--- title: I switched to OLED for my entire setup, but I had to... description: A developer shares why they keep an IPS LCD monitor for coding despite loving their QD-OLED gaming display. The main issues with OLED for coding are:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-to-oled-for-my-entire-setup-but-i-had-to-keep-an-lcd-around-just-for-coding-go9xx5kim twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I switched to OLED for my entire setup, but I had to keep an LCD around just for coding | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares why they keep an IPS LCD monitor for coding despite loving their QD-OLED gaming display. The main issues with OLED for coding are:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-to-oled-for-my-entire-setup-but-i-had-to-keep-an-lcd-around-just-for-coding-go9xx5kim og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GO9Xx5Kim.png og:image:alt: I switched to OLED for my entire setup, but I had to keep an LCD around just for coding og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I switched to OLED for my entire setup, but I had to keep an LCD around just for coding **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares why they keep an IPS LCD monitor for coding despite loving their QD-OLED gaming display. The main issues with OLED for coding are: non-standard subpixel arrangements that break ClearType and macOS text antialiasing (causing fuzzy text in dark-mode terminals and IDEs), and the Auto Brightness Limiter (ABL) that dramatically reduces brightness on large bright windows like code editors. IPS panels maintain consistent brightness and have the RGB-stripe subpixel layout that text renderers expect. New 2026 panels from Samsung and LG with vertical RGB stripes may eventually resolve the text rendering issue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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