Thank you, Xiaomi! No More OLED PWM Headaches & Migraines.
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- In this video, we dive deep into Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) in smartphone displays and its adverse effects on our eyes. If you've ever experienced headaches, migraines, or eye strain from using your phone, PWM might be the culprit.
We'll explore:
What is PWM? A simple explanation of how PWM controls screen brightness.
The Dangers of PWM: How it can cause discomfort, eye strain, headaches, and even migraines for sensitive users.
DC-Dimming to the Rescue: Learn how DC-Dimming works as a safer alternative to PWM.
Xiaomi 14's Eye-Friendly Innovation: Discover how the new Xiaomi 14 smartphone incorporates DC-Dimming, providing a healthier viewing experience for everyone, especially those sensitive to PWM.
If you're concerned about eye health and screen time, this video is a must-watch. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more tech insights!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - What is PWM?
1:54 - Painless Tech explains PWM
Smartphones I tried:
3:08 - Poco X4 GT
3:29 - Infinix hot 40 pro
4:21 - Realme 12 pro
5:23 - Xiaomi 14
06:48 - Xiaomi 14 Ultra?
07:59 - PWM Solution Recap
Resources and Links:
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I noticed that all Xiaomi devices have this option, but it is hidden in some of them. You can find the anti-flicker option in the "activity launcher" program in the settings section, and that number will take you to this hidden section.
Thank you for pointing this one out, it's odd that they hide such an important feature.
For the 14 ultra as well?
@@smitjee :o
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Thanks for the video. It’s seems not many top tech creators want to cover this issue.
Nice to see you happy man! I switched from the S24+ (terrible for my eyes) to a Moto Edge 50 pro (Moto Edges have DC Dimming) and I can use for long hours without problems.
Thank you Rafael. Samsung's screen pwm is the worst, I am happy you have found a smartphone that doesn't cause headaches and migraines. Will look into Moto devices 🙌🏼
Glad you found something that works for you and thanks for helping spread the word!
Thank you, it has been ages since I have used a decent smartphone. Doing what I can to spread the word 🙏🏼 thank you for the kind words.
Thank you for pointion out this problem, I remember one time I picked up an S9 or S8, and my eyes started hurting as soon as I looked at it, glad that it got better, but I don't think that I will try out oled screens ever again.
Very nice ... Finally you found a solution.. thanks for such a detailed video !
You are welcome, glad you have found it useful.
i am sure that dc dimming is automatically enabled on lower brightness because i am having no headaches or eye strain.
i think xiaomi 14 ultra is best for me. perfect phone
Does the ultra have the anti flicker setting as well?
@@smitjee it automatically enables this anti flicker in low brightness
Sorry bad english: Honor is another brand that is releasing oled phones with really high pwm flickering (honor 90 or the magic 6 series wich i think goes up to 4000hz) sadly i cant stand any oled phones (not only because pwm but also things like infinty contrast and the colors are just too much for my eyes) but i am okay using with some lcd phones, right now i am using an realme narzo 30 5g and its working great, yes it is low end by today standards but i can use it for hours without feeling dizzy. Thanks for making this video, is great to see people talking about this, grettings from Venezuela.
Thank you for sharing your experience, yes I heard the honor pro has a high pwm but I didn't get the chance to try it out. I tried the realme 12 pro and it has a high pwm of 2160 but it's still gave me manageable headaches, the Xiaomi 14 works well because of the DC-Dimming/anti-flicker option, I hope you can find a similar flagship device that will not give you headaches. Glad to know I have an audience from Venezuela :-)
Also Realme 9i works great at 60hz.
Yay, Moe is back!!! But where are car photos? :DDD
What is car photography? :p
I have noticed also that the black of the oled screen are just too strong witch creates too big contrast that also gives me a lot of eye strain. If you can I suggest also making the blacks more brighter has helped me a lot with oled eyestrain.
