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TVs and brightness sensitivity

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TVs and brightness sensitivity

I am personally a bit sensitive to watching really bright screens. Not an extreme sensitivity, but I find really bright screens a bit uncomfortable to look at.

I currently have a pretty old Sharp AQUOS 46" (from around 2010 I think). It is rated at 450 nits.

I actually have no issues with its image performance overall, especially in a dark room which is where I do most gaming and movie watching. It even supports 75Hz (I use this for gaming), and 72Hz for 24fps content.

It seems to me that new HDR tvs are relying on boosting to extreme brightness levels in order to get the greater contrast range, and so I'm worried that if I buy a new TV I will just find it way too bright. Does anyone have comments on this issue? I know that an OLED would probable be better, but since I use this mostly for gaming and as a PC monitor, not a good idea.

I guess it may also be helpful to know, how do the top LCD TVs perform when local dimming and HDR are disabled?
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Isn't brightness adjustable for every flat panel monitor and tv in existence?
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tosklst wrote: I am personally a bit sensitive to watching really bright screens. Not an extreme sensitivity, but I find really bright screens a bit uncomfortable to look at.

I currently have a pretty old Sharp AQUOS 46" (from around 2010 I think). It is rated at 450 nits.

I actually have no issues with its image performance overall, especially in a dark room which is where I do most gaming and movie watching. It even supports 75Hz (I use this for gaming), and 72Hz for 24fps content.

It seems to me that new HDR tvs are relying on boosting to extreme brightness levels in order to get the greater contrast range, and so I'm worried that if I buy a new TV I will just find it way too bright. Does anyone have comments on this issue? I know that an OLED would probable be better, but since I use this mostly for gaming and as a PC monitor, not a good idea.

I guess it may also be helpful to know, how do the top LCD TVs perform when local dimming and HDR are disabled?
Don't view HDR content and you are fine. There really isn't that much HDR content out there. With 4K movies and games that do use HDR you always have the option of turning HDR off.

HDR isn't something that's on all the time, in fact it's probably rarely on for most people. You lose out on the better picture not using it when available, but it's not going to look bad or anything.

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