WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.400 a portion of this video is sponsored by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom watch to the 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:10.740 end to learn more there are two types of displays those for consuming content and 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:14.099 those for creating it and while they have a lot in common there are some key 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:18.420 ways that they differ with the main one being color gamut you're probably 00:00:16.139 --> 00:00:22.680 already aware that a wider color gamut means your display can recreate a 00:00:20.340 --> 00:00:30.300 broader range of colors but what exactly are srgb Adobe RGB DCI P3 and why have 00:00:27.779 --> 00:00:37.079 creative types been spending tens of thousands of dollars on monitors that 00:00:33.300 --> 00:00:39.120 have more of them could this be the game 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:44.460 changer that stops all that turning those expensive beats into dinosaurs and 00:00:42.300 --> 00:00:48.960 can we game on it even if we're not really supposed to 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:51.840 yes yes of course we will if you guessed 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:57.840 that the RGB stands for red green blue you're right standard RGB or srgb was 00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:02.940 created back in 1996 by HP and Microsoft and it's basically our default color 00:01:00.059 --> 00:01:08.159 space used for monitors printers and just about anything you look at online 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:10.200 but srgb being 25 years old at this 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.420 point wasn't the most forward-looking standard and we've come a long way think 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:21.000 of the color spectrum like a rainbow and srgb kind of like a small sampling of 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:24.119 those available colors speaking of colors our Northern Lights desk pad 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:28.860 finally back in stock Pickers up to the ltdstore.com well that's where the newer 00:01:26.460 --> 00:01:33.479 Big Boy Color spaces come in adding more and more of the human visible spectrum 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:38.520 so a monitor with full coverage of the DCI P3 color space for example can 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:43.439 display a color game at about 25 percent wider than srgb 00:01:40.740 --> 00:01:48.420 but that's also where the problems come in because when a piece of content is 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:52.740 created or mastered in one color space and then consumed on a device that 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:57.600 doesn't properly support it you can end up with oversaturated or unnatural 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:01.979 looking colors now the obvious solution would be to just have content creators 00:01:59.399 --> 00:02:07.200 use calibrated versions of the same Cheapo monitors that we use at home 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:11.940 but that introduces a whole host of other problems like how could they 00:02:09.660 --> 00:02:17.099 adjust a color that their camera captured but their display cannot 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:21.720 represent how can they ensure that their Masterpiece will look right on a higher 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:26.700 Fidelity screen like in the cinema that's why colorists demand Superior 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:32.879 displays which for film work can easily reach 30 or 40 thousand dollars now 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:39.060 obviously for smaller content creators or even small Studios that kind of cost 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:43.200 is Out Of Reach and that is where the 32 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:45.120 EP 950 comes in from LG it features a 4K 00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:49.440 OLED panel for blacks that are completely devoid of light remember the 00:02:47.220 --> 00:02:57.120 individual pixels can be turned off and it boasts 99 coverage of both the DCI P3 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:58.620 and Adobe RGB color spaces unlike some 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:03.840 of the larger OLED displays out there it's only 31 and a half inches we'll get 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:08.280 back to that missing half inch later and it runs at a refresh rate of 60 hertz 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:12.420 which isn't the best but remember it's not for consuming content it's for 00:03:10.140 --> 00:03:17.519 creating it but I still want a game on what is on paper the best display I've 00:03:15.420 --> 00:03:22.440 ever looked at this is my first time seeing this game 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:27.840 on such a wide gamut monitor but I don't notice a difference and I shouldn't 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:32.700 because if we're in SDR we're only making use of srdb anyway and many 00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:37.800 consume in fact most consumer monitors these days are able to achieve