Basically ,we need to have at least 2 monitors. An IPS for daytime use and productivity , and an OLED for dark room gaming /movies.

An OLED display with a glossy screen, 4k resolution and enough PPI makes games look like the images of those games on CD cases and magazines. IT'S SHARP AND COLORFUL. Can't wait to see this tech mature.

The reason why i chose IPS even for gaming is the fact thag i have a 10 year old full HD IPS tv that is still going strong. The tech have matured and proven itself to be reliable.

I came here to know if I should get a VA or IPS panel, and left wanting to spend my lifesavings to get the best OLED one. Oh shit.

This was a great watch - structuring, pacing, and B-roll were just incredibly well executed. Well done!

You have some of the best comparison shots I've seen in a video like this. Great work!

Nice video, I appreciate the out of focus simulations showcasing the color fringing, that was helpful. Hopefully the 4K monitor sized panels come out sooner than later, so the non standard pixel layouts are less of an issue.

The most complete, concise, well written and presenting videos! I have watched too many to care and just wanted to make sure I got the best monitor for me. Now I know, thank you!

“Is LCD Still Relevant?” As long as OLED tech remains stuck in kilobuck land, yeah, I’d say LCD panels are still plenty relevant lol

A lot of people have made videos on this topic but I could never see the difference in videos, but your side by side comparison captures the difference really well.

I swear, this is one of the best video comparison I have ever seen. Those half screen comparisons are wild. Keep up the good work!

Unlike my tv or my cellphone, I actually think burn in would be a bigger issue with a monitor at least in my case. I spend way too much time on Football Manager

We've already reached peak IPS/VA design when it took over CRT around 20 years ago. In the beginning it was a blur fiesta but here we're today 360hz blur free. The next gen OLED/MicroLED is not quite there yet. But none of us are getting any younger!

The light text disappearing on black background in VA panels is a deal breaker for me. I would rather compromise on price, size and refresh rate to get a suitable IPS panel.

I just had a QD-OLED for a few days. The color fringing on text is a serious issue in my opinion, I genuinely gave me a headache. Also if you play games with a lot of text it is also pretty bad. The annoying thing is that this issue is actually fixable in principal. MacType on Windows which uses the Freetype rendering which is the default for Linux, can actually ‚adjust‘ the cleartype rendering tech for different subpixel layouts. The problem is though that you can only change the system rendering for system application. Things like browsers, games, MS office and so on can and do render text without system calls, ie they do it in a ‚backed in‘ manner. So you loose this subpixel fine control. Why applications even decide to render text themself is extremely strange to me, its even worse that they can‘t grab these system settings because they are not yet considered standard, its just extremely stupid and weird. Anyway, the only other solutions are either conventional RGB subpixel layouts which I do not know if thats even possible, much higher pixel densities so you can‘t perceive subpixels anymore, or the monitors get some kind of on-the-fly processing for sharp edges (like text). I am honestly kinda surprised this isn‘t already a thing. One would think designing a signal processor for this should not be too dificult and these monitors are really expensive, so its definitely in the budget.

Went into this not knowing anything about displays and the most basic understanding of pixels. Now I can confidently decide the best monitor for how I use my setup. Thank you

I have the 27inch LG OLED and love it but would recommend that most people go IPS. IPS monitors are the most cost effective choice right now and for around 20-30% of the cost of an OLED monitor you can get a really nice IPS monitor with a high refresh rate and greater brightness. Unless you're like me and eat, sleep, and breath horror games and also primarily play games after dark I would wait till there is more competition between manufacturers that will hopefully drive the price of OLED monitors down.

Nice video, it's still up for debate which monitor tech is best - probably still in that annoying situation where you'd really want 2 or 3 different screens for doing everything - although that obviously isn't really a possibility. I think I'm going to stick it out with my IPS for a while, and maybe assess the situation with OLED (or micro LED by then) in a couple of years

This is one of the best videos i have seen that explains EXACTLY what i was looking for. thank you!

This video convinced me to buy oled. Went for alienware's ultrawide DWF and it is absolutely stunning. I would like to say for anyone still on the fence that the difference is much much bigger in person than what you see on the video. The video will only give you a small taste of how big the difference is because the camera just doesn't capture the full difference in brightness, contrast and detail. When you have OLED and LCD next to each other in your room, the difference is huge. Absolutely amazing tech. In short words, it looks like you are looking straight through a window and it feels like you can touch what's on the other side. Watched Interstellar last night, wonderful experience especially in the black hole scene.

