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Pro tip regarding the screen saver setting: Turn it off as it dims the screen just by toggling it on, even when the monitor is in use, you will get a brighter monitor as a result. Instead turn on the Windows blank screen saver to protect your screen.
It didn't have that effect when we reviewed it, that was added in later firmware. It's definitely one to disable with newer firmware! Either using a blank screen saver or setting Windows Power Settings to turn the display off after a short period of time is indeed much better.
@@hbulczao no issues so far and 2.0 is perfectly fine. HDMI 2.0 connection can allow for 120fps, at either 1080p or 1440p. 2.1 is for 4k at 120 fps. That's how things are.
hello sir I hope you are fine, i have a question from you, how was the firmware "Optimize HDR color accuracy and 30% color saturation improvement" when you installed it ? would you recommand it to download it as well or not ? thanks for the help
@@scar-76 Sending Back, after 10 Minutes of Desktop i got burnin. After every Game have to start pixel cleaner. i bougth a DELL 32 4k 144Hz now... i testet the LG OLED and this one PG27AQDM.
@@Megumin_VRC i had actually this Monitor too but send it back after 4 Days of use i got an dead pixel and the Monitor had that weird burn in type of issue and i couldnt get rjd of it
@@scar-76 I would not keep him. I can't recommend this monitor either. The LG I find better, but unfortunately is not bright enough. He dims with white color extremely the brightness. I will probably wait and do without OLED. My new DELL does a very good job so far. 32 4k with 144Hz and i9 13900k - 4090. In addition, you have no warranty from Asus - BurnIN. The monitors are too expensive for that.
@@Megumin_VRC i was actually thinking of getting the Same one again but i was Turned off after These issues.i also had the LG for a bit but it was way to dimm and the Fan made an coil whine type of noise so i send both back i honestly want to get an oled Monitor but 27 inch with no issues and high brightness
thanks for the vidoe sir, so would you recommand HDR "on" or "off" for gaming ? 90% of my time with this monitor is assigned to gaming, watching videos, shows and films. would be appreciated your guidance.
It's not 'one size fits all'. Whichever you prefer the look of! Personally I spend more time running in SDR - it's kinder on the eyes for prolonged use or in the evenings. HDR is definitely nice to use for some games in the daytime, usually more for story-driven singleplayer gameplay for a few hours than for multiplayer gaming. For video content I find most HDR implementations are pretty lacklustre unless they've made special effort to make it look good or 'spectacular' under HDR.
as you said and i forgot to mention it, i play multiplayer games, and im not sure if they support hdr or if hdr, make the performance better and delivers more fps for my game, so do you have any suggestion for multiplayer gaming and for turning it on or off ? (thanks for the reply btw kind sir)@@PCMonitors
If you like how it looks then use it, as noted in the video. You can adjust things to your liking with more flexibility using the 'Racing' or 'User' mode, though.
Can you help me? I've been trying to update the firmware, but when I plug the USB-B and connect it to my laptop (mo matter which port) the firmware update file just says failed I under current firmware version it says N/A, but when I use the monitors system information OSD, it shows MCM102. So why is the update file not reading it? I've seen a few people have this issue.
Nevermind I just realized that the HDMI cable they give you limits it to 120hz. If anyone else is having this problem you have to use the DisplayPort one.
got it last week but I think mine has a defect the text and icons are blurry/fuzzy its hurting my eyes just trying to read something its like watching 3D movie without 3D classes -.- . are facing you any issues with the monitor ?
It's a known issue with the panel technology that's highlighted in the review and accompanying article on the topic of 'fringing' - pcmonitors.info/articles/qd-oled-and-woled-fringing-issues/.
@@xHaMooDUAEx ALL OLED PANELS have this "problem" due to the way they project whites, they use RWBG istead of the standard windows text rgb layout. OLED arent productivity panels, keep the monitor if you plan on doing any gaming and video watching
I've got the 32" 4k of this asus oled series. I noticed that on my monitor, there are 3 differents option - sRGB - DCI-P3 - WIDE GAMUT Why i have wide gamut and what's the différence between the 2 others ? 🤔
Wide Gamut is the default, it uses the full gamut (which is wider in some regions than DCI-P3 and much wider than sRGB). The others will clamp the gamut to the specified colour space, restricting saturation but giving a more accurate representation for sRGB or DCI-P3 content. You should see a clear difference in how things look on the monitor when you switch between sRGB and Wide Gamut in particular.
