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Weekly Ramblecast 079: Gunkification: The Video

🕑 Added 2022-12-14 02:28:25 +0000 UTC

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Joe Noneya

A few days late on this one, but Brad, I totally use a 48 in TV as main monitor. My hunt started by the search for a good HDR monitor. To my surprise HDR is an afterthought in most computer monitors while in the TV world it's actually kind of decent depending on the model. This search took me to an LG C1, which has amazing HDR, 4K, capable of 120hz, displayports/latest HDMI versions, and since it's an OLED it has perfect blacks. Once you get rid of the post-processing settings, you have very short and normal response times. I am currently replaying the Dark Souls games and I've never lost because the monitor. The new model LG C2 came out recently, and I also hear great things but my C1 is still more than plenty. In fact, I may just get an additional C2 instead of replacing the C1. Cheers. Edit: One last word on HDR on Windows, yes it's absolutely a mess. But it's mostly because 90% of people will try HDR on their monitors which have the worst HDR and think that it's supposed to be that way. My current experience is great though with the LG C1. All the HDR capable games just look better with it on. Edit 2: Final word on HDR. With a TV capable of HDR you get the best of both worlds because the TV apps for Disney+, Netflix, etc are made to take advantage of 4K resolutions, as well as the full gamut of HDR options. While if you just use your browser you literally get 720p in the case of Netflix unless you buy some add-on in the Windows Store... yeah it's bad.