fan and should share the same coating as the LG since Asus is sourcing the panel from them.
@@SolaceinScrutinyyou are right. What i like about lg is more stable software and aestetics.
I have rtx 4060ti, next year im gonna build totl pc with new upcoming cards and dont know if i should also get monitor next year...
This video makes me regret buying an MSI OLED monitor.😢😢
You shouldn't. Its has plenty of advantages over this PG32UQX. Much faster pixel response, lower input lag, etc. Some people value those characteristics more than pure HDR performance.
In your experience, which would you recommend overall? Im debating to wait for Samsung. I just want the brightest picture possible with the least amount of compromise. Samsung S89C has spoiled me
Sorry for the super late reply, I didn't see your comment. Of the two I prefer the Samsung QD-OLED. If you prefer a glossy finish though any of the 32" QD-OLED monitors basically perform the same so just grab whatever is available and at the lowest price.
I was just thinking how better samsung looked then I realized it was the LG,mannnnn idk if its the camera or whatever but he lava scene was awful for the Samsung
Camera made it look weird, the LG also looked better there. Unfortunately these kinds of comparisons can be deceiving hence the note during that part of the video. Really the biggest difference between QD OLED and WOLED is in color brightness with HDR with QD OLED having over 100% more brightness which is noticeable side by side, but otherwise I think between these monitors you need to decide if you want 480hz, or the built in smart tv features of the samsung, also the Samsung is easier to get cheaper.
Thanks for great review and comparison.
One question, which one has less reflective matte coating? I'm looking for OLED with stable matte surface suitable for document reading.
I have used 42C2 & 48C2 for my desktop but glossy screen was bad experience for document reading.
Thank you. Of the two the Samsung is definitely less reflective matte and more like a traditional monitors matte coating. You can see the comparison I did near the end.
Yeah glossy isn't for everyone. I know people who hate seeing their reflection all day on their 42" C2.
@@SolaceinScrutiny Thanks! This time I'll go with Samsung.
Only if they weren’t matte
It is funny how my old monitor captures the same colors as a OLED and it is not even OLED lol.
Qd oled red is awful😮
Shit that samsung is really crap