@@PCMonitors ok i see, when i switch to wide gamut it's more "red". idk wich one i should use for gaming in tac shooter competitive, i'm playing tarkov
@@bleehat2908 It's down to personal preference. But games are designed (under SDR) with the sRGB colour space in mind - so that is the more accurate look.
No idea, haven't had access to the monitor since the review. But I don't see why that would change anything. As noted in the video individual preferences and units vary, so even without considering firmware they're only ever going to be a suggestion and aren't optimal in all cases.
Hi there - so is the 'user mode' most colour accurate? In one game I play, I do designs and play with lighting, and I'd like to make sure I'm seeing the same colours, and editing the same levels of colour, as other people when they see my designs.
Used in conjunction with 'Display Color Space = sRGB', yes. See the review for further details on this - pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm/#Calibration.
Can I run the pixel cleaning as often as I want, or can it cause any harm to the screen when used too frequently? Does the monitor really never run the pixel cleaning automatically?
I haven't noticed mine running it automatically, although ASUS told me that's what it's "supposed to do". It's not a very rigorous cycle (like the 'panel refresh' some models have) so I wouldn't worry about running it too much. The 2 hour reminder suggests running it every 2 hours should be OK for example.
@@PCMonitors Thank you. I have one more kind of related question. Is there any indication that the pixel/image cleaning is currently (automatically) running? I ask because I usually unplug all my electronic devices when there's a thunderstorm outside to protect them from lightning, but wouldn't want to unplug the monitor when the pixel/image cleaning is currently running.
The power signal indicator flashes amber when it's running the cycle. The cycle can be interrupted by turning the monitor on if you need to, so interruption due to a power surge or if you need to shut off the power shouldn't be an issue either way.
For my unit: strong screen move setting doesnt run off the screen but light and medium do. Not sure if you tested strong since light and medium ran off the screen and logic says strong would do the same but for me that wasnt the case
Also i can confirm with a close up video that strong setting does move the screen, it just doesnt run off like the other two settings and it doesnt bother me during normal use so i leave it on
Interesting observation, thanks for sharing that. It was a while since I used it, but on my preproduction unit I believe 'Strong' also ran off the screen.
The adaptive brightness (dimming the screen when there's a bright scene) also happens in games, both in SDR and HDR mode. Is there any way to disable this? I personally find it very annoying as it is quite noticeable to me and doesn't give me a consistent experience.
Under SDR with 'Uniform Brightness' enabled this shouldn't be strong. It's ABL (Automatic Brightness Limiter) behaviour and yes it's obvious under HDR or at high brightness as covered in the review. But this was tested extensively and there was minimal fluctuation under SDR as long as 'Uniform Brightness' was enabed (pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm/#Contrast_and_brightness ) . Also make sure you disable the 'Screen Saver' feature if using new firmware as that has a peripheral dimming effect.
10 months late, in HDR if you turn on console mode i found the dimming (ABL) to be much less harsh and also just look better and be more accurate. For SDR you can turn on uniform brightness.
Like you said in the video regarding HDR modes, I've found them to be exactly the same. However, you add a corollary of "the same on desktop (SDR Environment), watching Netflix and RUclips HDR plus HDR gaming." 1- What do you mean by "desktop (SDR Environment)? If you enable HDR on Windows settings, doesn't it then become an HDR environment? 2- If you add up together all the use cases in the corollary, you pretty much cover all the possible existing use cases of the monitor, no? I mean, I can't think of any other use situation? 3- If true, then by all standards there is going to be absolutely no difference between the modes, EVER. Why do you think ASUS provided the 3 modes then?
The desktop is always an SDR environment, unless you're specifically viewing HDR content. If you use SDR applications (just browse the internet, word processing, normal photo editing etc.) then the fact you've activated HDR in Windows and the monitor is receiving an HDR signal doesn't matter. It's still SDR content. Just like if you view movie or game content that's only SDR - it doesn't become HDR just because the monitor is running in HDR. The recommendation is to only use HDR if you're specifically viewing HDR content, as noted in the written review. The multiple HDR modes could simply be to allow different settings on each (for the few you can change under HDR). So you can have up to 3 presets swt up slightly differently. Or it may have been the intention that they had a different effect, maybe on newer units they do. But I can only speak for what I saw and experienced with my unit and system, where the modes were identical. Seems they are for you as well.
