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I don't think the 32UD89 has the ability to accept an HDR signal, that's the 32UD99. It looks very similar hardware-wise, with perhaps the omission of the local dimming backlight? They're likely more expensive because they're aimed at professionals and include calibration features rather than because of gross differences in hardware.
Both the UD99 and BenQ have minimal HDR ability so make sure your expectations there are reasonable. The BenQ is a VA panel, so it's got a better dynamic range to begin with than the LG can manage at all. I would basically just treat them as wide gamut monitors rather than buying for the increased dynamic range. There is a bit of it from backlight control between frames but you're not going to see much change in static contrast.
If you're after the last few percent of accuracy like a 10-bit panel then I'd lean towards the LG if you can't afford the NEC and Eizo offerings. According to the Tom's Hardware review the BenQ has no calibration features at all in HDR mode so you'd have to do it solely through profiling (can you even profile an HDR screen yet? Image editing isn't my field).
The BenQ looks like the slightly more capable screen though, the freesync minimum of 24hz instead of 40hz alone should make a big difference to console games.
The BenQ does look like it's tone mapping preference is preserve dynamic range rather than brightness values, so expect content to be a bit dimmer than intended.
I'd check all the programs you use on your work laptop have HiDPI/Retina support, [email protected]" is an awkward resolution that's neither one thing nor another for PC use. It is pretty high to be using at 100% scaling unless you have exceptional eyesight or have the screen close to your face (maybe 30-50cm). Your Mac OS PC may look a little softer/blurrier than you're used to if you do need to scale to 1.25x or 1.5x due to the way it handles non-integer scaling (rendering at 2x and scaling down).
I don't really follow 16:9 monitors as I want something wider for my next one. The monitors with decent dimming systems that offer reasonable increases in dynamic range are starting to appear though. Dell UP2718Q, Acer Predator X27, Asus PG27UQ and ProArt PA32UC, although I think the last may be currently the only 32". The production volume is nowhere near big enough to sell any of them at mainstream prices yet, so they may be out of budget.
I haven't seen many technical details on Freesync 2's HDR implementation. As a layman the biggest practical issue I see with HDR is the fixed brightness nature of standards using the PQ gamma curve (HDR10, Dolby Vision etc.). Absolute brightness values might be fine for a home theatre setup, but they're not going to work on a webpage that could be viewed in lighting conditions anywhere between outdoors at noon on a phone, to a laptop in bed. Instead of leaving it to each individual display to guess at how to adjust brightnesss I'm hoping we see more support for a relative brightness HDR standard like HLG that's specifies the data relative to the display brightness - as SDR standards do.
It's all early days yet though, so you're bound to end up with the usual quota of early adopter disappointments whatever you buy. |
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