The gamma issue I can agree with, QD-OLED has no issues.WDeranged wrote: ↑29 Jan 2026, 15:36After beating my head against this panel for a whole year I've replaced it with an XG27ACDMS. Almost every problem I had is gone.
Stable gamma at different refresh rates.
Excellent black levels, very little crush.
Vastly, vastly better grey uniformity. No more of that dirty crosshatched pattern.
No excruciating ABL dimming in HDR games.
SRGB mode that just works, no need for novideo_srgb.
VRR flicker is practically gone. It can still flicker but it's hugely reduced in severity.
I'm now satisfied owning an OLED monitor.
As for the other issues, I don't agree.
"Excellent black levels, very little crush." - This is dependent on the monitor. My XG27AQDMG has no black crush in SDR or HDR. But like I said, it depends. For example, MSI QD-OLED monitors are known for having black crush, Alienware QD-OLED monitors are known for having raised black levels after having the monitor on for a certain period of time.
"Vastly, vastly better grey uniformity. No more of that dirty crosshatched pattern." - Again, monitor dependent. QD-OLED monitors can also exhibit noticeable vertical banding in grey shades. I'll agree that QD-OLED on average handles it better, but 3rd gen WOLEDs like the XG27AQDMG aren't as bad as you're saying. It's nothing like the new tandem OLEDs are showing, I can show you photos as proof of this, the vertical banding on my monitor is actually good.
"No excruciating ABL dimming in HDR games." - This I really disagree with. I don't know what pipe you're smoking thinking that ABL is better on QD-OLED monitors. It's a known issue with QD-OLED, it has more aggressive dimming in any content that is not mostly dark in its Peak 1000 mode, whereas this monitor doesn't show that - it can show mid-high APL scenes much better in HDR. HDTVTest has done a visual comparison between this monitor and the AW2725DF, basically the same monitor as yours in terms of HDR and its ABL implementation by Samsung. The XG27AQDMG performs better in HDR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCPBgHkFQCQ. Monitors Unboxed also consistently says in his videos that QD-OLED monitors perform noticeably worse with ABL. If you have done a more than average amount of research you'd know that saying that is ridiculous.
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In True Black 400 mode it is better on QD-OLED with ABL, but then you lose that advantage in colour volume, as colour luminance is actually WORSE than WOLED in this mode as white luminance is also capped to ~450 nits. The luminance of all other colours is identical to WOLED in this mode, but like I said, white luminance is capped. You're basically getting a gimped version of HDR just so that mid-high APL scenes aren't dim as fuck.
"SRGB mode that just works, no need for novideo_srgb." - Non-issue.
"VRR flicker is practically gone. It can still flicker but it's hugely reduced in severity." - QD-OLED exhibits a different type of VRR flicker. It doesn't have gamma issues, but it usually has shorter spikes and more noticeable sudden changes in flicker before returning back to baseline gamma. I will agree that VRR flicker is more tolerable due to the lack of gamma change, but to say it's "practically gone" is ridiculous. Anyway, I don't even use VRR on my monitor and can still achieve smooth, judderless gameplay with it off, so it's a non-issue for me.
