1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:08,080 High dynamic range or HDR has been the 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:11,280 next big thing in display technology for 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:14,000 what seems like forever now I mean hell 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:20,359 our first video about it is from 2014 and it's hard to find a decent TV 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:23,880 without that feature these days and yet 6 00:00:20,359 --> 00:00:28,439 HDR is still far from a mainstream 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:31,119 feature on PC monitors but are we on the 8 00:00:28,439 --> 00:00:35,840 cusp of a revolution sitting unknowingly at the bottom of a looming scurve about 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:41,520 to be forcefully catapulted into a utopian future of super bright H vibrant 10 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:51,079 displays well if we were then the Dell up 2718 Q would be that future it's a 4k 11 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:54,480 monitor with full hdr10 support and 12 00:00:51,079 --> 00:00:58,560 1,000 nit Peak brightness let's see if 13 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:03,359 it's time to start giving a crap 14 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:10,320 browse privately and securely with tunnel bear the simple VPN app start 15 00:01:08,119 --> 00:01:13,280 your 7-Day free trial at the link in the video 16 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:19,759 description when it comes to looks the ultr sharp 27 4K HDR from Dell lands in 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:22,079 the Goldilocks zone of understated 18 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:29,200 sophistication not too flashy for an office and not too dull for the 19 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,759 $1500 price tag it's got a space gray 20 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:35,840 are we allowed to say that that it's got a gray plastic finish one of the easiest 21 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:42,640 to use onscreen displays in recent memory and a generous amount of Mobility 22 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:44,200 the stand can tilt swivel pivot and 23 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:49,759 whatever that word for adjusting the height is let's go with Elevate but also 24 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:58,039 the opposite of that there are two HDMI 2.0 a ports on the back the A is for 25 00:01:55,039 --> 00:02:01,360 ahdr both regular and mini DisplayPort 26 00:01:58,039 --> 00:02:04,200 1.4 ports also HDR ready an audio line 27 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:10,879 out and a pretty sick integrated USB hub with six USB 3 ports two with fast 28 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:15,160 charging and dual uplinks that's so the 29 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:17,560 up 278 Q can be used as a KVM switch to 30 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:22,879 quickly move between tasks on two systems neat and there's a bunch of 31 00:02:19,959 --> 00:02:31,840 impressive specs inside the display too it's got a 4K 60 HZ IPS panel with true 32 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:31,840 10bit color and an incredible 33 00:02:31,959 --> 00:02:39,640 384 local dimming zones that is what 34 00:02:35,959 --> 00:02:42,720 allows it to produce super bright points 35 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:45,640 with dark areas right next to them and 36 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:53,040 those bright points can be really bright up to a, knits fun fact knit is another 37 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:58,840 word for the unit Candela which is equal to the light output of one candle so 38 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:05,040 this is basically like the output of a th000 candles in your face sort of 39 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:09,920 that's the peak brightness typical brightness sustained across the whole 40 00:03:07,159 --> 00:03:15,360 screen is 400 nits which is still brighter than most displays so all this 41 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:18,799 culminates then in a truly professional 42 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:21,560 grade monitor with high contrast ratios 43 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:26,760 accurate colors with Delta e under two and excellent coverage of even the most 44 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:32,920 demanding color gamuts it even comes with a Nifty color calibration report in 45 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:35,280 the Box neat okay then so you're stoked 46 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:40,519 as hell and you've got the Windows 10 creators update and you're ready to bask 47 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:47,760 in the glory of HDR you hit the toggle button and hey why does it look so drab 48 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:52,239 isn't HDR supposed to be uh H what's the 49 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:56,599 technical term again the welcome to 50 00:03:52,239 --> 00:03:58,760 the HDR Rabbit Hole HDR is an awesome 51 00:03:56,599 --> 00:04:05,720 technology but Windows 10's implementation of HDR really 52 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:08,920 demonstrates just how unsettled the dust 53 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:11,879 is so the colors went dull when HDR was 54 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:17,079 turned on for two reasons the first has to do with color space most of the 55 00:04:14,239 --> 00:04:23,160 content on your PC is likely to be in the srgb color space which has fewer 56 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:27,520 colors than Rec 2020 the color space 57 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:31,280 used by the hdr10 standard so when HDR 58 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:34,600 is on colors need to be remapped to rec 59 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:37,880 2020 and since srgb has fewer colors in 60 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:40,199 the gamut it's not always a good fit the 61 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:47,639 second reason it looks bunk has to do with brightness with HDR on Windows is 62 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:50,560 imposing a ceiling of a 100 knits on the 63 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:55,479 screen's brightness the colors don't actually change they still have the same 64 00:04:53,080 --> 00:05:01,680 Hue it's just that your eyes perceive them as less rich or saturated well okay 65 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:07,520 but that's pretty crap lonus why would Windows turn the brightness down because 66 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:11,320 if it didn't you would get blasted when 67 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,320 the non HDR content is remapped if the 68 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:19,120 whitest whites were allowed to be represented by a thousand nits of 69 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:22,639 brightness a blank white page and say 70 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:25,039 Microsoft Word would be blinding plus 71 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:29,280 all the other colors would look super saturated and 72 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:34,440 wrong so you might think then that it would be better if Windows could leave 73 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:39,960 all the colors alone until it detects HDR content that's being viewed and then 74 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:44,360 it could just adjust them on the fly but that's just not how it works right now 75 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:50,280 okay so then the solution is to just switch it on when you're watching HDR 76 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:53,120 content like stuff on Netflix or uh 77 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:59,240 Amazon Prime video or YouTube not so fast those guys offer HDR content but 78 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:04,960 due to browser limitations it's actually only available through the apps on your 79 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:08,240 HDR ready Smart TV for now fine then 80 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:11,400 lonus at least there's gaming right okay 81 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:14,880 this one yes Mass Effect Andromeda looks 82 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:17,280 sick in HDR unfortunately if you also 83 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:22,039 like to play other games right now you're bound to end up disappointed at 84 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:26,560 the moment HDR games are few and far between and many of the titles you see 85 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:36,680 advertised as HDR only do so on the Xbox 1s or the 86 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:40,520 PlayStation 4 or 4 Pro where that TV HDR 87 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:42,960 ecosystem is more mature HDR games are 88 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:48,919 coming though so in due time this monitor will be great for gaming kind of 89 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:56,560 I mean it's a beautiful monitor but its 4K is capped at 60 HZ and its response 90 00:06:52,759 --> 00:06:58,280 times at about 6 milliseconds are not 91 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:04,240 that competitive with the top gaming displays so then if you're a gamer who 92 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:07,759 needs a monitor today your money may be 93 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:10,879 better spent elsewhere and if it's HDR 94 00:07:07,759 --> 00:07:14,560 you're after then hooking up your PC to 95 00:07:10,879 --> 00:07:17,000 a giant 4K HDR TV for the same 96 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:23,319 price that might make a fair bit of sense so then is the up 201718 q a 97 00:07:20,599 --> 00:07:30,319 solution looking for a problem no actually not at all unlike dellone 8K 98 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:33,759 monitor this one has some very real 99 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:36,240 applications today if you're a content 100 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:41,319 creator you might want to consider the investment wide coverage of multiple 101 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:46,240 gamuts gives you the flexibility to produce in whatever standard your 102 00:07:42,919 --> 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