@@PCMonitors Thanks for the reply. I also assumed it would be to allow different settings between modes but when I changed the color temperature in one of the HDR modes, it also changed in all of them! In fact, it seems that any changes I make to one of the modes is applied to all of them. So that point is invalidated, I guess. My monitor also came with the latest firmware revision installed out of the box, so I assume it's one of the newer versions.
I just got this monitor. When I turn on screen saver my screen gets permanently dimmed even when things are moving on the screen. Does anyone else have this problem?
That shouldn't happen, maybe a firmware bug or they changed behaviour in newer firmware than we tested. Just disable the feature, be sure to use Windows Power Management so the screen turns off when you're away from it for a bit.
Do you at this time believe that Asus is running this LG panel beyond safe spec (in regards to the much higher brightness) and thus risking burn in developing sooner? I understand that there is a heatsink, but Ive read that this is only covering a small portion of the monitor and is mainly on the driver chip. So do you think Asus is just pushing this panel beyond what is healthy for the panel’s long term life span?
I think ASUS engineers are more clued up about such things than me or most people speculating about that on the internet, so I don't think so. The panel itself and manufacturers using it also often claim '1000 nit peak' brightness, whether or not that is achieved (pretty much is in this case).
anyone else got issues with this monitor? 240hz makes it go black from time to time like it loses signal. Also after playing a game the game crashed and the monitor started flimmering like crazy and got alot of artifacts and stuff on screen. This started happening after firmware update to M103 or what is was called. I RMAD the monitor anyways, not wasting 1500€ on this.
"RMAD" seems appropriate here. Sorry to hear of your issues - they're not normal and RMAing was probably appropriate. In general I'd also recommend trying a different display cable as that can cause some signal issues as well. I found the included DP cable a bit weak due to it not having a proper fastening mechanism, it often came loose and that could cause signal blanking and suchlike. I prefer my DP cables to clip in with a locking mechanism for this reason.
@@PCMonitors Someone told me they changed nvidia color settings and got rid of the black screening. values rhey put was 10bpc, 32bit, RGB and full. kinda strange that this works, mine was set to just default.
That is strange, though on my unit it didn't matter whether that was set to 'Use default colour settings' or something else there. It may have been that it 'reset' the EDID or something else that was causing issues. Sometimes power cycling the monitor can have a similar effect.
Pixel Clean seems to run automatically only if the Monitor is in standby.... I find the manual and statements of ASUS very misleading Support Agent: "The Pixel cleaning process will take approximately 6 minutes and will automatically activate when the monitor turns off." "Regarding pixel cleaning, it will automatically activate when the monitor turns off instead of in sleep mode" Manual: "The process will take approximately 6 minutes. This function will automatically activate when the monitor is turn off." So for me those statements are just wrong. And it's very easy to prove... There's a "secret" menu, however ASUS calls it "factory mode page" where you see several stats like product name / Firmware version and other stats as well, like running hours / hours since last pixel clean, basically the usual OLED stats / stuff. Consulting this page: if the pixel clean reminders shows up, it shows the no. 8 on one of the values. After a pixel clean it shows 0. If the reminder shows up and I don't run the pixel cleaner its matches the ours since last pixel clean. With this in mind if I power the monitor off (pressing the off button on the monitor) => I still have the same values as the day before and I'm greeted with the reminder as soon as I power the monitor on. If I let it in standby (just shutdown my PC) it's going to run the pixel cleaner. Accessing the menu: - Press all 3 buttons simultaneously for a few seconds - After entering the OSD there's a blue letter "F" in the top left corner of the OSD menu. (blue because it's selected) Entering this the screen switches to the "default" settings and shows a page in the top left corner of the screen with all the informations. Until FW 104 it showed the total hours running of the screen but this is gone in FW 105 or was reset. If uniform brightness is used the screen needs to be powered off / restarted completely because entering the menu seems to deactivate uniform brightness and some other features as well. Even though these settings are triggered in the OSD they don't apply somehow.
