Grayscale, color fidelity, saturation and gamut to factory settings
Since it is now important to many gamers that a monitor also has good color accuracy, Dell now has to show whether they also know something about calibration. After all, they advertise a dE < 2 in relation to sRGB and DCI-P3 mode.
Color space coverage
As is typical for QD-OLED, there is something for every creator – from sRGB to Adobe RGB and Rec. 2020 > 80 percent. So basically also suitable for working.
AW2725DF Color Space
Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ Default Settings (10 % APL)
AW2725DF Default
Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ OSD sRGB Color Space (10 % APL)
AW2725DF sRGB Profile
Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ OSD DCI-P3 Color Space (10 % APL)
AW2725DF DCI-P3 Profile
Interim conclusion
The color accuracy out of the box is, how could it be otherwise, meow. But that doesn’t matter, because it really pops when gaming. On the other hand, the AW2725DF delivers an extremely good sRGB mode, something the other manufacturers could learn from. Why Dell opted for the D63 and Gamma 2.6 for the DCI-P3 is probably only known to Dell itself – even if the D63 and Gamma 2.6 are correct – the D65 and Gamma 2.2 are actually used.
Calibration Report
The fact is, in both cases Dell can deliver what is written on the report. And if Gamma 2.6 is too dark for you, you can actually change it in the OSD and switch to Gamma 2.2, for example. Unfortunately, you cannot access the white point in the calibrated presets. This is the only weakness here – the RGB balance. Dell could improve this, because it is not only not really successful in SDR, but also in HDR (still to come). Let’s compare the default performance with the other monitors I tested.
- 1 - Introduction, Features and Specs
- 2 - Workmanship and Details
- 3 - How we measure: Equipment and Methods
- 4 - Pixel Response Times
- 5 - Display Latencies
- 6 - Color-Performance @ Default Settings
- 7 - Direct Comparison and Power Consumption
- 8 - Color-Performance calibrated
- 9 - HDR-Performance
- 10 - Summary and Conclusion
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