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May 11, 2024 02:03 PM By rinburevolotion

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I see you tested the hdr brightness with the peak brightness set to low. You mention that with peak brightness set to high, the eotf tracking is off and suggested (but didn’t outright say) that the actual peak brightness is the same as the low setting. There is debate on the web as to whether or not despite poor eotf tracking with peak brightness set to high, highlights peak at over 900 or even 1000 nits in small windows with peak brightness set to high. What were your findings? Anyway, great review as always!

I briefly wanna share my findings on this topic:

In HDR Gamer 1 Mode I’m currently running the LG 27GS95QE on Peak Brightness High and Brightness set to 98 / 100. In order to compensate for the overbrightened PQ EOTF-Tracking in this config, I set Gamma in Nvidia color settings to 0.92 / 1.

Measuring the display with max cll & max fall set to 1000 nits and using a 10% patch size in HCFR, EOTF tracking was pretty good again, with the highest deviations being +54 nits at a 50% white patch and -23 nits at a 70% white patch.

Luminance with this config measured as follows: 2% patch size - 1180 nits 5% patch size - 1050 nits 10% patch size - 750 nits

RGB balance as well as color temperature is outstanding in this config. In order to tackle black crush you should adjust black point in game, since the black stabilizer setting is disabled in all HDR modes.

Aug 10, 2024 07:54 PM By KEMW3

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thoughts on the matte finish? heard either really bad things or good things?

I was struggling to choose between the LG 27GS95QE and the ASUS X27AQDMG mainly because of the matte vs. glossy coating issue. Eventually, I got the LG and the matte coating is not as bad as many reviewers out there claim. Yes, you do see a bit of haziness / a grainy structure on full whites (eg desktop apps with white background or bright HDR highligts) but I got used to it and it doesn’t distract me. Especially in typical gameplay or content consumption I don’t really see it.

In terms of sharpness / image claritiy I would say that my LG Oled G1 TV with glossy coating looks a bit sharper compared to the LG 27GS95QE - but again, it’s hardly noticable.

The big upside of the matte coating is the retention of deep blacks, as the coating diffuses ambient light very well. QD-Oleds would look horrible in the same lighting conditions.

Overall I’m very happy with the LG 27GS95QE!