AMOLED looks weird to me now after using the V20

[flyingkytez]

Used to be a Samsung guy and a fan of AMOLED screens. Still think they look nice but it doesn't look as great as I remembered. Was playing with a Note 5 today and the display looks dull. The V20 looks more sharp and has better color reproduction. AMOLED looks very cartoon-like and there's this weird glow to it. Both screens have pretty much the same ppi and resolution. Anyone else noticed this?

Also I noticed the Note 5 felt much more laggy, although they both have almost the same specs (both 4 GB of RAM). The Note 5 feels bulkier although it's smaller and lighter, probably due to the thick aluminum bezels.

 

[Mike Dee]

Amoled has always looked cartoonish to me but people like it. It's kind of how most prefer oversaturated photos.

 

[vasekvi]

I love the look of amoled but I don't like the burn in on every single Samsung phone I've had so I don't miss it.

 

[Fred98TJ]

I've never been a big fan of AMOLED. Hard to explain but looks "flat" is in 2D. To me, LCD seems to have a little depth to it and also looks more "real", doesn't have a cartoon look to it.
That's just my opinion of course.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Yup.. I actually hate it. Haha..

 

[mitul_mehta]

True IPS LCD has natural colours. Watch a movie on a Sony vs Samsung tv and you would notice how fake the Samsung colours look.

 

[Mooncatt]

I've always disliked AMOLED colors, though they have got better. I still prefer LCD.

 

[flyingkytez]

Also, white colors look ugly on AMOLED, but blacks are nice. But during broad daylight, you won't notice it.

 

[heyjohnnybravo]

I personally dislike LCDs. Lightbleed is annoying as hell and everything looks far too cool compared to AMOLED.

 

[datum9]

I've had both LG V10 and the Note 4. I liked V10 display a lot more than Note 4. More colorful, more vibrant. Too bad it had that stupid bootloop thing.

 

[Brent Michael]

I like the V20's screen. The only thing i miss from an AMOLED screen is the truer blacks. Personally, I kinda think LG should stick with IPS LCD but have a LED backlight on the V30.

 

[LeoRex]

The V20 looks more sharp and has better color reproduction.

Not that it matters much, but the V20 has one of the most inaccurately calibrated displays available, including a white point that's in the 9000K range ('perfect' is 6500). Conversely, the Note 5 had (well, still has) one of the most color accurate displays available.

Not intending to start a row here, just full disclosure of actual scientific testing of the two panels.

 

[Aquila]

Not that it matters much, but the V20 has one of the most inaccurately calibrated displays available, including a white point that's in the 9000K range ('perfect' is 6500). Conversely, the Note 5 had (well, still has) one of the most color accurate displays available.

Not intending to start a row here, just full disclosure of actual scientific testing of the two panels.

This. The Note 5 is FAR more accurate, they're not even in the same ballpark. I've said before, it's totally cool to prefer something other than accurate, but it can't be said to be better than another thing, because that's simply untrue. So, "I like this better" good, "this is better" bad.

 

[Aquila]

True IPS LCD has natural colours. Watch a movie on a Sony vs Samsung tv and you would notice how fake the Samsung colours look.

This is an impossible conclusion. First sentence is false, second sentence is unsubstantiated. Sony doesn't make their own displays and Samsung displays are incredibly well calibrated - but almost all modern TV's have great color calibration and various modes to tune it to kinds of topic. Either way, that has nothing to do with phones.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

I....don't even know where to start.

1) All LCD displays have a back light, and it's been some years since anything but LED has been used. But on phones, it's always been LED back lit.

2) Sony vs Samsung tvs - not a relevant comparison, but I bet you'd find both are pretty accurately color calibrated from the factory.

3) Everyone talks about IPS, but what about VA? I'd prefer a VA LCD panel on a phone over IPS LCD panel because of the superior black level. Of course, AMOLED is still the best in this area.

4) Color calibrated is color calibrated. If a display is calibrated to be accurate it does not matter if it's AMOLED or LCD. The colors will look the same. There will be no cartoon look, no green tint, no blue tint, no purple tint. There will just be accurate colors.

 

[sirkuttin]

I feel you on the weird glow. My current phones are the HTC 10 and LG V10. I have had Samsungs previously and Motorolas. I love the displays on the phones i had. My lady has the S7 Edge and looking at it seems to just hurt my damn eyes. Maybe as simple as turning the brightness down a little more than normal. Perception of light intensity might be an issue.

 

[Mike Dee]

Not that it matters much, but the V20 has one of the most inaccurately calibrated displays available, including a white point that's in the 9000K range ('perfect' is 6500). Conversely, the Note 5 had (well, still has) one of the most color accurate displays available.

Not intending to start a row here, just full disclosure of actual scientific testing of the two panels.

One of the problems is they tried to tune it to look like an Amoled.... Big mistake.

 

[Aquila]

One of the problems is they tried to tune it to look like an Amoled.... Big mistake.

What's that mean?

 

[recDNA]

I actually prefer the blue-ish tint and oversaturated colors! Crazy I know but they look prettier to me. I love my V20 but I would have paid another $100 for it if it had a Samsung AMOLED screen (probably built by LG ironically). AMOLED look brighter and more vivid to me and the really black blacks pop if that makes sense. I really don't want movies or tv or phone screens to look just like real life. I want them to look brighter and more colorful than real life. I always oversaturate the colors on my Samsung tv's. They look prettier that way. Like em super bright too. Hurt your eyes bright!

Despite the fact I don't care much for my LG V20 screen It is so much faster and smoother than my old Note 7 I still love it.

 

[flyingkytez]

I actually prefer the blue-ish tint and oversaturated colors! Crazy I know but they look prettier to me. I love my V20 but I would have paid another $100 for it if it had a Samsung AMOLED screen (probably built by LG ironically). AMOLED look brighter and more vivid to me and the really black blacks pop if that makes sense. I really don't want movies or tv or phone screens to look just like real life. I want them to look brighter and more colorful than real life. I always oversaturate the colors on my Samsung tv's. They look prettier that way. Like em super bright too. Hurt your eyes bright!

Despite the fact I don't care much for my LG V20 screen It is so much faster and smoother than my old Note 7 I still love it.

An AMOLED screen and slightly better camera would've made this a flagship killer. But I'm fine with the IPS screen though, white colors look nicer to me.