Wow, you posted this video right when I needed it. Thanks for the update! I've been using POCO X3 Pro, one of the last semi-decent phones with IPS screen. Now that phone is dying on me. How crazy it is that today even if I'm ready to throw money into all these brands, I SIMPLY CAN'T USE THEIR PRODUCTS. There are no IPS screens anymore. It's insane. I'll try Xiaomi 14 based on your recommendation. BTW, are you aware of camera condensation issue of that model? Did you experience it?
Glad it helped :) regarding the camera, are you referring to the foggy lens? I heard about it but never experienced it, however this will be normal with large glasses imo. As a photographer, I get this issue during the summer all the time with my expensive gear from Sony. The AC's blasting indoors below 20° and outside it's 40°+ and very humid. But so far, I haven't faced this issue.
great video, which carrier are you using for the phone?
Thank you! A local carrier in Bahrain
im also very sensitive to pwm, currently iphone 11 and iphone SE is healthy for pwm sensitive user like me...tried many but yet to find one android ips/amoled that doesnt give me headache and migraine...will look into xiaomi 14
Thanks so much for the video! I already knew about this but seeing it really being talked about!
I am using an iPhone 13 and have from childhood suffered from strong headaches, and I’m of course always using night shift (I wonder why Apple doesn’t even let it being put on always but in time intervals, smh) but it has a very low PWM dimming and I may be starting to feel the consequences.
Thanks for the video!
Glad you have found it useful, we are trying to spread awareness and hopefully Apple and Samsung would listen so we don't have to suffer.
I bought a Xiaomi 14 yesterday and turned on anti-flicker, but it still hurts my eyes. The iPhone 11 is still the best device to use.
What about SE 2022?
@@seekerofsense The SE 2022 and the iPhone 11 both have the same Retina display, which is an LCD, and neither strains the eyes.
Thanks for the update. Do you have recommendations for laptops? I'm getting confused with all the different options; for example, anti glare, anti-reflective, and glossy and figuring out which is best for PWM sensitivity.
Glad it helps! These won't make a difference if the screen uses PWM Dimming to control the brightness, find a laptop with an LCD IPS display.
Was in a store today, the anti flicker is not available on the 14 ultra. Also not to be found in the developers settings.
Will you be looking at the new Poco F6 Pro?
any solution for samsung odyssey OLED gaming monitor?
i am sorry to tell you that Xiaomi 14 ultra don't hav DC dimming option but 14 has as you mentioned, because I went to Xiaomi store today to check this. The following device checked and don't have option for DC dimming (Anti-flicker mode): 13T, 13T pro, All redmi series. i.e. only Xiaomi 14 has anti-flicker mode
Motorola is implementing dc dimming across the board afaik too. Currently using edge 30 fusion after trying so many other phones.
That's great news, I believe all smartphones brands should push for DC-Dimming feature and push for flicker-free screens tech!
Honor magic 6 pro, is also a flagship phone has high pmw dimming 👌
Xiaomi’s 12.4” 6s Pro is also fully DC dimmed. Forget the iPAD Pro OLEDs and protect your eyes.
Hey , thanks for doing the video , i am in similar situation , cant really use any latest OLED phones due to PWM , have u tried oneplus 12? seems to have higher pwm freq
Hey, glad you have found it useful! I unfortunately didn't get the chance to try the OnePlus 12.
@@MoeZainal not sure why its so hard for apple to provide an accessibility option when they are so concerned with health and environment
@@navneeta3Cause they just pretending to be concerned.
Great video 👍.
You forgot to mention that Samsung is actually the screen manufacturer behind many other brands such as iPhones.
You are absolutely right. Thank you!
you can enable this option too in your realme device by using devloper option 😉
how to fix shim on poco f4 gt? Unreal for using...
My very old Xiaomi 11T D1200 version has the Anti-flicker option as well. I assume maybe either phones with variable refresh rate or with HyperOS have this option.
This option should be made available on all smartphones with OLED display
Xiaomi 14 Pro will automatically switch between pwm mode and dc mode based on brightness setting.
0%~60% is 1920hz pwm mode, 60%~100% is dc mode.
Hey, thanks for sharing this info. Maybe it's 0-60 DC-Dimming and the rest is high pwm frequency
@@MoeZainalno.. it is the opposite.
