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Whether it matters to all the people all the time is a different question. But it 100% makes a big difference to many people.
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That is not true for many displays. Have a look at reviews, whether there is pwm control/flickering is part of all(?) professional reviews now.
Terrific, that is great to know. I might update my monitors if so.
Maybe an aside, but for notebooks, I know that notebookcheck always has a section about this in their reviews. https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Dragonfly-Folio-13-5-G3-con... for example - and even if PWM is detected, they check how high the frequency is (high enough and it should bother no one). For monitors, RTINGs.com checks for PWM, https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/alienware-aw3423... as an example (like imhoguy mentioned, flicker free is the keyword to search for).
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> My comment does not mention anecdotal evidence but a person using their eyes to perform an experiment. That is clearly not anecdotal. It is clearly anecdotal [1] at the very least to everyone else that reads your comment. It is also clearly insufficient to draw any scientifically valid conclusions. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anecdotal%20evide...
Do you put your hand over fire or you need a study to confirm that fire will burn you?
Do you see a difference?
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Can I interest you in some homeopathic remedies or a bottle of snake oil? Maybe prayer? History is full of people who thought/think their bias and anecdotal evidence is good enough.
Those are some very poor comparisons. Maybe if someone is claiming that dark mode or light mode have long-term effects on your health, but what people are actually claiming is just that they find one or the other more comfortable. There’s no meaningful scientific “truth” to that beyond a person’s own stated preference, just like there’s no scientifically most comfortable pair of pants or best color of wall paint. For…
Not at all. I know people who tried homeopathic medicine and felt better afterwards, and swear by it. It is very much analogous.
I think the issue is a lot more subtle than simply "dark mode = better" vs "light mode = better". When it's dark around me, I don't want a bright white screen blinding me, so I prefer dark mode. But when I'm in a well-light room with a white wall behind my screen, I don't want to have to peer at a dark rectangle. Also, whether you're using dark or light mode, contrast and brightness need to be set right, and I think…
I think the issue is that people are adjusting what they see on screen instead of adjusting their environment (i.e. room lighting), even when they are totally able to do it. A dark mode could make it bearable to work in poor light conditions but won't improve on the fact that it's already a non-optimal environment.
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Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. Because 600 nits looks great on a spec sheet and it's just difficult to regulate (backlight) LEDs over a huge brightness range without affecting color accuracy or causing excessive flickering. Nobody looks at the minimum spec if it's even provided. So what they tend to do is to have the low…
>Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. You can get a proper full range of brightness by using a radiology reading monitor. It's going to run you well into the four figures, though.
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This one has pretty decent brightness and comes with great blacks too. And the widescreen format is great for development. The 34" is basically an extended 27", whereas the 38" is an extended 32" https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/alienware-34-curved-qd-oled-...
Alienware QD-OLEDs have a special pixel layout which isn't good for text
I have trouble reading dark screen mode. Maybe because I am old? When I pair program or someone is screen sharing on zoom, I need to ask for the other person to switch modes. That said, dark themes look cool.