It is almost like the perfect monitor is kept away from us. There is always a compromise. If we had a perfect one, we would never buy another. Hmm.

An advantage that you didn't mention about IPS is that it has a wider viewing angle vs. VA. So if you have a wide seating arrangement, and on a budget, you may end up purchasing an IPS based TV.

By far the best tech youtuber i swear. Not fast paced af and takes time to actually dive into what shit means and provide real side by sides comparisons that are visible. Like you can actually see what to look for and notice it nicely. Felt like i was at micro center running tests on all of em

Funfact: you need an OLED-Monitor to view this video 😂

I was considering buying a OLED screen in the future, but I have to say that my IPS Monitor looks like 10 times better than yours in the video. At first I had a bit backlight bleeding, but after some weeks it was completely gone. I have an LG Ultragear 27GL850-B, changed some colour settings, reduced the brightness a bit and this panel just looks so amazing.

I hope they create the ultimate monitor type one day that will have all the best sides of OLED and IPS and VA monitors in it

if OLED can ever really address the burn in issues, and mitigate or prevent them, I'd totally get one. That's the ONE THING that I'm worried about. Everything else I could work with.

As a casual FPS/Racing gamer and pretty big media consumer I recently switched from my 32” LG IPS gaming monitor for a 42” LG C2 OLED TV and I have no regrets, the little bit of effort to stop burn-in is worth having the AMAZING movie experience.

Crt gang where you at?

Just got an oled today... it's unreal how much better it is. I've had Va and Ips before and they aren't even close

Thanks! Oleds in my country are like double the price (maybe a bit more) of VA/IPS, and as I will use my monitor to work and software development besides non-fps gaming, I guess I'll be fine with a VA one as is the best offer I can get right now, thanks for the awesome comparison!

I'm happy with my IPS. I tried switching to a VA, but switched back because I didn't like the motion blur. I'm not using OLED on a desktop system until they fix the burn-in issue.

thank you for the thorough explanation. i’m researching what monitor to go for next, and this helps quite a bit 👍🏻

watching stock footage on my current monitor made me realize how much I appreciate it...

Das "Bis zum nächsten Video" am Ende hat mich echt geflasht.

Yeah oled is good but will never be mainstream untill the monitors hit sub 500$. Waiting for micro led seems like a good option.

I wish more people would have really hammered down the disadvantages of an IPS monitor when I was doing my research. I eventually landed on an IPS monitor and now regret it mightily. My only options now is to live with it, or sell the the IPS at loss. Wtf happened to monitors in the last 5 years? If my old lcd monitor from 2015 didn't die, I'd still be using it. It had great black levels, decent colors, and minimal ghosting/smearing. And at a budget friendly price as well. All these monitors today have glaring downsides.

This is one of the most underrated channel at youtube !

8:58 I've searched for so long for this problem on my VA Panel and FINALLY I found a reason for it! So it's actually the VA Tech, that makes games in the dark look so frustratingly bad. Now I finally know, that I have to buy a IPA/OLED so I don't habe this problem any more. And also I finally understand the problem. Thanks!

as someone who plays MMORPGs any screen that has any burn-in potential at all is just not a option. VA is also not a option because of the smearing, so IPS is the only valid option atm

I'm watching this video on a TN monitor but I can still tell how contrasty and rich the colors are on the OLED

I‘ve got a VA Panel, Freesync 75hz AOC. Never had an issue with ghosting, and the colours are amazing.

Yesterday i've received my OLED Alienware 34" and games looks way more beatiful. It's like a heavy moded + ENB on every game

Not that I didn’t know what you showed but an excellent video nevertheless. A comparison of OLED and IPS/VA miniLED would be most welcome. Very solid work!

I've bought a monitor with VA panel. I do everything, from playing games, watching mvoies to studying and graphical design. It's pretty decent technology, but the ghosting is visible and I have hard time choosing the right contrast for dark colours, because people who have IPS sees it differently. But that's just all, I think it's a good idea to go for a VA panel after all.

