Gaming and HDR monitors. Finally OLED. (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Yesss please

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Todd Erwin]

Anyone shopping for any of the displays mentioned in this thread should double check that their computer has at least HDMI v2.0 and/or Display Port v1.4. My current PC, which I custom built with an ASUS motherboard that was released in 2019, has HDMI v1.4b and DP v1.2 onboard. I am rather upset with ASUS over this for a few reasons. The tech specs for this mobo on the ASUS website makes no mention of what actual version the video ports are, just that they support a resolution of 3840x2160. This mobo was marketed for gaming, and was released years after HDMI v2.0 was standard on nearly all UHD displays and devices, so the company’s excuse that “most users would use an add-on graphics card anyway” is pretty lame.

I found all of this out just recently when I connected my PC to my LG C1 OLED to begin an editing project that will require intricate color correction, and my current PC display was not good enough. I was unable to get the Intel UHD Graphics to recognize the C1 as an HDR capable display, and a call to ASUS tech support provided the bad news. I just cannot believe a gaming mobo built in 2019 and boasted 4K resolution had video ports that were outdated years prior to its release.

 

[GeorgeHolland]

I’m interested in photo and video editing, not gaming, and with a M2 Max MacBook Pro on the way have been researching a suitable external monitor that utilizes the M2 Max specifications. The Nikon Z 9 and my drone have pretty nice 4K video options.

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

Up to four external displays: Up to three external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI

Up to three external displays: Up to two external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display with 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI


These announcements sound promising.

https://www.theverge.com/23542274/samsung-dell-5k-6k-monitors-apple-macbook-macos-ces-2023

 

[Carlo_M]

Anyone shopping for any of the displays mentioned in this thread should double check that their computer has at least HDMI v2.0 and/or Display Port v1.4. My current PC, which I custom built with an ASUS motherboard that was released in 2019, has HDMI v1.4b and DP v1.2 onboard. I am rather upset with ASUS over this for a few reasons. The tech specs for this mobo on the ASUS website makes no mention of what actual version the video ports are, just that they support a resolution of 3840x2160. This mobo was marketed for gaming, and was released years after HDMI v2.0 was standard on nearly all UHD displays and devices, so the company’s excuse that “most users would use an add-on graphics card anyway” is pretty lame.

I found all of this out just recently when I connected my PC to my LG C1 OLED to begin an editing project that will require intricate color correction, and my current PC display was not good enough. I was unable to get the Intel UHD Graphics to recognize the C1 as an HDR capable display, and a call to ASUS tech support provided the bad news. I just cannot believe a gaming mobo built in 2019 and boasted 4K resolution had video ports that were outdated years prior to its release.

Sorry to be late to this, I don't really frequent this subforum...couldn't you just upgrade the video card to get HDMI 2.1/DP 1.4? A 2019 mobo should easily support the 30xx and 40xx nVidia graphics card (though if you go too high powered you may need to upgrade your power supply too).

 

[Todd Erwin]

Sorry to be late to this, I don't really frequent this subforum...couldn't you just upgrade the video card to get HDMI 2.1/DP 1.4? A 2019 mobo should easily support the 30xx and 40xx nVidia graphics card (though if you go too high powered you may need to upgrade your power supply too).

Well, that was the point that ASUS tech support made, but a new 4Gb lower end video card costs as much as what I paid for the mobo. There is no real excuse for anything manufactured in the last five years with an HDMI port that is supposed to support UHD resolution to be anything less than v2.0a. And especially if the mobo is marketed as a gaming mobo.

 

[Sam Posten]

Another company claiming the world’s first 32-inch 4K OLED monitor.

Even though it’s not coming till early 2024, Asus wants you to believe it’s “the chosen one.” And a 240Hz QD-OLED screen at 32 inches, with graphene cooling, USB-C, KVM and picture-in-picture certainly sounds good! But there will be any number of 32-inch 240Hz 4K OLED monitors, and while I...

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[Sam Posten]

 

[Sam Posten]

It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine!

 

[Sam Posten]

Boom!

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Sam Posten]

 

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[Edwin-S]

Too small for how I want to mount the screen. Most gaming monitors don't seem to accommodate wall mounting.

 

[Sam Posten]

I ordered the end game Alienware 32. Hopefully the last monitor I ever buy.

 

[Edwin-S]

Hopefully the last monitor I ever buy.

Famous last words.

 

[Sam Posten]

Famous last words.

I’ll be happy if I live long enough for it to not be. We will see

 

[Sam Posten]

Actual measurements:

 

[JohnRice]

I ordered the end game Alienware 32. Hopefully the last monitor I ever buy.

Not nearly as expensive as I expected.

 

[Carlo_M]

Cool to see the new gen of OLED monitors. However I still use my PC as a hybrid gaming and work PC, so it's on a lot during the day with the desktop visible a lot. Unlike my 2 LG OLED TVs in the house, where I'm careful to avoid burn-in (I don't generally watch channels/services with static logos and images on them, I have power save timers set on my connected devices so if I fall asleep accidentally it will shut off automatically), during the day when my PC is on and connected to my standard LED screen, I very much walk away from it for extended times while the same static image is on (whether it's the toolbar, or the static desktop, or the desktop icons, etc.). Doing a significant amount of WFH this is just the routine I've settled into. And the monitor is on a lot more during the day/night than the OLED TVs are.

If at some point in the future there emerges an emissive tech that is immune to burn-in but has all the benefits of OLED, then I'll probably change my monitor to that.