All reasons why I will never own one are the downsides to OLED tech, MiniLED has none of the downsides.

You are out of place as monitor development means better brightness and color. You can control the brightness what you are stating is you want a duller less colorful monitor. IPS in no way resembles what the human eye can see so its likely you dislike the flicker of OLED or the brightness is too high? You are also supposed to use high refresh rates to offset eye strain what fps did the eye strain occur at? Below or above 120fps?

Funny most gripe OLED isn't bright enough, my IPS is way brighter than my OLED on a full white screen, but I suppose the OLED can do 1000 nits at 2% or whatever it is.
Never had a problem with it personally, maybe it's one of those things like some get motion sickness in VR while others get nothing.

They can over saturate some things as a lot is just in the sRGB colour space in Windows, you can go into the monitor menu and set it to sRGB mode and you might prefer that, can't use HDR in that mode.

turn its max brightness down to around 75%

mini led and led are the same, lcd panel backlit by leds
only diff is mini led can be zoned better for local dimming

I am also considering an OLED monitor, but they are somewhat pricey.

MiniLED is fine but MicroLED will lead the pack. OLED seems too sensitive for what I need and they say doesn't last as long.

OLED is newer but older at the same time (2007 for televisions and even dates back as far as 1988-1990 but we're talking car displays and simple ♥♥♥♥) yet range of longevity/life is trash. MiniLED has been around since 2010 in the backdrop.

Anything electronic with "organic" in its name, rubs me the wrong way.

Then we come to 8-bit vs 10-bit color depth and the existence of simulated 10-bit on a native 8-bit monitor using Frame Rate Control (FRC) which, to me, is a form of overclocking but at the same time it is not as it simply simulates 10-bit and does not push the envelope that much.

MiniLED is good if you get 10-bit native color depth and do not get tricked by monitor framerate OC which some retailers do not disclose yet the manual will. Even MiniLED VA monitors seem fine.

I remember people spending thousands on 1080p LED televisions in mid-late 2000's which are now highly outdated.

Originally posted by gwwak:

I am also considering an OLED monitor, but they are somewhat pricey.

Lot cheaper now though, I paid just under £1K for a 240Hz 1440P WOLED, you can now get a 280Hz 1440P WOLED using the latest panel better than mine for just under £500 I think it is, coming down while getting better pretty fast.

almost all monitors let you change the brightness and saturation, you know

Originally posted by Rod:

You are out of place as monitor development means better brightness and color. You can control the brightness what you are stating is you want a duller less colorful monitor. IPS in no way resembles what the human eye can see so its likely you dislike the flicker of OLED or the brightness is too high? You are also supposed to use high refresh rates to offset eye strain what fps did the eye strain occur at? Below or above 120fps?

The game I’ve been playing lately sots at about 130 fps. I might be the flicker but the eyestrain comes within about 30 minutes of playing now. Before I could look at my monitor for 6 hours before needing a break. I’ll look into the flicker though.

Originally posted by wing0zero:

Funny most gripe OLED isn't bright enough, my IPS is way brighter than my OLED on a full white screen, but I suppose the OLED can do 1000 nits at 2% or whatever it is.
Never had a problem with it personally, maybe it's one of those things like some get motion sickness in VR while others get nothing.

Yes exactly this. I returned my VR for the same reason because of the same headaches and feeling of motion sickness. It was hard to explain but after some time using the OLED I feel a little nauseous too. Generally feel like I need a break every hour now. But when I adjust the brightness or contrast by even a little it feels like it’s too dim and harder to see. In games where it’s night time, if it’s too dim then I can’t see anything. I liked my previous monitor because the dark colors weren’t so strong and the contrast from dark to brighter colors didn’t feel so intense - which can feel hard to look at. Just to be clear I’m not complaining or talking trash about OLED, maybe it’s just not for me? The images are beautiful however.