How does that work? The problem happens with low brightness range and low pwm frequencies, I assume that's when DC-Dimming kicks in otherwise it doesn't make sense having DC-Dimming at high-brightness because at that point it's safe for the eye.
@@MoeZainal I don't know. but it really works like my first comment.
my guess is that the oled panel on xiaomi 14 pro lose accuracy with dc dimming at low brightness, so they switched to high pwm frequency, which is close to dc dimming in terms of eye strain.
I was thinking of buying a new phone to replace my 2018 LG G7 w/ IPS LCD.
It's worrying that you could be wasting money on tech that makes you suffer with use. 😮
Xiaomi 12 & 13 series already had DC dimming
With the only downside of them disabling 120Hz refreshing rate, which isn't an issue with the Xiaomi 14
I tried the previous models and had headaches, also couldn't locate DC-Dimming option in the settings, regional options?
Hey.
Things are turning out pretty interesting for me. I used the samsung z fold 5 phone for 4 days and it didn't give me a headache, but many people complained about it. I bought the Honor Magic v2 phone a few days ago, it has 3850 pwm eye protection, but after 3 minutes I get such a headache that I go crazy... I was thinking that it is not because of some blue light? I can't find a solution to this Oled problem... I have already returned about 10 phones.
I guess you will have to try the Xiaomi 14 with DC-Dimming enabled. I hope it works for you.
I would love to try a Xiaomi phone. Been using Samsung and there screens are very harsh on my eyes.
Xiaomi 14 series is known for the foggy/condensation lens issue which is widespread across all continents where they're sold. Plenty of videos and people complaining about this hardware fault on forums as well. How is yours holding up?
I heard that too. Humidity in my country is around 47% today, and I still did not face this problem. I faced it once with my Sony A7III with the 24-105 lens, the photography equipment was in a AC controlled environment and went out to shoot early in the morning, the lens fogged up and I had to wait for it to go away. I suppose it could happen when you have big glasses. But I still did not have this issue with my Xiaomi 14.
I bought the Poco X4 GT thanks to this channel and I really enjoy it-no eyestrain at all.
Unfortunately, a few days ago, it fell down the stairs and broke.
So, I started searching again and came across a recommendation for the Xiaomi 14.
Is its OLED screen with DC dimming as flicker-free and easy on the eyes as the LCD screen on the Poco?
I'm sorry to hear about your phone, I currently use Xiaomi 14 with DC-Dimming anti-flicker enabled and it's working well for me. Everyone's sensitivity is different and the only way to know is to try the device.
I’m using iPhone 11 with no problem and it’s good for eyes . And I tried to upgrade to 15 plus , you can’t believe I cannot stare at it for 1 minute also my eyes burnt like anything as a result of which I’m planning to sell it at loss. In 3 months I used it for less than 12 hours of entire purchase. I want to know if Xiomi 14 will help me or not ?
I was thinking of switching to ios for my next phone because of the screen problem, my initial plan was galaxy ultra, didn't know iphones have a similar problem 😢
The video at last... drop Samsung, but I would like to emphasize to drop iphone as well
Moe, I’m still having issues with my newly bought Xiaomi 14, which I purchased on your advice. I'm using it at the lowest brightness setting. Does the anti-flickering work at the lowest brightness, or should I increase it to mid-level? At what percentage should I set my phone's brightness for optimal performance without straining my eyes?
Did you enable the DC-Dimming feature?
@@MoeZainal Yes, I already enabled the DC dimming feature in the display settings by switching anti-flickering from regular. However, it’s still straining my eyes. When I use my iPhone 11, I don’t experience any discomfort at all.
I remember getting slight eye strain when I was setting up the device, but when I finally was able to enable DC-Dimming the strain went away the next day. How long has it been since you have enabled the anti-flicker option?
@@MoeZainal It's been two days since I started using the phone. I used it for roughly three hours yesterday, and my eyes were straining a lot. Hopefully, my eyes will adjust to the device as time passes. I had great expectations that it would not strain my eyes, but I am quite disappointed at the moment. I hope that it will improve. I wanted to ask you: I have been using the phone at zero brightness. Should I increase it to 50% or beyond, or should I turn on auto brightness so that the anti-flicker will work?