Very interesting. When you run the cycle manually, the power indicator blinks orange to indicate that. I have no idea why ASUS didn't make it do that if it's automatically running the cycle in standby. The way they've done it is absurdly cryptic, given it's such an important maintenance cycle. This is also carried over to their other OLED models.
@PC Monitors True. I never actually finished adjusting the HDR on my alienware oled (which I returned). I stuck with SDR towards the 2nd week. There is also a trick on those panels to lower refresh rate to 157hz and turn on 10 bit color, maxing out the hdmi 2.0 bandwidth. Those 10 bit settings reset on nvidia panel randomly. Although the custom resolution app probably would have worked.... but yea rgb/dcp3, windows / and or monitor hdr. I didn't have the time.
@@PCMonitors the latest, MCM103 and i mean washed out especially on certain colors like green orange and the result is to turn off HDR wich was not the purpose when i bought this monitor because otherwise i play all my games whith HDR on with my LG C1 oled and games looks amazing even those who are not meant to be in HDR native like dying light 2 for example.
I noticed a muddy look to certain colours (comments on written review, not yet published) and some looked more muted than they should. Having tested many monitors under HDR, though, it really depends what you're comparing it to. I wouldn't describe the colours as 'ugly' or HDR as 'washed out' (as they were with the earlier firmware versions) and significantly better than most models under HDR. Compared to a well-calibrated OLED, QD-OLED or Mini LED model I agree there are some inconsistencies and weak reproduction of some shades under HDR, however.
@@moussarazer1439 I'm not sure if there's some inter-unit variation there, doesn't sound right or reflective of what I saw (outside of bright colourful shades which clearly lacked saturation).
In what way? People's eyes have different sensitivity to brightness, room lighting varies and people's preferences in this respect vary. Some colorimeter software will recommend this brightness or a bit above even in controlled daylight conditions. 160 nits was also the long-established standard for Adobe RGB work, but that's besides the point. Some people will happily set their monitors to significantly lower brightness and find anything over 50 nits uncomfortable (especially in the evening). Others even laugh at the thought of the 'dim image' below 250 nits. 🤷
In what context? Too high or too low? Generally curious as I set my monitor between 100-120nits (80-120nits is the SDR standard) in a dim-to-moderately lit, light controlled room. Anything too high hurts my eyes and washes out the image, especially on an IPS monitor.
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Best Settings (SDR): 0:00
Best Settings (HDR): 7:13
Screen Protection: 9:15
Pro tip regarding the screen saver setting: Turn it off as it dims the screen just by toggling it on, even when the monitor is in use, you will get a brighter monitor as a result. Instead turn on the Windows blank screen saver to protect your screen.
It didn't have that effect when we reviewed it, that was added in later firmware. It's definitely one to disable with newer firmware! Either using a blank screen saver or setting Windows Power Settings to turn the display off after a short period of time is indeed much better.
Damn, I didn’t expect that. It really dimms the screen in use…
Wow thanks! I did the same with my new XG27AQDM and it really change
Thank you very much sharing your settings. Your videos are well appreciated. 👍
I got it today!
how is it?
@@hbulczao I love it
@@turbokiller dope! have you had any issues with it? i also play on console, do you think that'll be an issue considering it has hdmi 2.0?
@@hbulczao no issues so far and 2.0 is perfectly fine. HDMI 2.0 connection can allow for 120fps, at either 1080p or 1440p. 2.1 is for 4k at 120 fps. That's how things are.
hello sir I hope you are fine, i have a question from you, how was the firmware "Optimize HDR color accuracy and 30% color saturation improvement" when you installed it ? would you recommand it to download it as well or not ? thanks for the help
Got my PG27AQDM today - testing this settings...
how is the monitor after 3 weeks of use?
@@scar-76 Sending Back, after 10 Minutes of Desktop i got burnin. After every Game have to start pixel cleaner. i bougth a DELL 32 4k 144Hz now... i testet the LG OLED and this one PG27AQDM.
