This page is the standard every guide on BrumeBlog.Com is held to. It is published before the archive is large, because the method is the thing worth judging us on.
How we research
No figure enters a guide from a single source. Specifications are cross-checked against the manufacturer's global spec sheet, regional product pages — which frequently disagree on ports, panel bit depth and stand adjustment — and where possible an independent measurement.
Where sources conflict, we say so in the text rather than quietly picking one.
Where our numbers come from
We link to primary documentation rather than to other blogs:
- Published standards — VESA, the HDMI Forum, DisplayPort specifications.
- Certification databases, such as the DisplayHDR tier definitions.
- Manufacturer datasheets and panel part specifications.
- Independent measurement, where a credible measured figure exists.
Claims versus measurements
These are not the same thing and we do not blur them. A manufacturer's "1 ms GtG" is a claim: a best-case grey-to-grey transition at the most aggressive overdrive setting. A measured average across a transition matrix is a measurement.
Anything we have not verified independently is labelled as a manufacturer claim. Where a figure varies meaningfully between production runs — contrast ratios and response times both do — we give a realistic range rather than a single number implying precision we do not have.
What we do not do
- We do not reprint a spec sheet and call it a review.
- We do not rank hardware by commission.
- We do not recommend hardware we have not researched against a stated use case.
- We do not invent author personas, credentials or testing we did not do.
- We do not publish guest posts, sponsored articles or paid links.
Independence
BrumeBlog.Com has no manufacturer affiliations and sells nothing. No brand pays for coverage, sees copy before publication, or has any influence over what we conclude. Our full position on funding and any future affiliate relationships is on the disclosure page.
Corrections
We correct errors in place — we do not quietly edit and move on. When a guide changes materially:
- The error is fixed.
- A note records what changed and when, where the change affects the advice.
- The guide's Updated on date moves to the day of the change.
Report an error: email editors@brumesblog.com with the page URL and what is wrong. A source helps but is not required — we will check it either way.
Keeping guides current
Display technology moves, and some figures age badly — OLED sustained brightness and mini-LED zone counts change with every panel generation. Every guide shows two dates: when it was first published, which never changes, and when its content last changed. The second one moves only when the guide itself does — not when the site is rebuilt — and we revisit guides when the facts move rather than when the calendar does.
AI and authorship
Guides are written and edited by people. Where tooling assists with research or drafting, a person is still responsible for every factual claim published, and every figure goes through the same sourcing process described above.