Monitors can be a very passionate topic. I'm not so concerned about color as would someone who is concerned about what shade a particular color is. While I want reds red and black to be, well, black. I'm not sensitive to shading yet (I think). This monitor is replacing a 16+ year old ViewSonic that ran me over $1,000 back around the turn of the century. My video is driven by a EVGA GTX-670 (NVIDIA GeForce) w/4GB.
While the display is very light weight (I did not weigh it), it's much lighter than the 2011 HD display that I'm using. The display is mounted landscape mode about 32-36 inches from my face. It's set at 3840x2160 with a 125% scale factor within MS Windows. the display area of the screen measured at 24-3/8" x 13.5". Doing the math, this (1.80556) does not match up with 16x9 (1.77778). Need to test with imaging. But for the moment, my initial reaction, is that the images look OK although the orange background color that I have on a Hanns-G HZ281HPB that I've been using for over 6 years, seems darker, "richer" (?), than I seem to be able to adjust the Samsung to be. The Samsung seems a little washed out, but I will fiddle some more. I'm writing this before spending any time calibrating -- this is my first impression.
I am checking out the initial settings (I just installed this) because it seems very bright... there is a button-joystick behind the monitor at the lower right corner:
Samsung "Magic Bright: Custom
Brightness: 100 (out of 100) changed to 30 (I have a lower light office)
Contrast 75 / 100 (changed to 50), no immediately obvious change to me -- display still looks great
Sharpness 64 / 100 changed to 52 (50 was not an option, 48 or)
Color (Red, Green, Blue, Color Tone & Gamma) was all set at 50% values.
Samsung Magic" Angle: Off
HDMI Black Level: Normal
The "Picture-In-Picture" mode can be set side by side, so it's not quite what I think of with Picture-In-Picture, but if you want to simultaneously have multiple systems displayed, this might be a useful feature; not so much for me.
I am quite happy and I wouldn't buy another one until I fiddle some more, I am happy with it. I'll look at some video shortly.
Update (Late June '19): Been using the monitor; it developed/didn't notice a bad pixel square in the middle. Amazon/Samsung replaced the monitor w/o hassle (points there!). Video, text, everything on this is really sweet. I'm using a Hanns G 1080x1920 (portrait mode) next to it and I'm beginning to want to replace it with another Samsung. The text on the LU28E570DS/ZA is crisp and clear. The "recommended" setting is at 150%, I am loving the sharpness and readability at 125% (@the recommended 3840x2160 resolution).
The night light is cute, I'm not weighing in on its effectiveness (at this point).
Update (April 2020):
Loving it. The replaced monitor has been flawless, no bad pixels. I'm loving the clarity and detail.
| Standing screen display size | 28 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 Pixels |
