Saturday, December 7th 2024
ViewSonic Readying a 27-inch 520 Hz OLED Gaming Monitor for CES 2025 Launch
According to the reputable German publication ComputerBase, ViewSonic is preparing to launch an absolute unit of a gaming monitor at CES 2025, which is scheduled to take place in January of next year. The monitor is expected to sport an OLED panel, along with a peak refresh rate of a whopping 520 Hz. The product is also rumored to boast a resolution of 2560 x 1440, which should allow for decent pixel density considering its 27-inch size.
Like many other monitors available currently on the market, yet another unnamed ViewSonic OLED monitor will also boast dual-mode capabilities. Simply put, the monitor will give its user the option to toggle between a high-refresh rate mode with lower resolution, and a high-resolution mode, likely 4K, but with a lower refresh rate. No other details are known at this point, so interested folks will have to wait till next month to know more.Apart from these offerings, ViewSonic is also expected to introduce a new ColorPro monitor aimed at creative professionals with a 5K panel and Thunderbolt 4 support. The panel is also expected to be extremely color accurate, which is a must-have for professional use. As with the other products, not much else is known about this one either, but more details and pricing information should be available next month. Either way, for those on the hunt for a new monitor, it seems waiting till CES will be a prudent choice.
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CompterBase DE
Like many other monitors available currently on the market, yet another unnamed ViewSonic OLED monitor will also boast dual-mode capabilities. Simply put, the monitor will give its user the option to toggle between a high-refresh rate mode with lower resolution, and a high-resolution mode, likely 4K, but with a lower refresh rate. No other details are known at this point, so interested folks will have to wait till next month to know more.Apart from these offerings, ViewSonic is also expected to introduce a new ColorPro monitor aimed at creative professionals with a 5K panel and Thunderbolt 4 support. The panel is also expected to be extremely color accurate, which is a must-have for professional use. As with the other products, not much else is known about this one either, but more details and pricing information should be available next month. Either way, for those on the hunt for a new monitor, it seems waiting till CES will be a prudent choice.
69 Comments on ViewSonic Readying a 27-inch 520 Hz OLED Gaming Monitor for CES 2025 Launch
The way you talk about it tells me you don't have a HFR screen to see for yourself. 240Hz LCDs are pretty cheap now, brick and mortar there's always an open box deal.
I just read one from Oct 2024 saying 75Hz lolol.
240+Hz doesn't really help in competitive gaming. That LTT video from 5 years ago (which asked e-sports pros to test at various framerates in shooting-gallery-like scenarios in Overwatch and CS) IMO accurately measured the impact of high refresh rates on "time-to-photon". Once a target appears on-screen, the player is limited by reaction time and muscle memory. 240+Hz is more for aesthetics: making the picture sharper and clearer when objects or the viewport is in motion. Human vision is complicated and some people are more perceptive of (or bothered by) motion blur than others.
Also Phone users:
I use my phone 20" away from my face. Yes, I measured the distance.
I don't know why people have an issue with high resolution options existing. No one is being forced to buy anything.
But there is a limit where no point go higher since people will not notice,
I have the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and it's default screen resolution setting is not the the highest resolution which it's display can do.
This is for a reason.
to me 1440p feels more like a 1080p+ resolution, and is not enough on 27''. (I've had 32''4k, 27''1440p and 23.8'' 1080p).
Something like 3200*1800 on 27'' would be nice for office work, close PPI to 32''4k, something like 2688*1512 or 2816*1584 would have close to half 4k or double 1080p's megapixel count, for the purpose of gaming horsepower required. A nicer solution is 3200*1800 monitor, and whatever competitive game to implement exact resolution resolution scaling.
OFC this is all headcannon, usually a new resolution is just doubling existing hardware's horizontal and vertical resolution. I mean, 1600x900 was a thing but wasn't common, and it was ok at the time for 15.6''
Where is my SVGA 1024x768 monitor with 1000Hz refresh rate!?? WHERE?!?! That Youtube video is a complete mess. It missrepresenting FPS vs Refresh rate, even on their slow motion videos. Blatant lie.
Yes there are people with really good eyesight who can use 27" 4K with native 100% scaling but that's the expectation.
I don't see why people have an issue with someone wanting a higher resolution screen that isn't 32+ inches in OLED.
Then I see people saying Windows UI scaling is trash, etc. I didn't know the only thing people could use screens for was Windows.
Maybe I want to display a 12mp photo on my screen at 100% without needing to scroll. Maybe I just want a higher resolution screen in a smaller form-factor.
I don't need to justify my desire to want a specific set of features in a piece of tech especially considering the fact it's not anything unheard of www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27md5kl-b-5k-uhd-led-monitor
Computers do much more than play games and run Windows...
I guess I forgot TPU isn't a tech-enthusiast site anymore.