Benchmarks: Display
Some of the biggest advancements in modern laptops revolve around the capabilities of the display panel. To provide a more meaningful overview of panel characteristics, we're deploying Datacolor's Spyder 4 Elite professional monitor analyser to return a quantitative assessment of display quality.
The LGD049A panel employed by Gigabyte covers 99 per cent of the sRGB space and 74 per cent of the Adobe RGB. Such numbers would be considered about average for a gaming laptop, but multimedia professionals might be left wanting.
Being able to display a wide gamut of colours is helpful, yet the colours themselves still need to deliver in terms of accuracy. In the above chart, the Delta-E figure corresponds to how close the displayed colours match up with real life and the lower the overall result, the better. Any figure below two is considered very good, meaning the Aero 14 is below average in terms of accuracy.
Brightness is a strong point at almost 300 nits, but neither black levels nor contrast can be considered best in class. The QHD resolution, wide viewing angles and matte finish make the display enjoyable for gaming and everyday use, but if an ultra-high-quality display is your highest priority, there are better panels available at this price point.
