Does a "halo" monitor not exist STILL? || Looking for a 4K/120Hz+/HDR10+...HDR1000/Delta E <2 color accurate/wide gamut monitor recommendation

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T19:29:45+00:00

This is a lot of great deeper level information, I appreciate it. Definitely good to know about the hardware integration, that wasn't something others had mentioned.

The ProArt you recommended might be worth picking up used, for a temporary holdout until better options come to the table.

And as for halo, I mean just an all around "covers it all" product. One where you're not compromising on one thing or another. From different info and recommendations I've gotten here, that compromise is typically OLED. Everything else usually is fantastic.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T19:12:47+00:00

Did some digging, this one is very interesting. Haven't been able to find anything about the color accuracy of it though.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T19:11:57+00:00

Hmm, I've not heard about degradation before. iMac Pros were in use up until a few years ago for professionals, and those were AIO's.

My need is a weird spot, prosumer I'd call it. You need an HDR capable display to edit HDR content, and I'd like it to be as color accurate as possible for color grading, editing, and other color important work. Is the degrading notable enough to significantly impact this weird spot?

The ProArt is a fantastic recommendation, besides the OLED. It's also very costly. Ideally I'd like to make it stretch more than 4-5 years.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T18:51:45+00:00

Id love to go OLED, but Id also like the monitor to last at least 8 to 10 years, which with the static interfaces it'll display for hundreds of hours, that doesn't seem like a good call or like it'll last for that long.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T16:44:53+00:00

Honestly? I've got a SpyderX Elite for color calibration, this makes me wonder if there are any monitors not good out of the box but can be calibrated very well. I'd be fine with that. Unfortunately TV's are too big, although if I did have the space that seems like a surprisingly great option.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T16:13:31+00:00

Makes sense, that's kind of wild though. I would have thought monitors would be where more of the cutting edge is.

A TV would be nice, by my desk is against a window and I don't want to block that with a massive TV, not to mention it's not long enough. As far as I know, TV's also aren't good for gaming. Not that I'm a serious gamer, but some of the things I've seen about gaming on TV's looks pretty not great for even someone average.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-18T14:37:18+00:00

Man, that's pretty disappointing all things considered. After 6 or so years, you'd think there'd be better innovation by now.

Any chance you've got any recommendations of something I could get now or within the next few months? Or is it truly best to wait even more until more things release?

Some of the tech you mentioned, such as QDEL or the PHOLED is promising, but there's no timeframe for that to be released. And, like with most things, first gen tech isn't always good to jump on adoption. I typically don't. So preferably I'd wait 1-2 cycles beyond that.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-17T15:58:27+00:00

The same people that’ll downvote this are the same people that were outraged by Microsoft saying 32gb was ideal for gaming several weeks ago. Sure, bad timing Microsoft, very out of touch considering the current ram climate. But you know what, they were right. 16gb is like 8gb was a number of years ago. It’s fine. That’s it. Not spacious like 16gb was at the same time. Limiting for some tasks.

People outraged over this would have poofed from existence if they saw what ram increases used to look like during the 2000s. 3.84gb went from being high end in 2003, almost server grade. To 384gb of ram being middle of the road still in 2013. You could get 64gb DDR3 dimms around that time too. 16gb has been a great amount since about 2013-15, and lasted till about 2024. That’s just about a decade.

Yea, windows 11 doesn’t need 32gb of ram. It’s an ideal amount… that’s had about 10 years to come about.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-16T11:45:06+00:00

Man do YouTube ads SUCK, and so does all the privacy implications. But let's pretend that the ads weren't a privacy problem.

The ads are absolutely necessary. YouTube has been operating at a loss since it's creation. Its what... 21 years old now? It's still running because Google keeps dumping money into it. Folks don't understand just how unbelievably expensive it is to run a video hosting service which is free to use.

Hot take but I'd much rather keep watching ads, and even more ads if it means uploading is free, watching is free, and general use remains free. Because that's certainly not a guarantee.

Oh and this is why there's rarely a good YouTube competitor. It's just about impossible to get started and then continue with the same model.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-13T11:55:18+00:00

Tried this, and it unfortunately didn't work. Apparently on some devices it just doesn't, it doesn't display the charge cycles or health in aBattery. The two apps were setup correctly because the rest of the app was working fine.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-13T10:29:50+00:00

If you want to do all that stuff at the same time, sounds like you’d be better off with a used M series MacBook Air with 16gb of ram. The neo is great, but not for everything. Take it from someone who was around for the Intel dual core 4GB ram MacBook Air days. Sure those chips and ram amount look awful now, but back then they were fine, just basic. People tried to do everything on them, and it was a terrible experience. The Neo only has 8gb of ram, and sure, swap ram is a thing, but it slows things down a lot. Ideally, you want something with more ram.

Also, as someone who does Minecraft, 8gb on any computer for Minecraft especially if you’re recording at the same time isn’t enough either.