@@Megumin_VRC i had actually this Monitor too but send it back after 4 Days of use i got an dead pixel and the Monitor had that weird burn in type of issue and i couldnt get rjd of it
@@scar-76 I would not keep him. I can't recommend this monitor either. The LG I find better, but unfortunately is not bright enough. He dims with white color extremely the brightness. I will probably wait and do without OLED. My new DELL does a very good job so far. 32 4k with 144Hz and i9 13900k - 4090. In addition, you have no warranty from Asus - BurnIN. The monitors are too expensive for that.
@@Megumin_VRC i was actually thinking of getting the Same one again but i was Turned off after These issues.i also had the LG for a bit but it was way to dimm and the Fan made an coil whine type of noise so i send both back i honestly want to get an oled Monitor but 27 inch with no issues and high brightness
thanks for the vidoe sir, so would you recommand HDR "on" or "off" for gaming ? 90% of my time with this monitor is assigned to gaming, watching videos, shows and films. would be appreciated your guidance.
It's not 'one size fits all'. Whichever you prefer the look of! Personally I spend more time running in SDR - it's kinder on the eyes for prolonged use or in the evenings. HDR is definitely nice to use for some games in the daytime, usually more for story-driven singleplayer gameplay for a few hours than for multiplayer gaming. For video content I find most HDR implementations are pretty lacklustre unless they've made special effort to make it look good or 'spectacular' under HDR.
as you said and i forgot to mention it, i play multiplayer games, and im not sure if they support hdr or if hdr, make the performance better and delivers more fps for my game, so do you have any suggestion for multiplayer gaming and for turning it on or off ? (thanks for the reply btw kind sir)@@PCMonitors
As I implied in my initial reply, I prefer SDR for multiplayer.
@@PCMonitors Thanks for your time 🙌🏻🌹
I got this monitor for my series X. Do you think fps picture mode best for competitive gameplay ?
If you like how it looks then use it, as noted in the video. You can adjust things to your liking with more flexibility using the 'Racing' or 'User' mode, though.
Can you help me? I've been trying to update the firmware, but when I plug the USB-B and connect it to my laptop (mo matter which port) the firmware update file just says failed I under current firmware version it says N/A, but when I use the monitors system information OSD, it shows MCM102. So why is the update file not reading it? I've seen a few people have this issue.
What kind of HDMI cable do I need to get 240hz and use G-SYNC? I only have Variable refresh rate as an option
Nevermind I just realized that the HDMI cable they give you limits it to 120hz. If anyone else is having this problem you have to use the DisplayPort one.
got it last week but I think mine has a defect the text and icons are blurry/fuzzy its hurting my eyes just trying to read something its like watching 3D movie without 3D classes -.- . are facing you any issues with the monitor ?
It's a known issue with the panel technology that's highlighted in the review and accompanying article on the topic of 'fringing' - pcmonitors.info/articles/qd-oled-and-woled-fringing-issues/.
@@PCMonitors So its called " Fringing" Now I don't know should I RMA it or I have to deal with it. anyways thanks for the info
@@xHaMooDUAEx keep it, it wont effect your game. its windows OS that needs to support this and im sure it will be in the future.
@@xHaMooDUAEx ALL OLED PANELS have this "problem" due to the way they project whites, they use RWBG istead of the standard windows text rgb layout. OLED arent productivity panels, keep the monitor if you plan on doing any gaming and video watching
I can't changes mods while full aspect anymore idk y someone help
I've got the 32" 4k of this asus oled series.
I noticed that on my monitor, there are 3 differents option
- sRGB
- DCI-P3
- WIDE GAMUT
Why i have wide gamut and what's the différence between the 2 others ? 🤔
Wide Gamut is the default, it uses the full gamut (which is wider in some regions than DCI-P3 and much wider than sRGB). The others will clamp the gamut to the specified colour space, restricting saturation but giving a more accurate representation for sRGB or DCI-P3 content. You should see a clear difference in how things look on the monitor when you switch between sRGB and Wide Gamut in particular.
@@PCMonitors ok i see, when i switch to wide gamut it's more "red".
idk wich one i should use for gaming in tac shooter competitive, i'm playing tarkov
@@bleehat2908 It's down to personal preference. But games are designed (under SDR) with the sRGB colour space in mind - so that is the more accurate look.
You can't use these when HDR is enabled.
Do you not enable HDR? if not why not?
Both SDR and HDR are covered and even timestamped!
