Monday, November 21st 2022
LG Launches the UltraGear OLED With 240 Hz Refresh Rate
The first flat OLED gaming monitor is here and it's unsurprisingly from LG and part of its UltraGear range of gaming products and goes under the model name 27GR95QE-B. Although it's being touted as a 27-inch display, the screen size is only 26.5-inches, which is a bit unusual. The resolution is 2560 x 1440, with a pixel pitch of 110.8 PPI and the refresh rate goes up to 240 Hz. The OLED panel is capable of delivering 1.07 billion colours and delivers a colour gamut of 98.5 percent of the DCI-P3 standard. LG claims the display has a GtG response time of 0.03 ms which is so far unheard of on a consumer display. LG doesn't supply a brightness rating, nor does the UltraGear OLED appear to have any kind of HDR certification, but supports HDR10, although considering it's an OLED panel, this shouldn't be much of a concern.
There's support for FreeSync Premium and VRR, with the display being G-Sync compatible as well. Other gaming related features include the typical things you'd find on most gaming displays today, such as an FPS counter, a built in crosshair and of course some RGB lighting features. Connectivity wise the UltraGear OLED comes with two unspecified HDMI ports and one unspecified DisplayPort input, as well as one upstreams USB 3.0 port (Type-B) and two downstreams USB 3.0 ports (Type-A). The monitor also has an S/PDIF out and a headset jack, which suggests that it does audio over USB. Finally there's a barrel plug for the 19 V power brick. The display also has support for DTS HP:X where HP stands for headphones, but there are no built in speakers. The stand supports tilt, height, swivel and pivot adjustments and can be adjusted up to 11 cm in height. LG is asking US$999.99 for the UltraGear OLED, which might be a bit more than what most people would be willing to pay for it, but it's at least a first step towards a range of new OLED gaming monitors.
Sources:
LG, via @quasarzone
There's support for FreeSync Premium and VRR, with the display being G-Sync compatible as well. Other gaming related features include the typical things you'd find on most gaming displays today, such as an FPS counter, a built in crosshair and of course some RGB lighting features. Connectivity wise the UltraGear OLED comes with two unspecified HDMI ports and one unspecified DisplayPort input, as well as one upstreams USB 3.0 port (Type-B) and two downstreams USB 3.0 ports (Type-A). The monitor also has an S/PDIF out and a headset jack, which suggests that it does audio over USB. Finally there's a barrel plug for the 19 V power brick. The display also has support for DTS HP:X where HP stands for headphones, but there are no built in speakers. The stand supports tilt, height, swivel and pivot adjustments and can be adjusted up to 11 cm in height. LG is asking US$999.99 for the UltraGear OLED, which might be a bit more than what most people would be willing to pay for it, but it's at least a first step towards a range of new OLED gaming monitors.
97 Comments on LG Launches the UltraGear OLED With 240 Hz Refresh Rate
Yes, I know - it's not a monitor.
I want to like this, but LG's track record so far has been bad, based on customer reviews and mainstream youtube channels.
TV are largely financed with their smart OS (targeted ads, metrics they sell etc.) and their mass production volume so yes it's harder to compare price wise.
42" tho that cannot work for me 32" is the max I'd go for a monitor.
I just don't understand the choice of picking an aggressive matte anti-reflective coating here...partially kills the purpose of OLED there...at least have glossy options.
I think I may pick the alienware freesync OLED one but I will wait for CES as many other may show OLED/mini-led displays
It seems LG is listening
Now get your 32 inch 4k 120Hz OLED out
To me the <1k$ price seems pretty good. There are no better options for competetive (PC) gaming. All higher Hz displays have a lot worse pixel response, making them quite pointless in comparison.
So unless this has some silly processing lag or other currently unknown bad qualities, it’s the thing to get.
i want a warranty for this 1000€! OLED to cover burn in even at 100% brightness for 5 years because i already spend a thousand bucks on a 27 inch 1440p monitor (a full peace of mind warranty). otherwise i won't even bother wasting money again in another oled (we had a C1 in my parents house and it had significant burn in after just ~18 months.)
Edit:
And what display do you have then, that has a 5 year warranty to it? Some EIZO maybe?Really? Got any pics and other details?
and two years is not enough for a monitor like this. (why not 5 years? is the technology so bad that they don't trust their own product that they sell for the price of two really high end monitors?)
The C1 was used for watching TV (not for running 24/7 a news channel. a huge variety of TV Shows, Movies etc.)
i don't have photos but it was very similar to this.
What did LG’s support write back to you?After two years, you still should get something out of it. Depending on the perceived quality of the monitor. Anyway, what monitors do you buy and from where, to get your 5 year warranties? All displays have parts that wear out over time.
But this model here is hideous, I mean the panel is so slim and you, LG, slap a brick on the back as inputs and that stand.
Why don't go all the way, and make a very slim connector, and use a dock to connect.
if a technology is well known to have issues burn in and dimming over time... why don't you give me a nice long warranty? do you not trust your own product that you try to sell me for at least 1000€
other manufacturers have no problem with that as long as it's not an OLED.
ASUS has a 5 year warranty on their Pro Art displays, Viewsonic, HP and Sony do it for a few bucks.it was from Amazon and we just sent it back and received a refund.
maybe you should just get this monitor from amazon as well. You can then simply return it if suffers from burn in.
shop.asus.com/us/90lm06n0-b01ib0-proart-display-oled-pa32dc.html