Couldn't Be Happier
by J TerryI've now had this monitor for a month, receiving it in early April as part of OCUK's first batch. I've used it for over two hundred hours at this point, around 2/3 gaming (Resident Evil 4 Remake, Judgment & Project Zero IV) and the rest of the time for basic Excel/Word editing and web browsing. Here are my thoughts. - Build/feature quality: Sturdy steel stand that was easy to assemble. Easy to navigate menus and I'm a big fan of the remote. Fans are very quiet. - Brightness: whilst my initial impressions in the first few days were that the monitor appeared a little dim compared to my previous IPS panel (which I ran at approx 50% brightness), I adjusted within a few days and now the notion that it lacks brightness seems absurd to me. In fact, I've turned the brightness down to 85% and it's more than enough for me whatever time of the day in a room that can get bright. - ABL: Whenever I view a webpage or document that is over around 70% white, the screen WILL dim the white parts of the screen, and you cannot turn this off. Again, this took a little getting used to at first, and now I rarely notice it. In fact, it's nice not being flashbanged all the time and I've always used Dark Themes where I can anyway. - HDR: Noticeably brighter in this mode and looks as good as one can get it looking with Windows 11 calibration. - VRR Flicker: I hadn't heard about this before, and never noticed on my LG C1. Was surprised more professional reviews don't mention much in regards to gaming on OLED panels. Essentially, if a framerate varies quite widely, it can result in a subtle flicker in darker areas with VRR enabled (something to do with the gamma, I gather). Loading screens can be most affected, but I did notice it in during general gameplay in RE4 Remake as my rig is capable are running the game between 120-200fps. My solution for that particular game was simply to cap the framerate to 120fps and it virtually eliminated it. I haven't encountered it in any other games thus far (albeit because I have been able to mostly max out the 240Hz . It does appear to be a trade-off once has to accept 2% of the time for the benefits of OLED the rest of the time. tldr: VRR Flicker is a part of gaming on a OLED and can be mitigated by capping framerate to your 1% lows in those titles where framerates fluctuate wildly. All in all, I'm exceptionally pleased with this monitor, but it does take a week or two to adjust to coming from a more traditional LCD panel blasted with a backlight.