• AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I’ve yet to use an OLED monitor that didn’t make text look shitty and I’ve used $1000+ OLED displays with high ratings.

    Don’t get me wrong, OLED colors and blacks are gorgeous. I love OLED.

    Even my Samsung Pro whatever latest laptop with an OLED display…the text just looks off. Which was disappointing because my Samsung phone text is fine.

    LG C2/3/4, also gross looking text.

    Alienware OLED $750+ monitor? Text was bad.

    I love OLED but I’ve yet to find one that works for productivity.

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      Almost all OLED displays use a different pixel layout than traditional LCD displays. And sub pixel font rendering is designed for the standard LCD layout. Depending on your OS you may be able to configure the font rendering to look better on most OLEDs. But some people are just more sensitive to this as a problem.

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        Yeah, unfortunately I might be one of those people. I can also see some monitors flickering which gives me a headache in sub 3 minutes.

        It’s a curse. Especially with in-office pairing.

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          I think that’s PWM dimming vs DC dimming.

          PWM dimming turns pixels on and off to make them darker. So for 50% of the brightness, it’s off 50% of the time. Higher end panels flicker much faster which helps mitigate perceived flicker. I think 500hz and above is preferred.

          For DC dimming is just using voltage to control the darkness with no flickering involved.

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          I have a friend who has always been picky about displays, I thought he was just being nit picky

          Since normally my eyes can’t distinguish between 480 and 1080 under normal circumstances and flicker goes un noticed

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      Aren’t phone screens AMOLED? I’m definitely not an expert, but I thought it was a variation of OLED, which would explain why text looks better.

      That being said, I also have an OLED Steam Deck and I can read text on it just fine if the scaling is set correctly in the game or just browsing the web normally in desktop mode.

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        Ah, true, thanks for the correction.

        Maybe I’ve just had bad batches of displays? I don’t know. I got 3 really nice Asus ProArts and the text clarity and colors are fantastic.

        Still wish I had blacker blacks.

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      Did you turn on PC-Mode with your LGs?

      I use an LG nanocell TV as an pc monitor and the fonts didn’t look good until I set the HDMI input type to PC. And ofcourse you need to play around with the font rendering tools like ClearType in Windows.

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      Yep, text is definitely not handled well on most OLED monitors (or TVs) because of their pixel substructure. It’s usually been better on Linux for me and I essentially don’t notice it anymore, but I also haven’t used Windows in years so I can’t compare.

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        Hmm, I am working on converting all my things over to Linux so maybe I’ll give it another shot.

        Windows always has this weird ghosting going on, super odd.