Surface Pro 11 OLED vs IPS

Here is my first comparison of the Microsoft Surface Pro 11 IPS display vs. the OLED model.
-TDD

[davidneale]

Really caught me out at the start with which was the OLED! Thanks for being the first to do this comparison.

[random-ikgz]

i have been waiting for such a video, since the release, thank you a lot

[tk-qgmm]

Shouldn't it have been the same wallpaper for the sake of comparison?

[jacblac]

Some early reviews on Reddit have mentioned the s11 oled having issues along with a decrease of an hour+ of battery life and the snapdragon X elite issues makes the cheaper surface a winner.

[olenabanders]

Really enjoyed your review! Thank you for the honest one as well! 💯

[luc]

I noticed at 14:50 you have HDR turned off for the IPS model but the video you played was in HDR (not sure if it did a fallback to non-HDR format). I would match that to be sure it's played back correctly. I compared side by side with that same HDR video and I did see peak brightness go much higher in some spots on OLED so something is off here. That said I'd still go for IPS model...

[marekonbike]

Thanks, got the IPS and when watching dark scenes in dark room, was bit considering... should I get the OLED? Now you made it clear.... I made the right choice, upgraded to 2T ssd and now its all I need....

[iu]

Great video.
It really makes sense to ask the question Q: Do you need the OLED? As the differences are so small, especially where it matters.
This machine s about battery life - That's it.
I have an SP9 and have NEVER complained about the screen.
In fact it has always been amazing.
At 13inchers - what am I doing spending $500 on a "better" screen when I am not feeling like I am missing something on the SP9.
If the screen was leaps and bounds better and a high end OLED - that might be different but with a difference that is this close - I am wondering what would make me NOT chose the IPS screen. That $500 would be used for the keyboard or something else like an SSD.
Lookingforward to more insights as you continue to test in your 30 days.

[duffyanneal]

I have the OLED model and just watched the demo video. At 20 seconds the tea pot on my SP11 looks closer to the LCD display on the left. Interestingly enough out of the box my SP had HDR enabled.

[manfrancois]

This compare is amazing. Your job making sense with me, with many people gonna buy or upgrade surface. I was seen and choose X plus instead of OLED, 500 buck so much and useless for Office task like me! Thankyou so much ❤

[a.nonamouse]

Thanks! This has been my exact question. Just saved me a lot of money.

[jirikocman]

I picked up base model and it is great device. I cant utilize performance of elite plus. OLED should be nice, but for that price hike. I can live with IPS and use OLED Galaxy Tab S8+ for HDR movies. But that IPS is really good, very good contrast, not grey instead of black.

[xionpentagast]

Best review discussing the difference. Thank you.

[fgclava]

Looking forward to your final review before ordering! (:

[lancebrune]

Display is Samsung, not LG. And 900 nits peak. And do you see the same issue side by sid at full brightness with areas barely rendering in the OLED? Id imagine it isn't as useful to put both at 50% brightness when OLED has such a larger range of brightness for both extremes. The 50% mark may seem standardized but I think it might be arbitrary. I'm glad you're doing this test because I've been tempted to order the base model myself and compare it with my elite chip, especially with how good the reviews are of the plus chip.

[TwistedFoo]

very glad I got the ips version! thank you!

[arondyte]

That black crush reminds of the early OLED displays that Samsung uses on their older Galaxy Tabs so yeah Microsoft might've cheaped out on the quality of OLED panels it used

[amirabdollahi]

hey you saved me. I was trying to convince myself to get OLED model but turns out XPlus with flex keyboard and pen is a perfect match.

[abrahamroberts]

WOW! I actually liked the visuals on the left better. Surprised me as well.

[mac]

Try reducing the gamma setting on the oled under the windows manual colour calibrations setting. It seems like it is clipping the blacks. Also, it would be interesting to compare the video quality at the max brightness also