Great video, thank you. Personally, I sum up my stance on monitors like this: Watching movies is best on OLEDs. Office work (especially reading / writing text and working on spreadsheets) is best on LCDs, with VA being preferable if you have a lot of black backgrounds, and IPS being preferable if you mainly have white backgrounds. Gaming is best on high-end CRT monitors (if you can find one, which is getting more and more difficult & expensive).

Excited for more mini-led displays coming out. I love OLED but have no desire to babysit my monitor when i do work on it multiple hours a day. A good mini-LED monitor with a good alrorithm/dimming zones would just be more versatile for someone like me who games a ton but also has static documents on my screen all the time.

I have a uled va panel with 600ish local dimming zones and quantum pixels and its about as good as any oled I've seen lately. A tiny bit of bloom around very bright text on a black background like movie credits but for everything else its top notch. Certainly cost about half the price of a similarly sized oled.

Came across your video researching monitors for gaming and I'm glad I did, very well done and you have a new subscriber. On that note, I am quite OCD when it comes to display tech and there's no single monitor type that I'm 100% happy with. With IPS, the glow in the corners and lack of high contrast is annoying. Even more annoying is with VA monitors with the streaking and ghosting which in fast paced games gets pretty bad even on higher end models. But with OLED, the lack of sharp text, fringing and risk of burn-in and having to take extra steps to mitigate it just don't seem to be worth the high cost they demand. So I'm kind of stuck in purgatory as far as which monitor I'm going to get currently.

MicroLED will be my next technology. I have 2x 32inch 4K ips @144hz and intend to have them for many many years. I’m split almost exactly 50/50 across gaming and productivity.

If you're a gamer and don't do productivity work on your personal PC, then OLED is definitely worth it, imo. I have the Alienware AW3423DW and it is THE best upgrade (went from VA) I've made in a long time. It is amazing for gaming, truly jaw-dropping in action. I don't know how many times I've been blown away by the visuals this thing gives to games. It's an experience for sure. Definitely worth every penny for a PC gamer.

Waiting for Mini LED vs OLED video as I don't think OLED is perfect specially in video processing

For desktop use I don't trust OLEDs. I don't want to worry about burn-in everytime I leave a static element on my pc. I'm a developer where there are a lot of static elements on my screen for hours so I keep going fo LCD.

IPS Really Don't Have Dark Black level but IPS has the best Color Accuracy..

The downside from oled is that it ages quick. VA and IPS doesn’t age that quick. I prefer VA because of the good contrasts and colors and the good price.

Great video. Really nicely explained differences with great examples to show what the differences really look like. :)

Finally. The clearest definition of the difference between them. Much thanks❤

The brightness point is kinda funny, cause if you're one of those people that keep there IPS brightness at 33-50% (like I used to be), then you won't really feel the difference going to OLED. I have been considering though putting my 4k IPS with mini-LED backlight on a monitor arm next to my ultrawide QD-OLED, specifically for web browsing, whatsapp and discord, because it displays text SO crisp, and then keep my games and media on the OLED.

This video settled it for me, Im sticking with upgrading my 1080p to 2K VA panel from AOC same brand, I work mostly as systems administrator and programming in daily use, gaming is absolutely minimal, although I am upgrading my system to a beast so I can have some fun here and there i.e Doom Eternal type single player fun but it can't justify the OLED over my daily use, good review, got a subscriber in me.

Okay, is it just me or at 3:00 minutes and through the video, that little shitty light on the bottom of the monitor is super annoying, why do they even make those lights like that, if you are testing to see if your monitor is on, that light can be on the back, where its not gonna distract you during dark scenes

Careful about updating your firmware to latest version on 27GR95QE - since it can cause pixel burn-in (just google: Firmware update 27GR95QE caused image burn in). Normally, to avoid burn in - latest OLED monitors come with a feature - which swaps/moves pixels every couple of seconds or so. Yet, apparently - firmware updates temporarily disable this feature - and thus - on a slow update a burn-in actually happened.

0:05 lol im watching on a 23" 1080p 60hz moniter, so they all look the same for me. maybe i need a better moniter? 😏

Great videos, best explaining the real advantages and disadvantages of those panel technologies. Thx for the job done.