pretty 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:40.019 close to 100 coverage of srgb let's 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:45.659 switch over to HDR though probably want to crank our luminance given that this 00:03:41.640 --> 00:03:49.019 is an OLED Monitor and 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:51.120 here it is we can verify if we're in the 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:54.959 right color space yep so we're in BT 2100 00:03:52.440 --> 00:03:59.780 HDR and theoretically this is the widest 00:03:57.180 --> 00:04:05.220 color gamut I've ever seen on a monitor honestly speaking this is such a kind of 00:04:02.519 --> 00:04:11.459 muted scene that I kind of want to try a different part of the game oh wow this 00:04:08.459 --> 00:04:13.920 looks pretty man this is still a good 00:04:11.459 --> 00:04:19.859 looking game even after it's been a few years now with that said it's it's 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:21.540 gorgeous but to my eye it's not um 00:04:19.859 --> 00:04:27.600 you know that one better can we try this side by 00:04:25.080 --> 00:04:31.320 side with like just a consumer grade IPS panel that's also been calibrated 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:35.699 you thought of that we have one of course we do now to be 00:04:33.479 --> 00:04:41.100 clear this is still a monitor that costs two thousand dollars brand new but 00:04:38.580 --> 00:04:46.380 I mean I can't um 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:48.900 boy okay okay this is higher contrast 00:04:46.380 --> 00:04:53.759 for sure even though the one on the right is rated for a peak brightness of 00:04:50.940 --> 00:04:56.639 a thousand nits I'm definitely retaining more detail on the dark portions of the 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:00.900 scene I'm gonna switch it again 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:05.040 now there's still lots of detail in the dark portion of the scene this is this 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.400 is very nice as a sanity check we restarted the game with the LG monitor 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.460 completely disconnected just in case there was some kind of tone mapping 00:05:09.780 --> 00:05:17.400 problem switching from one to the next and 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:19.080 yep it it still looks great but even if 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:22.560 we can't tell the difference between This and like a two thousand dollar 00:05:20.460 --> 00:05:29.759 monitor why don't we go full consumer like 600 monitor like high-end consumer 00:05:27.180 --> 00:05:32.820 maybe then we will see it one thing to consider before we do this is that 00:05:31.020 --> 00:05:37.740 monitors at this price point don't generally support HDR or at least don't 00:05:35.039 --> 00:05:42.419 really support it properly so I'm just going to double check that both of our 00:05:39.419 --> 00:05:45.060 displays are in srgb because that's the 00:05:42.419 --> 00:05:48.180 color space you'd be in for SDR but I'm going to use the little nipple 00:05:46.380 --> 00:05:52.740 navigation that personally I am quite partial to 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:56.460 like this convenient quick color space changer it's nice I need to make sure 00:05:54.780 --> 00:06:01.759 that you're in uh srgb mode as well 00:05:59.400 --> 00:06:07.800 okay that is a difference honestly speaking I 00:06:05.820 --> 00:06:10.160 don't know that I like the OLED picture better 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.900 um ploof is this what's supposed to happen you're supposed to get more correct 00:06:14.460 --> 00:06:20.220 colors right people tend to like Brighter Images and more saturated 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:23.160 images and I would agree that like the left probably looks closer to like if 00:06:21.900 --> 00:06:30.120 this was real life that's what it would probably look like a lot of people actually prefer over saturation will the 00:06:27.419 --> 00:06:34.560 game output Adobe RGB do any games support Adobe RGB I don't think so no 00:06:32.520 --> 00:06:38.280 okay it'll try its best to sort of tone map to it right it's not going to be 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:43.500 perfect most games are still made with srgb in mind because people don't have 00:06:40.979 --> 00:06:46.620 expensive monitors or TVs okay well one of the problems is that we've got the 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:51.660 brightness way down on this and to the human eye higher brightness does tend to 00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:56.460 look better at least to a point so let's go ahead and fix that up get them kind 00:06:54.360 --> 00:07:00.120 of similar actually that looks yeah and looks very close it's an OLED already 00:06:58.500 --> 00:07:06.180 the last thing you want to do is set it to 25 brightness okay this looks a lot 00:07:05.039 --> 00:07:11.039 closer now we don't have quite the same kind of 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:17.220 green cast and I would say that it's it's pretty clear this is the the better 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:18.240 looking in srgb mode the difference is 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:25.919 really um not as much as you might want though 00:07:23.340 --> 00:07:30.180 obviously this you know Moss or whatever