NickSim Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 19 minutes ago, Deadcode said: He already wrote it in the first post: Dell UP2718Q. It's good for watching HDR content on youtube but not enough for content creation. Not to sound as if I'm offended, I am not... but why do you say that? Yes of course it isn't the top dog, but in my situation I can't justify having the best reference monitor when what I have is certainly better than 99% of the devices my audience is using... ie 61% of people are viewing my content on their Smartphones. I'm not producing content intended for display on 70"+ HDR10/DV displays, I just want do to the best work that I can realistically do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I have the bigger brother to the UP2718Q - the UP3216Q. I chose it because I was tempted by the wider gamut, but it's been a complete bust for me. I tried googling how to set it up for the higher gamut modes, and I tried to calibrate it with my Datacolour Spyder Pro 4 but when I set the Dell and Spyder to extended colour modes the Spyder never recognised the Dell as extended colour. I googled for hours but eventually gave up, and so I just use it in the normal mode because although the wide gamut mode looks nicer I can't calibrate it (it calibrates fine in sRGB mode). If someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong then I'd be very happy to hear it. It's still a nice monitor though. Oh, and I should also mention that I'm using a USB-C/Thunderbolt to Mini DisplayPort cable, which throws another variable into the mix. IIRC to get a decent refresh rate in UHD you needed to run multiple HDMI cables and buy a converter box that cost an arm and a leg at the time. The MBP automagically turns a USB port into a DisplayPort when you plug a monitor in which is nice, so it's hot-swappable, and the cable was <$100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 TFT just published their review of the Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB HDR1000, it looks like a nice gaming monitor, but again, not for content creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 21 hours ago, kye said: If someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong then I'd be very happy to hear it. It's still a nice monitor though. Have you seen this write up on it? Might help, I don't know. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_up3214q.htm#conclusion kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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