Any update to these setting after all the firmware updates?
No idea, haven't had access to the monitor since the review. But I don't see why that would change anything. As noted in the video individual preferences and units vary, so even without considering firmware they're only ever going to be a suggestion and aren't optimal in all cases.
Hi there - so is the 'user mode' most colour accurate? In one game I play, I do designs and play with lighting, and I'd like to make sure I'm seeing the same colours, and editing the same levels of colour, as other people when they see my designs.
Used in conjunction with 'Display Color Space = sRGB', yes. See the review for further details on this - pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm/#Calibration.
My monitor shows 8bps color depth on the monitor but I've changed it to 10bit in nvidia control panel how to i change it back on the monitor?
The monitor will use whatever signal it is fed by the GPU. You don't change the bit-depth on the monitor, just in the GPU driver.
what is your wallpaper called?
You can get that one (Jaguar UHD) from here - wallpapercave.com/w/wp6436528.
Can I run the pixel cleaning as often as I want, or can it cause any harm to the screen when used too frequently? Does the monitor really never run the pixel cleaning automatically?
I haven't noticed mine running it automatically, although ASUS told me that's what it's "supposed to do". It's not a very rigorous cycle (like the 'panel refresh' some models have) so I wouldn't worry about running it too much. The 2 hour reminder suggests running it every 2 hours should be OK for example.
@@PCMonitors Thank you. I have one more kind of related question. Is there any indication that the pixel/image cleaning is currently (automatically) running? I ask because I usually unplug all my electronic devices when there's a thunderstorm outside to protect them from lightning, but wouldn't want to unplug the monitor when the pixel/image cleaning is currently running.
The power signal indicator flashes amber when it's running the cycle. The cycle can be interrupted by turning the monitor on if you need to, so interruption due to a power surge or if you need to shut off the power shouldn't be an issue either way.
@@PCMonitors Thanks again, that was super helpful.
How did you switch to HDR? My HDR Setting is disabled.
You enable it in Windows, your game or system. The monitor automatically runs in HDR if an HDR signal is provided.
For my unit: strong screen move setting doesnt run off the screen but light and medium do. Not sure if you tested strong since light and medium ran off the screen and logic says strong would do the same but for me that wasnt the case
Also i can confirm with a close up video that strong setting does move the screen, it just doesnt run off like the other two settings and it doesnt bother me during normal use so i leave it on
Interesting observation, thanks for sharing that. It was a while since I used it, but on my preproduction unit I believe 'Strong' also ran off the screen.
How do you get 240hz with that 2540x1440 resolution ? i only get 120hz with that reso
Assume you mean 2560 x 1440. What GPU or system are you using and how is it connected?
I have this monitor although i can edit the menu on the monitor, do i have to install a settings bar o something?
Do you mean you can't enter the OSD? It doesn't say "OSD Locked" or something?
The adaptive brightness (dimming the screen when there's a bright scene) also happens in games, both in SDR and HDR mode. Is there any way to disable this? I personally find it very annoying as it is quite noticeable to me and doesn't give me a consistent experience.
Under SDR with 'Uniform Brightness' enabled this shouldn't be strong. It's ABL (Automatic Brightness Limiter) behaviour and yes it's obvious under HDR or at high brightness as covered in the review. But this was tested extensively and there was minimal fluctuation under SDR as long as 'Uniform Brightness' was enabed (pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm/#Contrast_and_brightness ) . Also make sure you disable the 'Screen Saver' feature if using new firmware as that has a peripheral dimming effect.
10 months late, in HDR if you turn on console mode i found the dimming (ABL) to be much less harsh and also just look better and be more accurate. For SDR you can turn on uniform brightness.
Can the LED on the front logo be turned off at all?
Yup - ruclips.net/video/Zhx1lwnBdIU/видео.htmlsi=EBBGDXUqZmYLeC6_&t=1435.
Like you said in the video regarding HDR modes, I've found them to be exactly the same. However, you add a corollary of "the same on desktop (SDR Environment), watching Netflix and RUclips HDR plus HDR gaming."
1- What do you mean by "desktop (SDR Environment)? If you enable HDR on Windows settings, doesn't it then become an HDR environment?
