Tuesday, April 11th 2017
Pre-orders Available for LG's 32UD99 Display: 4K, HDR10, Freesync for $999
The 32UD99 is to be LG's flagship consumer monitor, if its specs are anything to go by. And while it isn't mainly marketed towards gamers, it seems to be a good bet for image quality enthusiasts, ticking the 4K, HDR10, and Freesync (between 40 and 60 Hz via DisplayPort) boxes in a 32" panel. The LG 32UD99 carries a IPS panel with a native 3840×2160 resolution, and its 1.07 billion colors cover more than 95% of the DCI-P3 color space, and 100% of the sRGB gamut - with factory calibration to boot. The panel features 350 nits typical brightness, a neither great-nor-bad 5 ms response time, a 60 Hz refresh rate for those who don't need a million frames in a microsecond, and the 178° viewing angles that are par of the course for IPS.
The monitor's stand supports Tilt (2~15°), pivot (90°) and height (110 mm) adjustments. Input-wise, it features 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 2.0a (HDCP 2.2), 1x USB Type-C (with DP 1.2 support), and a 2-port USB 3.0 hub with support for Quick Charging. There is also a pair of 5 W speakers. Availability is expected in late May. And it's a good thing this monitor is such a looker up-front, because its profile somewhat reminds me of Quasimodo.
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AnandTech
The monitor's stand supports Tilt (2~15°), pivot (90°) and height (110 mm) adjustments. Input-wise, it features 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 2.0a (HDCP 2.2), 1x USB Type-C (with DP 1.2 support), and a 2-port USB 3.0 hub with support for Quick Charging. There is also a pair of 5 W speakers. Availability is expected in late May. And it's a good thing this monitor is such a looker up-front, because its profile somewhat reminds me of Quasimodo.
41 Comments on Pre-orders Available for LG's 32UD99 Display: 4K, HDR10, Freesync for $999
Brightness
350 cd/m² (typical)
500 cd/m² (peak)
Yawn! :ohwell:
I wouldn't be surprised if this panel is the 0.10cd/sqm (or lower) variety, though.
Still, as usual, specs are one thing, but the real question is: do you have HDR content to display? I'd consider one of these for photo editing, but video HDR content is still very, very scarce. And simply forcing content into HDR space will only make your eyes bleed.
The UK LG website says it is "8bit + A-FRC". Is that "real" hdr10? I don't really get this hdr stuff at all.
Netflix is basically all I watch besides the occasional UHD Blu-ray. Netflix' content quality is great imho.
There are some good movies/tv series available, but not enough to keep me subscribed.
Wow, never thought about that.
Samsung KS9000 can dish out 1000 nits.
LG OLED55e6d is about 600 nits.
Guess which one is hands down OMG how much better when they are next to each other... :)
"Where the 55KS9000 stumbled somewhat was during HDR playback. The high light output required by HDR led to contamination of the letterbox black bars in cinemascope 4K HDR films, owing to where the LEDs are located and how light is distributed. We’re informed that this sort of LED configuration was absolutely necessary to coax 1000 nits from an edge-lit system, so the blooming artefact was unavoidable if viewers wanted to scale the HDR heights without clipping or remapping."
Also, were they both the same size?
I wouldn't say this is particularly off topic either.
Oh, it's actually 700 nits vs 1300 nits... ^^
Anyhow, you can see the blooming effect that I'm talking about here (different models but the same effect), at 1:59 :
The Vizio P and M series score high on local dimming LED and they don't break the bank. The more zones the better. Also Sony X900 series is above average.