… HDR is more about preserving a wider range of brightness and color information from the original source material. It then relies on the display to reproduce that wider range, and that's why the display's actual hardware and specifications are so important. …
… The brighter the display can get, the better it can overpower harsh lighting conditions and stay readable. This is true for matte IPS displays, too. Brightness is an incredibly important spec when using an OLED laptop outdoors. …
… ELMB effectively halves the brightness of the display, since some frames will be black. Fortunately, the PG27AQWP-W is bright enough that it maintains a usable level of brightness when ELMB is turned on. …
… Matthew Smith / Foundry That value was recorded in a 3 percent window, meaning only 3 percent of the display was lit. This is the level of brightness you might see when an explosion momentarily lights up the display, and it’s towards the high end of what I’ve recorded from an OLED monitor. …
… The Asus ProArt Display OLED PA32DC is the only OLED I’ve tested with a higher SDR brightness. An SDR brightness of 341 nits puts the MO27Q28G in league with most IPS-LCD and VA-LCD displays, and makes the monitor easier to recommend if you want to use it in a bright room. …
… Although not the brightest IPS Black monitor I’ve tried, the display’s maximum SDR brightness of 442 nits is nothing to scoff at. This level of brightness is way more than what’s usually required and keeps the monitor viewable even in a room with sunlit windows or many overhead lights. …
… A QD-OLED that can hit about 1,000 nits in HDR brightness can feel too bright when the display is 2 or 3 feet away from your face. It’s a good thing the U3226Q’s brightness is modest, because the monitor lacks HDR brightness adjustment. …
… That means it will be extremely bright when the display needs to be lit for a short period, or when a small portion of the display is bright. When the entire screen is bright, however, HDR brightness barely exceeds SDR. …
… The display’s brightness is equally impressive, topping 700 nits for sunny workspaces, while its fine-grained brightness control and effective ambient light sensor make it comfortable to use in dim rooms as well. …
… I found that it achieved the promised level of brightness with a measured maximum of 608 nits. Unlike an OLED display, which is dimmer when large portions of the display are lit in HDR, the XG27JCG produced a maximum of 608 nits in all scenarios. …