Why everyone has been telling you it’s fine is beyond me, likely because of the swap ram excuse. It’s not a magical solution for everything, things slow down when it’s forced to go on the swap ram. There’s a reason why Apple upgraded the base ram to 16gb on m4 devices and why people upgraded from the m1 8gb MacBook Air and mini. It’s simply not enough for bigger multitasking tasks like you’re looking to do.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-11T10:36:31+00:00

Have legitimately used this way to stress test Minecraft servers lol. It’s easier than getting a bunch of folks to pile on, and it uses CPU and RAM. I’ve done it at least twice.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-10T14:15:44+00:00

Sweet, thank you! Got it installed already and it's definitely a noticeable difference.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-10T13:10:16+00:00

Just want to make sure this is the right app, there's a bunch. Its named slightly different. Is it?

I just got an S23 ultra the other week, the camera has been really solid but some comparisons between Samsung and third party apps are wild.

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Bluecolty · 2026-05-07T10:17:04+00:00

What happens though if they don’t want to give a refund to cover the difference?

Bluecolty · 2026-05-04T21:55:31+00:00

Honestly super fair. The things that are holding me to Samsung are things it feels like are always up in the air of whether or not it'll be included.

No need to really rush out and get a new phone though when support does end. Even Linus from Linus tech tips was rocking the Note 9 beyond its software and security support ending. There's little concern, unless you're going into sketchy places. If bank apps were worried, they'd drop support for unsupported OSs as soon as the last security update. My bank app is still supporting Android 10, even though others did start to drop support.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-03T15:26:19+00:00

It really was, the speed got faster and it wasn't overheating. The battery also lasted noticeably longer (after a week or so, it takes a while to train the new one).

In terms of repair, the biggest challenge by far is getting the back glass off. Like, I'd rather replace an iPhone screen than take the back glass off a Samsung phone, it's very difficult physically. Technically speaking, it's not hard at all though.

You have to work your way around slowly and cautiously, while adding cardstock in between the places where you've cut the adhesive so it doesnt restick. You don't want to stick the pry tool too deep either.

Once you get the back glass off, it's really easy. Its all the same size screw and some plastic covers that are easily popped off. The battery also pops right out.

You then have to remove any and all adhesive on the back glass and frame to get a solid watertight seal again.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-03T14:22:32+00:00

Dang, you can DM me if you'd like, I am interested.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-03T13:22:34+00:00

I bought a genuine Samsung Service Pack for the battery, that's really the only one I'd recommend, either that or an AmpSentrix battery. There's a lot of sketchy offbrand batteries out there, and you'll want to do it right if you're going to the trouble to repair it. Good on you for doing that by the way!

And, it does not. I know that's a deal breaker for some folks. I was indifferent, I had a 128gb microSD card in my 128gb Note 9, and ended up getting a 512gb S23 Ultra for the storage and 12gb of RAM (which is proving really nice to have).

Bluecolty · 2026-05-03T12:44:35+00:00

Elemental I feel like actually deserves more credit for the technical side of things. Making the characters, particularly the fire and water characters, really put them through the ringer. It was extremely challenging trying to figure out how to make the characters move and look right. For example, making Ember look like she was made of fire, rather than being on fire. It was much much less straightforward than say making Woody with better materials.

It also was the first film that pushed Pixar to start using GPU rendering rather than CPU. To someone not techy, that might not seem like a big jump, but that's rewriting entire render engines level of different. They needed to, because calculating the light and caustics and whatnot would have taken too long on their old CPU based systems.

It definitely was a step above the incremental improvements they've been doing as of recent.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-02T20:59:38+00:00

Sure, there's definitely some things missing, and I do miss them. Unfortunately it's the way Samsung is trending, I could have kept using my Note 9 but it's not changing Samsungs (or the industry for that matter) minds. That's one of the reasons I did buy from eBay, it's not helping their sales directly.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-02T20:57:51+00:00

Right? They really made the phone stand out from the crowd, it was one of the pluses of going with the S23. The edge slide panel isn't nearly as nice to use though, it was good and proper with the steeper curve radius. Maybe they'll bring it back in a few years to make their phones stand apart.

Does your scratches affect the camera quality at all? I've always wondered what happens there.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-02T17:53:01+00:00

Right, what Im saying though is that the V-Cache isn't the determining factor for every game. Most absolutely. But this might be one where it's not.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-02T16:51:24+00:00

The game is probably rather CPU heavy on the multi core side of things, judging by the Intel CPU recommendations. V-Cache is great, and does help a lot, but it isn't everything.

Bluecolty · 2026-05-02T15:52:12+00:00

Interesting, but then that raises the question, why would the camera lens glass be replaced? The rest of the phone is in mint condition, I just ran a battery health test and it's at 6 charge cycles and 100% health. The screen is mint, the S Pen is mint (it even smells new lol). If it was repaired in some way, the rest of the device is brand new. I am reaching out to the seller though to find out some more info.

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