I would love to switch to an oled, but I think the problem right now for us is price. We put that money into my new build a year and a half ago, so we have a more low-mid range budget on the monitor. Half the cost of my build went to a Asus 3080 strix during the shortage crisis. I was an art major in college. I get super ocd on color accuracy too. And I need more contrast on my next monitor. Games like lotro, eso, and skyrim are hard to see at night or in caves and dungeons. So I keep the room completly dark all day to compensate.

Why is the black in the OLED monitor looking blacker than the black in the VA monitor, if I'm watching both on my VA monitor. I mean, somebody enlighten me.

i have oled display devices but the lifespan is very low :( i got screen burn ins and after 1 half year of usage the burn ins are very visible that makes the viewing experience worst

Very cool, straight forward comparison test, thank you for making it👍

I'm using a 1080p 75Hz IPS at the moment and since I'm just a casual gamer it gets the job done just fine and it wasn't that expensive either. I'll probably upgrade once OLED 1080p panels become available and they aren't that expensive anymore. I know that won't be soon but I feel like only that kind of upgrade would make sense for me. Getting a 144Hz 1080p feels kinda pointless, 1440p is too expensive for me especially when it comes to a PC that would output that resolution. So yeah ideally I'd stick with 1080p but OLED would definitely be a big upgrade.

Get both OLED and IPS. OLED for gaming and IPS for web browsing.

Iin 2012 I bought the Galaxy S3 with "Super AMOLED" and was stunned. A decade later, my new LG C2 is bringing back old and new found love! Nothing compares to the capabilities so far and it's only getting better. (this is not an employee for big oled)

Any chance we can get our hands on a collection of these super pretty wallpapers you always manage to find?

This is great information as I was curious about your take. I have been using 1440p IPS & VA monitors for years and was very happy with those. I did just buy an Alienware AW3821DW (IPS 38" 3840x1600) as I wanted vertical space along with horizontal space. it was a great deal on sale for $899.99 IMO and won't impact performance of my system as much as full 4K would. The Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED is supposed to be the greatest thing currently, but there is no additional vertical height and I cannot handle the screen prompt for a "pixel refresh every 4hrs" to prevent burn-in (ridiculous and kills usability). I might have waited for the ASUS PG38UQ (IPS 4K 38" but oh well) this probably is the REAL sweet spot for usability IMO (productivity and gaming). What I am really waiting for is a uLED 38" monitor which should fix all of the monitor shortcomings!

I have always preferred VAs, for their ability to adjust the backlighting in order to offer deeper blacks but unfortunately never as much as OLEDs, however if a VA is combined with a QLED then you really get a great monitor.

This is the best monitor panels video I've seen.

I have all 3 panel types and I agree with your assessment. While oled is the best/my favorite for image quality. I found out real quick that what i thought wasn't a particularly bright room was still overpowering the screen during the day, va is basically an all a rounder/jack of all trades but master of none type. It is really close to oled for sdr with good contrast and gets plenty bright for daytime viewing (why I use it for my main content display during the day), but the backlight bleed/haloing is very noticable in the dark, and ips is better for off angle with great pixel response(better than va for games) while also having the brightness of lcd.

I used to play with strix 165hz 27" IPS but bought LG C1 48" OLED to try it out. The IPS is now my secondary discord monitor. The difference is like going from DVD to Bluray.

I have the same OLED as yours. Top notch for games and content creation/consumption. Not so much for text.

bought an LG C2 to use as my primary PC monitor a while back, best decision ive ever made. :)

Tried OLED once, frustrated me after a year when the burn in kick in. Color reproduction is so good for my work, but spending another $1000 every 2 3 years, hurts me more in the long run.

The va g7 240hz panel is goated.

Finally, someone who mentions what the best solution is for TEXT!! Thank you!

I have a VA and an IPS. Both 1ms freesync. The colors on the IPS are too perfect to ever use anything else.

I heard some people say that OLED in FPS games with dark areas could make enemies a little bit harder to identify in the environment (Known as black crush), have you experienced anything similar to this? Another thing, have you noticed that bright scenes with no dark backgrounds can look better in the IPS? Do the colors pop up more for one screen or another? Thank you for sharing your detailed experience.

i bought the ASUS VG27AQ after watching one of your videos. Its a 27 inc 1440p IPS monitor. I have to say, i love watching movies or playing games at night. There is definitely back light and i understand if that bothers high end users. But for a regular 5-10 hour gamer per day who games as a hobby, i dont mind this at all. I was going to buy a VA minitor since they look very good but afterall decided for an IPS since i watch games in awkward positions.

