I recently picked out a 32in QHD monitor to pair with two 27in QHDs for a triple-monitor setup. After using the 27in QHDs for a few years I decided the pixel density was a bit too high for comfort so I decided to upgrade my primary to a 32in.
Both of my QHD screens are IPS monitors with 178 degree viewing angles, so I made sure the 32in monitor I picked was an IPS screen with a 178 (or higher) viewing angle. With a little color correction everything should look the same, but wow, this monitor really looks different.
When looking at the monitor straight-on from ~2 feet away the sides of the screen are dark. The best way I can exaggerate this is if I fill the screen with white and move my head side to side. The “bright” part of the screen stays straight in front of me and the rest of the monitor gets darker as it gets further away.
My other two monitors don’t do this. I can tilt both of them to an extreme angle before they start to appear dark. I don’t understand what is different about this monitor that makes it this way. The darkening is so extreme that, if the screen is filled with solid white, the edges of the screen appear “shimmery” as the angle from my left eye is getting a darker/brighter image than my right eye.
I thought maybe it was the “screen surface finish” but my two 27in monitors are “matte” and “glossy,” the new 32in is “glossy.” All three are IPS displays. All three boast a 178 degree viewing angle. Reviews for the 32in talk about how it looks great and I don’t understand how people can stand this. It feels like an old LCD TV, not a gaming LED monitor.
Does anyone know what attribute I need to look for?
The 32in is the “SAMSUNG 32-Inch Odyssey G50D.”
My two 27in’s are the “ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ1A” and the "Acer Nitro VG271U."
First if all, why in the world did you get a 32" 1440p monitor? 27" is the best size for 1440p. 32" 1440p would look noticeably worse than 27". How did you think the pixel density was “too high” on 27"??? Also your 2nd mistake is you got a IPS. If you’re concerned about viewing angles then you want OLED.
While I do love oled and have an oled display myself, an ips display shouldn’t have such bad viewing angles that you notice issues when looking at it straight.
100% this
While 32" will mean less pixel density, it all hinges on your viewing distance as to which one will look better in any scenario.
True. I just assumed he was sitting normal distance. You’re absolutely right.
Edit: OP is sitting normal distance so yea, no idea man. 32" 1440p would look extremely shit.
Sitting 16-24 inches away from the monitor text/the UI is just a tad smaller than is comfortable on my eyes. I could scale the UI of everything or just get a bigger monitor. Not everything scales nicely.
Once you get into monitors over 27 inches they start jumping to 4k, which would make everything even smaller. My understanding is you want to your monitor to display at it’s recommended resolution, so I decided to keep 1440p and just get a bigger screen.
I could jump to OLED for… 3-4 times the price, but in my research it seems that OLEDs have about a 5 year lifespan if used 8hrs a day. I use my PC for work and play and 5 years seems really short when it has that much of an upcharge over LED. I tend to keep my monitors for 10 or so years in multi-monitor setups (older ones become side screens)
All that being said, while I don’t like how visible the pixels on my screen are now, I do appreciate how much bigger the display is. The bigger display is great.
That’s why 4k monitors are 32" instead of 27" btw. So it doesn’t look way too small.
Also I think you’re overblowing the risk of OLED burn in. But a great way to avoid this is just simply use the OLED for gaming only? You have 2 orher monitors at least…use those for work?
All three are wall-mounted, and the new screen will be the center. But even if they all were self-standing monitors it would be pretty impractical to change my monitor configuration after ending work for the day.
It’s really not impractical. I literally do it every day. I do work on my IPS monitor on the right. Then I switch to the oled on the left for games. I think you can do it. You may just need to change stuff around a little.