this is is more vibrant in spite of the 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:33.720 fact that they're both in the same color space and 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:37.979 if we wanted to try out a different color space like Adobe RGB we'd probably 00:07:35.520 --> 00:07:41.039 see more pop to it yes we do but that's just tone mapping that's not because the 00:07:39.479 --> 00:07:44.940 content is actually supposed to look like that 00:07:42.780 --> 00:07:49.560 with this one you can obviously tune your saturation or whatever but you 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:54.780 can't actually change the color space that it is representing it's just srgb 00:07:53.460 --> 00:07:58.919 adjusted to look worse at as hard as it is to 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:03.840 tell the difference it's absolutely beautiful probably the best looking 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:08.099 monitor I've ever seen and if it wasn't stuck at 60 hertz I mean I can see how 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:12.840 high-end Gamers would be tempted before you ask by the way we did try 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:14.940 overclocking it no dice not even 61 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:19.020 Hertz after speaking with the senior engineer at LG we learned that a higher 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:22.500 refresh rate panel is on the horizon and they're working on variable refresh rate 00:08:20.460 --> 00:08:27.300 support but you've got to understand that the method they use to drive a 00:08:24.900 --> 00:08:31.259 panel with individual self-illuminated pixels it's not the same as LG's other 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:36.659 gaming displays and getting this stuff tuned takes time color accuracy was the 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:40.860 highest priority and everything else went by the wayside and if Disney 00:08:38.459 --> 00:08:45.500 Pixar's take is anything to go by it looks like LG nailed it they have 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:49.620 actually endorsed this display which is very uncommon for Disney who tries to 00:08:48.180 --> 00:08:53.760 stay neutral when it comes to just about everything 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:57.540 it's not as good as a thirty thousand dollar Mastery monitor particularly when 00:08:55.980 --> 00:09:02.160 it comes to brightness which we'll talk more about later but it is good enough 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:06.660 to get most of the way there so the idea is to have most of the team using the 32 00:09:04.140 --> 00:09:10.740 EP 950 for their day-to-day work then have one or maybe two people with 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:14.399 expensive Mastery monitors to double check it and make corrections as they 00:09:12.420 --> 00:09:19.019 see fit and this is actually the setup that they used for the film Luca it's 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:22.680 also a much more portable solution to work from home compared to such 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:27.480 professional beasts which has become more and more common in the last couple 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:30.600 of years it is very light at just 5.3 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:32.519 kilograms or just under 12 pounds and it 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:36.480 is really thin compared to some of the other professional displays that we've 00:09:33.959 --> 00:09:44.040 looked at in the past by comparison the 1600 nit ASUS pa32ucg takes up a ton of 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:48.000 desk space and it requires a more robust ARM if you want to clamp it to your desk 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:52.860 the 32ep 950 is equipped with two DisplayPort 1.4 connections HDMI 2.0 00:09:50.880 --> 00:09:57.540 which I guess makes sense since it can't do 4K 120 hertz anyway a USB hub to 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.620 easily connect peripherals with Filter cables USBC with 90 watts of power 00:10:00.060 --> 00:10:04.980 delivery if you wanted to connect and charge your laptop with a single cable 00:10:03.060 --> 00:10:10.320 and of course a good old-fashioned headphone jack 00:10:06.540 --> 00:10:12.360 as for the downsides I'd say Blair is an 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:15.480 issue even with the anti-glare coating that they've put on so you'll want to 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:21.720 make sure that your home office has some blinds for those sunny days and as great 00:10:19.260 --> 00:10:25.800 as OLED looks there's always going to be a bit of fear regarding burning 00:10:23.760 --> 00:10:30.420 especially when you consider that many professional tools have static on-screen 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:35.519 elements that will be there for probably 90 percent of the display's 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:39.959 lifetime okay well that's where that half inch of screen space that's missing 00:10:37.560 --> 00:10:44.880 comes in check this out this second inner bezel here that goes all the way 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:49.019 around the screen it's kind of distracting once you notice it but it 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:54.779 