Also, your videos rock. Well organized, well researched, clear, concise yet informative, chock full of visuals, and presented well. Subbed! I foresee a great future for your channel!

Im using an LG OLED 48" as pc monitor for 1,5 years now, and i regret nothing its soo good for gaming and everything else. Never had any green and red border effects at any time.

I'd love more black level detail than IPS, but for now just can't accept losing anything when it comes to text sharpness or SRGB range color accuracy. In the near future I hope to maybe find some flat VA monitor using a Samsung panel(for the speed). Otherwise I'll be stuck in 27" 1440p IPS "mediocrity". ☺️

OLED Burn in really is a non issue for Movies (Most T.V. as well) and Games because the pixels will constantly be refreshed without much worry. It would take considerable effort to actually destroy an OLED while gaming or watching a movie.

VA and IPS would still be there by the time your oled has burn-in issues. Also, VA and IPS are still the best to use when it comes to reading texts.

i prefer VA panel over anyother panel for good contrast ratio and fast enough to play esports titles

I’ll adopt oled in a few years. I’m enjoying my dual monitor set up. Got the acer predator 240 hertz 27 inch monitors with my 13900k and 4090.

Thank you for this. I have an ASUS PG279Q and was feeling the FOMO. I have OLED TV's in my living room and my GF loves them for movies and TV shows. I bit the bullet and bought the LG 27GR95QE-B. For 1K USD, I expected to be WOW'ed. For reference when I bought the PG279Q in 2017 (for around 900 USD) It was a revelation - IPS with its speed, Gsync, it was amazing for my games at the time (CSGO, OW, WoW, LoL, other FPS) I really enjoyed the LG OLED monitor, I thought it was a definite upgrade, but not enough for the cost. Im playing more WoW , Lost Ark, Diablo4 now and its great for the D4, but I felt it was lacking (esp in brightness) in WoW and Lost Ark. I returned it after a week. I know I couldve kept it, but with side to side comparisons against my PG279Q, (which is older now and with more screen hours than I can count), I preferred my old reliable. When LG releases a brighter OLED monitor, I will definitely buy it. My other accessory screens are all LG, and am looking forward to having a full LG setup.

what is your keyboard brother ? looks very nice

what would be really cool is the return of the CRT, but without that big tube, it could be as slim as oled. imagine a 75" new Sony Wega CRT in glorious 4k!

My Neo G8 mini LED monitor that has 1196 dimming zones which is uses a VA panel doesn't look anywhere like that VA Philips monitor you have on your example. It doesn't have that much blooming. But of course I agree that OLED has the superior contrast among the rest but a very good VA panel with plenty dimming zones comes a close 2nd... and is much brighter most of the time. Anyway, I have decided to totally just skip OLED monitors and will wait for micro-LED monitors in the future. My Neo G8 (VA version) should keep me good for a while.

All of my screens in my house are over 30 inches curved va's. I just love how it feels on my eyeballs, it's like you're there in the screen instead of looking through a window.

OLED is a big no as long as they suffer from burn-ins, well, unless you're filthy rich and can easily replace your monitor every other year or 2 lol

Oled also has a long term color shift issue as the blue pixels don't last as long as the others. Lcd shifts only slightly as the backlight ages, crt and plasma dont shift at all but get dimmer. Mini led same as lcd but better contrast. Double lcd is epic but too expensive (you have 10k for the sony reference monitor go for it its the best there is) and Micro led.. ok doesn't exist at monitor sizes and will be extremely difficult to make that small for a very long time. If ever.

man this was such a clear, informative video. Exactly what I needed, cheers

I hope we get to see OLED without burn in in the future, as is I see OLED as insanely expensive disposable tech. Aside from money that's the only thing that's put me off of OLED. It's expensive but if it could last a long time I wouldn't have issues paying for it, at the end of the day that's the most important part of the human-computer interface. But pay 1K for something that's gonna burn in in a bit? With my gaming sessions that last up to 12 hours when I have the free time? With static HUD elements like the minimap, health, ammo, objectives, aiming reticle etc?