Originally posted by Craig "Freaking" Morrison:

Originally posted by Rod:

You are out of place as monitor development means better brightness and color. You can control the brightness what you are stating is you want a duller less colorful monitor. IPS in no way resembles what the human eye can see so its likely you dislike the flicker of OLED or the brightness is too high? You are also supposed to use high refresh rates to offset eye strain what fps did the eye strain occur at? Below or above 120fps?

The game I’ve been playing lately sots at about 130 fps. I might be the flicker but the eyestrain comes within about 30 minutes of playing now. Before I could look at my monitor for 6 hours before needing a break. I’ll look into the flicker though.

I cant stand the flicker. It’s horrendous on games that have solid color background (like football manager)

Originally posted by Craig "Freaking" Morrison:

Originally posted by Rod:

You are out of place as monitor development means better brightness and color. You can control the brightness what you are stating is you want a duller less colorful monitor. IPS in no way resembles what the human eye can see so its likely you dislike the flicker of OLED or the brightness is too high? You are also supposed to use high refresh rates to offset eye strain what fps did the eye strain occur at? Below or above 120fps?

The game I’ve been playing lately sots at about 130 fps. I might be the flicker but the eyestrain comes within about 30 minutes of playing now. Before I could look at my monitor for 6 hours before needing a break. I’ll look into the flicker though.

If you are experiencing this I'd recommend returning the display while you can and getting another display type; an LCD with miniLED backlight will probably be better for you.

Some people are more sensitive to how OLEDs work and the properties of the display. Some of the more predominate causes is the high contrast coupled with it being self-emissive (thus every pixel is hitting you with light) along with the individual pixel response resulting in a strobing that can cause strain for some individuals.

And just for clarity, miniLED is referring to a backlight with a large array of small LEDs with an LCD panel and filters for color; not to be confused with microLED which is more similar to OLEDs as an array of self-emissive LEDs for each sub-pixel. The latter of which is still making its way toward commercialization and isn't really available yet.

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Originally posted by Craig "Freaking" Morrison:

The game I’ve been playing lately sots at about 130 fps. I might be the flicker but the eyestrain comes within about 30 minutes of playing now. Before I could look at my monitor for 6 hours before needing a break. I’ll look into the flicker though.

If you are experiencing this I'd recommend returning the display while you can and getting another display type; an LCD with miniLED backlight will probably be better for you.

Some people are more sensitive to how OLEDs work and the properties of the display. Some of the more predominate causes is the high contrast coupled with it being self-emissive (thus every pixel is hitting you with light) along with the individual pixel response resulting in a strobing that can cause strain for some individuals.

And just for clarity, miniLED is referring to a backlight with a large array of small LEDs with an LCD panel and filters for color; not to be confused with microLED which is more similar to OLEDs as an array of self-emissive LEDs for each sub-pixel. The latter of which is still making its way toward commercialization and isn't really available yet.

Thank you! Do you have any suggestions for LCD with miniLED backlight? I’ll certainly look into them.

Originally posted by Craig "Freaking" Morrison:

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

If you are experiencing this I'd recommend returning the display while you can and getting another display type; an LCD with miniLED backlight will probably be better for you.

Some people are more sensitive to how OLEDs work and the properties of the display. Some of the more predominate causes is the high contrast coupled with it being self-emissive (thus every pixel is hitting you with light) along with the individual pixel response resulting in a strobing that can cause strain for some individuals.

And just for clarity, miniLED is referring to a backlight with a large array of small LEDs with an LCD panel and filters for color; not to be confused with microLED which is more similar to OLEDs as an array of self-emissive LEDs for each sub-pixel. The latter of which is still making its way toward commercialization and isn't really available yet.

Thank you! Do you have any suggestions for LCD with miniLED backlight? I’ll certainly look into them.

I get the flicker on my 280hz ips too i can see it on grey and white easily it honestly used to be a lot worse. I just put up with it i noticed though my oled with the gsync modules has less of the flicker. I wonder would your flickers totally go away with near max fps which would be incredibly hard to achieve i understand this.