[Part 2] TFTCentral and Hardware Unboxed Talk All Things Monitors (HDR, certifications, bad specs)

January 27, 2023 Simon Baker

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TFTCentral chats about all things monitors with Hardware Unboxed – HDR improvements, backlight local dimming, Mini LED vs OLED, rubbish certifications, response time mess, what we’d change in specs, monitor bugs and firmware updates.

**** This is PART 2 of 2 **** ****

**** You can find PART 1 here ****

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