WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:08.080 High dynamic range or HDR has been the 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.280 next big thing in display technology for 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:14.000 what seems like forever now I mean hell 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 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:23.880 without that feature these days and yet 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:28.439 HDR is still far from a mainstream 00:00:23.880 --> 00:00:31.119 feature on PC monitors but are we on the 00:00:28.439 --> 00:00:35.840 cusp of a revolution sitting unknowingly at the bottom of a looming scurve about 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:41.520 to be forcefully catapulted into a utopian future of super bright H vibrant 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 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:54.480 monitor with full hdr10 support and 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:58.560 1,000 nit Peak brightness let's see if 00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:03.359 it's time to start giving a crap 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:10.320 browse privately and securely with tunnel bear the simple VPN app start 00:01:08.119 --> 00:01:13.280 your 7-Day free trial at the link in the video 00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:19.759 description when it comes to looks the ultr sharp 27 4K HDR from Dell lands in 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:22.079 the Goldilocks zone of understated 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:29.200 sophistication not too flashy for an office and not too dull for the 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.759 $1500 price tag it's got a space gray 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 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:42.640 to use onscreen displays in recent memory and a generous amount of Mobility 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:44.200 the stand can tilt swivel pivot and 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:49.759 whatever that word for adjusting the height is let's go with Elevate but also 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 00:01:55.039 --> 00:02:01.360 ahdr both regular and mini DisplayPort 00:01:58.039 --> 00:02:04.200 1.4 ports also HDR ready an audio line 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:10.879 out and a pretty sick integrated USB hub with six USB 3 ports two with fast 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:15.160 charging and dual uplinks that's so the 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:17.560 up 278 Q can be used as a KVM switch to 00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:22.879 quickly move between tasks on two systems neat and there's a bunch of 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 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:31.840 10bit color and an incredible 00:02:31.959 --> 00:02:39.640 384 local dimming zones that is what 00:02:35.959 --> 00:02:42.720 allows it to produce super bright points 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:45.640 with dark areas right next to them and 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:53.040 those bright points can be really bright up to a, knits fun fact knit is another 00:02:50.480 --> 00:02:58.840 word for the unit Candela which is equal to the light output of one candle so 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:05.040 this is basically like the output of a th000 candles in your face sort of 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:09.920 that's the peak brightness typical brightness sustained across the whole 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:15.360 screen is 400 nits which is still brighter than most displays so all this 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:18.799 culminates then in a truly professional 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:21.560 grade monitor with high contrast ratios 00:03:18.799 --> 00:03:26.760 accurate colors with Delta e under two and excellent coverage of even the most 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:32.920 demanding color gamuts it even comes with a Nifty color calibration report in 00:03:28.920 --> 00:03:35.280 the Box neat okay then so you're stoked 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 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 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:52.239 isn't HDR supposed to be uh H what's the 00:03:47.760 --> 00:03:56.599 technical term again the welcome to 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:58.760 the HDR Rabbit Hole HDR is an awesome 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:05.720 technology but Windows 10's implementation of HDR really 00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:08.920 demonstrates just how unsettled the dust 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:11.879 is so the colors went dull when HDR was 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:17.079 turned on for two reasons the first has to do with color space most of the 00:04:14.239 --> 00:04:23.160 content on your PC is likely to be in the srgb color space which has fewer 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:27.520 colors than Rec 2020 the color space 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:31.280 used by the hdr10 standard so when HDR 00:04:27.520 --> 00:04:34.600 is on colors need to be remapped to rec 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:37.880 2020 and since srgb has fewer colors in 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:40.199 the gamut it's not always a good fit the 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:47.639 second reason it looks bunk has to do with brightness with HDR on Windows is 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:50.560 imposing a ceiling of a 100 knits on the 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:55.479 screen's brightness the colors don't actually change they still have the same 00:04:53.080 --> 00:05:01.680 Hue it's just that your eyes perceive them as less rich or saturated well okay 00:04:59.080 --> 00:05:07.520 but that's pretty crap lonus why would Windows turn the brightness down because 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:11.320 if it didn't you would get blasted when 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:13.320 the non HDR content is remapped if the 00:05:11.320 --> 00:05:19.120 whitest whites were allowed to be represented by a thousand nits of 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:22.639 brightness a blank white page and say 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:25.039 Microsoft Word would be blinding plus 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:29.280 all the other colors would look super saturated and 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:34.440 wrong so you might think then that it would be better if Windows could leave 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:39.960 all the colors alone until it detects HDR content that's being viewed and then 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 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:50.280 okay so then the solution is to just switch it on when you're watching HDR 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:53.120 content like stuff on Netflix or uh 00:05:50.280 --> 00:05:59.240 Amazon Prime video or YouTube not so fast those guys offer HDR content but 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:04.960 due to browser limitations it's actually only available through the apps on your 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:08.240 HDR ready Smart TV for now fine then 00:06:04.960 --> 00:06:11.400 lonus at least there's gaming right okay 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:14.880 this one yes Mass Effect Andromeda looks 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:17.280 sick in HDR unfortunately if you also 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:22.039 like to play other games right now you're bound to end up disappointed at 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:26.560 the moment HDR games are few and far between and many of the titles you see 00:06:24.440 --> 00:06:36.680 advertised as HDR only do so on the Xbox 1s or the 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:40.520 PlayStation 4 or 4 Pro where that TV HDR 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:42.960 ecosystem is more mature HDR games are 00:06:40.520 --> 00:06:48.919 coming though so in due time this monitor will be great for gaming kind of 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 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:58.280 times at about 6 milliseconds are not 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:04.240 that competitive with the top gaming displays so then if you're a gamer who 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:07.759 needs a monitor today your money may be 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:10.879 better spent elsewhere and if it's HDR 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:14.560 you're after then hooking up your PC to 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:17.000 a giant 4K HDR TV for the same 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 00:07:20.599 --> 00:07:30.319 solution looking for a problem no actually not at all unlike dellone 8K 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:33.759 monitor this one has some very real 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:36.240 applications today if you're a content 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:41.319 creator you might want to consider the investment wide coverage of multiple 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:46.240 gamuts gives you the flexibility to produce in whatever standard your 00:07:42.919 --> 00:07:49.319 project demands the KVM switch is super 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:51.599 elegant not to mention very convenient 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:57.080 and compared to the pricing of professional grade calibrated displays 00:07:54.479 --> 00:08:03.240 honestly you're not really paying that more 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