2- If you add up together all the use cases in the corollary, you pretty much cover all the possible existing use cases of the monitor, no? I mean, I can't think of any other use situation?
3- If true, then by all standards there is going to be absolutely no difference between the modes, EVER. Why do you think ASUS provided the 3 modes then?
The desktop is always an SDR environment, unless you're specifically viewing HDR content. If you use SDR applications (just browse the internet, word processing, normal photo editing etc.) then the fact you've activated HDR in Windows and the monitor is receiving an HDR signal doesn't matter. It's still SDR content. Just like if you view movie or game content that's only SDR - it doesn't become HDR just because the monitor is running in HDR. The recommendation is to only use HDR if you're specifically viewing HDR content, as noted in the written review.
The multiple HDR modes could simply be to allow different settings on each (for the few you can change under HDR). So you can have up to 3 presets swt up slightly differently. Or it may have been the intention that they had a different effect, maybe on newer units they do. But I can only speak for what I saw and experienced with my unit and system, where the modes were identical. Seems they are for you as well.
@@PCMonitors Thanks for the reply. I also assumed it would be to allow different settings between modes but when I changed the color temperature in one of the HDR modes, it also changed in all of them! In fact, it seems that any changes I make to one of the modes is applied to all of them. So that point is invalidated, I guess.
My monitor also came with the latest firmware revision installed out of the box, so I assume it's one of the newer versions.
You sould review the lg 27 oled 🙏
Will be!
I just got this monitor. When I turn on screen saver my screen gets permanently dimmed even when things are moving on the screen. Does anyone else have this problem?
That shouldn't happen, maybe a firmware bug or they changed behaviour in newer firmware than we tested. Just disable the feature, be sure to use Windows Power Management so the screen turns off when you're away from it for a bit.
Do you at this time believe that Asus is running this LG panel beyond safe spec (in regards to the much higher brightness) and thus risking burn in developing sooner?
I understand that there is a heatsink, but Ive read that this is only covering a small portion of the monitor and is mainly on the driver chip.
So do you think Asus is just pushing this panel beyond what is healthy for the panel’s long term life span?
I think ASUS engineers are more clued up about such things than me or most people speculating about that on the internet, so I don't think so. The panel itself and manufacturers using it also often claim '1000 nit peak' brightness, whether or not that is achieved (pretty much is in this case).
anyone knows how to unlock all the osd settings? i have the standard power mode on.
If things are locked it's probably because you've got HDR active.
@@PCMonitors oh damn, that was simple. Ty so much
how do i fix my texts being blurry? i just bought one
It's a known issue with the panel technology - pcmonitors.info/articles/qd-oled-and-woled-fringing-issues/.
@@PCMonitors so there's no fix?
@olivercomia1529 It's worth disabling ClearType to see how you find it or experimenting with MacType as suggested in the article.
anyone else got issues with this monitor?
240hz makes it go black from time to time like it loses signal.
Also after playing a game the game crashed and the monitor started flimmering like crazy and got alot of artifacts and stuff on screen.
This started happening after firmware update to M103 or what is was called.
I RMAD the monitor anyways, not wasting 1500€ on this.
"RMAD" seems appropriate here. Sorry to hear of your issues - they're not normal and RMAing was probably appropriate. In general I'd also recommend trying a different display cable as that can cause some signal issues as well. I found the included DP cable a bit weak due to it not having a proper fastening mechanism, it often came loose and that could cause signal blanking and suchlike. I prefer my DP cables to clip in with a locking mechanism for this reason.
@@PCMonitors im gonna give it another go then.. did you upgrade the firmware like i did? Also im on windows 11 if that matters.
Yes, Windows 11 with updated firmware.
@@PCMonitors Someone told me they changed nvidia color settings and got rid of the black screening. values rhey put was 10bpc, 32bit, RGB and full. kinda strange that this works, mine was set to just default.
That is strange, though on my unit it didn't matter whether that was set to 'Use default colour settings' or something else there. It may have been that it 'reset' the EDID or something else that was causing issues. Sometimes power cycling the monitor can have a similar effect.
Pixel Clean seems to run automatically only if the Monitor is in standby....
I find the manual and statements of ASUS very misleading
Support Agent:
"The Pixel cleaning process will take approximately 6 minutes and will automatically activate when the monitor turns off."