does serve a purpose it actually gives the screen 50 pixels on all sides to 00:10:52.680 --> 00:10:58.500 shift the image around helping to reduce the chance of burning 00:10:56.579 --> 00:11:02.640 take this with a grain of salt but anecdotally our engineering contact of 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:06.660 LG hasn't seen any of these displays suffering from Burnin and he told us 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:10.560 that as long as you're not blasting a single spot of light or a super bright 00:11:08.640 --> 00:11:15.300 light for very extended periods of time it should be fine for years to come 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:20.040 now when testing ours with Cal men's color Checker software we got an average 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:22.640 Delta e out of the box of 1.5 in srgb 00:11:20.040 --> 00:11:28.200 and Adobe RGB mode that's not perfect but it's pretty darn good out of the box 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:31.140 and anyone willing to Shell out for this kind of display is going to want to 00:11:29.640 --> 00:11:35.760 calibrate themselves before they get to work anyway it unfortunately doesn't 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:39.300 come with a Colorimeter like some other expensive displays so you'll just have 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:43.560 to consider that it's going to cost you another two or three hundred dollars on 00:11:41.459 --> 00:11:46.620 top of the price tag though you'll only need one color emitter if you're 00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:53.459 planning on buying a handful of these for your studio speaking of the price are two other 00:11:50.339 --> 00:11:56.700 issues with this are price and HDR 00:11:53.459 --> 00:12:00.360 support the 32 ep950 is Visa certified 00:11:56.700 --> 00:12:02.220 HDR true black 400 what that means is 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:07.079 that while it gets plenty dark because you can turn the pixels off It suffers 00:12:04.380 --> 00:12:11.519 from the same pitfalls as other olives meaning that it can't get that bright 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:16.320 and it's only really suitable for an optimal HDR viewing experience in a 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:20.459 fairly light controlled environment it just can't achieve the same kind of 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:25.800 crazy high knits Peak brightness that we've seen on recent monitors like the 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:28.620 Odyssey Neo G9 and the pro art pa32ucg 00:12:25.800 --> 00:12:34.140 from ASUS with that being said there's only one Higher rating currently for 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:35.880 True black HDR 500 so you're probably 00:12:34.140 --> 00:12:40.560 not missing out on much and as for the price there's two ways of 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:46.200 looking at that on the one hand four thousand dollars is a crap ton of money 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:49.980 and I wish it was cheaper because I mean who wouldn't want just perfectly 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:55.019 calibrated colors all the time on everything but on the other hand at a thousand 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:59.399 dollars less than a top tier Pro art it's a bargain if you were shopping in 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:04.260 that price range and you can even save a G by dropping down to the smaller 27 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:07.500 inch version and for the Apple crowd the direct comparison would be something 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:12.060 like the Apple Pro display xdr which costs a thousand dollars more and 00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:18.120 doesn't come in a smaller cheaper alternative model it also doesn't have 00:13:14.760 --> 00:13:19.680 99 coverage of adobe RGB but what it 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:25.560 does have is the ability to work seamlessly with macOS by contrast the 00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:27.300 32ep 950 works with Apple products but 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:32.160 getting it to look just right involves changing ICC profiles and an edid 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:37.019 override the engineer we talked to actually wrote a 16-page document with 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:41.399 instructions on getting it to work so if you do go the Apple route you won't get 00:13:38.880 --> 00:13:45.420 quite the same it just works experience but the good news is you can pay 00:13:43.380 --> 00:13:50.760 yourself handsomely to fiddle around with the money that you save on monitor 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:54.660 stands and this portion of the video is sponsored by Adobe Adobe Photoshop 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:58.680 Lightroom is the cloud-based service that gives you everything you need to 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:02.579 create edit organize store and share photos across any device we use 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:07.019 Lightroom to edit all of our photos on lttstore.com to make 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