Review on 🖥️ ViewSonic XG321UG 4K Anti-Glare Screen, Swivel & Pivot Adjustments, LED, HDMI by Matt Byrd

Pros: + Very bright. It is designed for DisplayHDR1400 but can reach up to 1565+. Very high color volume. Unlike WRGB OLED TVs, it can produce very pure RGB primaries at any brightness level. On older 384-zone displays, the zones were too large to be used effectively.+ 144Hz, 10-bit color with DisplayPort DSC+ Decently fast LCD panel after warming up. Easily handles a 144Hz refresh rate. + Slightly higher native contrast ratio than older 27" FALD panels + More efficient than old 27" DisplayHDR1000. I measure 10% less for the same scene due to more efficient dimming despite having 40% more screen real estate for lighting. + Virtually no fan noise. I have to put my ear to the record to hear it. The panel does get warm when using HDR, but seems designed for overheating as the LCD's response time is poor in cold conditions. Sounds great right? But I have to take a star off because this is a $2500 monitor and it's not perfect. 1) Problems with local dimming. There are three backlight dimming modes, simply labeled #1, #2, #3. #1 is the game mode with the most aggressive dimming without any attempt to reduce ghosting. #2 eliminates some ghosting but causes flickering due to sudden gamma changes when a large area of the screen goes black (e.g. scene transitions in a movie). #3 quadruples the size of the dimming zones to reduce obvious ghosting, but then the monitor dims worse than its 384-zone predecessors. The default dimming mode #2 seems to adjust the aggressiveness of the zones based on how bright the overall display output is, causing bright colors to flicker when part of the screen suddenly goes black. - Haloing can become quite obvious at #1 and even #2 on the desktop with large patches of flat colored elements due to the size of the zone. You can adjust your designs to avoid dark solid colors as your mouse will also cause ghosting. The algorithm actually handles black better than dark colors. When comparing the output, mode #1 retains the most shadow detail and should be used whenever possible. 2) Panel issues. The 32-inch panel has poorer horizontal and vertical viewing angles than the older 27-inch panel. " AUO FALD panels. This is especially noticeable when the monitor is at arm's length and the left/right 1/4 is noticeably dimmer than the center panel. The new panel shines a little brighter than the old panel, but to avoid leave it FALD3 on) Firmware Issues - Poor Color Solutions They have sRGB, Blueish, Native, Warm and User Atleast offer a pre-calibrated temperature selection The monitor is a bit blue compared to all my other devices and I have to look at the RGB channels fiddle around in the user to fix this. Only the lowest overdrive option "Standard" can be used. Everything else has huge overshoot, especially when the panel is warm. Even when the panel is warm and running on "Standard", the transitions between dark and light are a little too slow. I've attached two photos. The first kit is a KSP 2 pendant with local dimming on/off. Local dimming has no cons here , this is an HDR night scene with local dimming on/off The second set is probably the worst you've ever seen with this monitor as the video is clipped and the highlights against a very dark background are painful and are unrealistically bright. The last photo of "For All Mankind" in HDR, showing the dynamic range of the monitor. Monitor. There are no blooming problems in this series.