"Regarding pixel cleaning, it will automatically activate when the monitor turns off instead of in sleep mode"
Manual: "The process will take approximately 6 minutes. This function will automatically activate when the monitor is turn off."
So for me those statements are just wrong.
And it's very easy to prove...
There's a "secret" menu, however ASUS calls it "factory mode page" where you see several stats like product name / Firmware version and other stats as well, like running hours / hours since last pixel clean, basically the usual OLED stats / stuff.
Consulting this page: if the pixel clean reminders shows up, it shows the no. 8 on one of the values. After a pixel clean it shows 0. If the reminder shows up and I don't run the pixel cleaner its matches the ours since last pixel clean.
With this in mind if I power the monitor off (pressing the off button on the monitor) => I still have the same values as the day before and I'm greeted with the reminder as soon as I power the monitor on.
If I let it in standby (just shutdown my PC) it's going to run the pixel cleaner.
Accessing the menu:
- Press all 3 buttons simultaneously for a few seconds
- After entering the OSD there's a blue letter "F" in the top left corner of the OSD menu. (blue because it's selected)
Entering this the screen switches to the "default" settings and shows a page in the top left corner of the screen with all the informations.
Until FW 104 it showed the total hours running of the screen but this is gone in FW 105 or was reset.
If uniform brightness is used the screen needs to be powered off / restarted completely because entering the menu seems to deactivate uniform brightness and some other features as well. Even though these settings are triggered in the OSD they don't apply somehow.
Very interesting. When you run the cycle manually, the power indicator blinks orange to indicate that. I have no idea why ASUS didn't make it do that if it's automatically running the cycle in standby. The way they've done it is absurdly cryptic, given it's such an important maintenance cycle. This is also carried over to their other OLED models.
It seems like this has way more options than the LG27
Though that's not always a good thing. 😉
@PC Monitors True. I never actually finished adjusting the HDR on my alienware oled (which I returned). I stuck with SDR towards the 2nd week. There is also a trick on those panels to lower refresh rate to 157hz and turn on 10 bit color, maxing out the hdmi 2.0 bandwidth. Those 10 bit settings reset on nvidia panel randomly. Although the custom resolution app probably would have worked.... but yea rgb/dcp3, windows / and or monitor hdr. I didn't have the time.
HDR colors looks so ugly that i returned it the second day !!
Its a shame 😢
What firmware were you using and what exactly do you mean by "ugly"?
@@PCMonitors the latest, MCM103 and i mean washed out especially on certain colors like green orange and the result is to turn off HDR wich was not the purpose when i bought this monitor because otherwise i play all my games whith HDR on with my LG C1 oled and games looks amazing even those who are not meant to be in HDR native like dying light 2 for example.
I noticed a muddy look to certain colours (comments on written review, not yet published) and some looked more muted than they should. Having tested many monitors under HDR, though, it really depends what you're comparing it to. I wouldn't describe the colours as 'ugly' or HDR as 'washed out' (as they were with the earlier firmware versions) and significantly better than most models under HDR. Compared to a well-calibrated OLED, QD-OLED or Mini LED model I agree there are some inconsistencies and weak reproduction of some shades under HDR, however.
@@PCMonitors even my old alienware aw2721d looked much better in HDR and its an ips.
@@moussarazer1439 I'm not sure if there's some inter-unit variation there, doesn't sound right or reflective of what I saw (outside of bright colourful shades which clearly lacked saturation).
If you run ur display at 160 nits ur a sicko.
In what way? People's eyes have different sensitivity to brightness, room lighting varies and people's preferences in this respect vary. Some colorimeter software will recommend this brightness or a bit above even in controlled daylight conditions. 160 nits was also the long-established standard for Adobe RGB work, but that's besides the point. Some people will happily set their monitors to significantly lower brightness and find anything over 50 nits uncomfortable (especially in the evening). Others even laugh at the thought of the 'dim image' below 250 nits. 🤷
In what context? Too high or too low? Generally curious as I set my monitor between 100-120nits (80-120nits is the SDR standard) in a dim-to-moderately lit, light controlled room. Anything too high hurts my eyes and washes out the image, especially on an IPS monitor.
ur mom is a sicko