Perhaps it's a matter of adjusting, do you know how long does it usually take until your pwm headaches goes away? I keep my phone on auto-brightness
Can you please try to put a matte screen protector on the phones you couldn't use? Maybe they will be decent with a screen protector like that
Thank you, screen protectors/filters doesn't work in this case.
@@MoeZainal ...then LCD is the way =]]]
The honor 200 pro should be even better 🎉
Any recommendations for computer monitors?
I use BenQ SW2700PT 27" 16:9 Photographer IPS Monitor
@@MoeZainal and that has the same kind of thing where it doesn't flicker?,
It's an IPS LCD panel screen, no flicker there
@@MoeZainal doesn't look like that one is available anymore. Would any IPS screen from that brand have no flicker?
Generally, IPS LED screens don't flicker because they use DC-Dimming, try staying away from any OLED/Amoled because they use PWM Dimming. If you find a monitor that you like and is an IPS LCD , email the manufacturer to ask about pwm flickering just to make sure.
Honor magic 6 pro and honor 90 are also decent.
I heard they have a very high pwm frequency, it could be easy on the eyes and won't cause headaches and migraines. But I didn't try them out. I tried realme 12 pro which has a pwm frequency of 2160 but it wasn't enough.
@@MoeZainal Guess it depends on every individual like you also said. Switching from the s23u and s24u was a eyeopener from me. It's sad that I cannot use the s24 ultra without getting headaches.
Good move by Xiaomi, but still too expensive for users like me. I once used a Samsung A50s before, it was so horrible that I feel like I have lenses in my eyes
Hello Moe and everyone here, I have an iPhone 11 with an IPS LCD screen and want to upgrade to a 15. Wow, there's no way to look at it without feeling fatigued, strange and a little dizzy! A shame, it's a wonderful phone with a terrible OLED screen for me! I would like to know which cell phones with good cameras have dc diiming, or anti flickering! Please could someone post a list! Thanks Moe, yes I had a s22 ultra, I almost fell on the floor after using the cell phone...
Xiaomi 14's camera is decent.
Unfortunately, Apple iPhone new smartphones have a low pwm frequency which causes eye strain, headaches and migraines. So far, I have been using Xiaomi 14 with DC-Dimming (anti-flicker) with no issues. Other users here have been praising Motorola's lineup with DC-Dimming.
It's amazing 🙌🏼
Bro, the same thing happened to me. I was using an iPhone 11 without any problem. Then I purchased an iPhone 15 and couldn't use it for more than 12 hours in total, even though I've had it for three months. I'm planning to sell it at a loss. I want to make sure that my next phone is easier on my eyes. Did you purchase any other phone? If you did, please let me know.
Fair warning... Don't go spending hundreds on a phone that promises a software feature. Oneplus removed it, so can all the others.
Also, the Nothing Phone 1 was very good at launch, it didn't flicker. Then because the screens were breaking that way, they released an update that reduced max brightness and introduced PWM.
This is so upsetting and has been an issue for years now. Got my first eye issues with the Oneplus 5T and since then I've also become very photosensitive, generally very sensitive to light. This should be taken more seriously, but sadly no business will benefit from catering to a minority.
There have been hundreds of "success stories" on forums by now, about phones that seemingly worked for people. Guess what, all of the posters of those topics took their words back and went back to finding a phone.
I'm willing to bet money that this Xiaomi will eventually stop working for your eyes.
@moezainal hi moe what tv are u using please?
I just checked, it's a 2019 Samsung 65RU7105 4K UHD Smart Television 65inch
@@MoeZainal does it not hurt ur eyes, why did u pick that one ?
@rickymayo3695 it's an LCD with LED backlit panel. It doesn't hurt my eyes, I believe it uses DC-Dimming.
@@MoeZainal thanks alot moe
You are welcome, I strongly suggest researching new TVs, type of screen, pwm, and pwm frequencies. Mine is fairly old, 5 years or so, I am sure tech has changed since then.