Brighter isn’t better for OLED monitors. An expert told me why
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“That’s just too dim.”
It’s the same feedback I always get when reviewing OLED gaming monitors, which have made waves throughout this year. The criticism puts a damper on the otherwise jaw-dropping color and perfect contrast. The brightness measurements certainly seem to affirm that suspicion, showing they sometimes provide more than half as much brightness of a traditional LCD display. But are they really too dim?
To better understand how OLED differs, I talked with Jacky Qiu, vice president and…