Gigabyte Launches the 54.6-inch S55U Gaming Monitor with Android Support

[TheLostSwede]

GIGABYTE, the world's leading gaming hardware brand, announced the launch of the GIGABYTE S55U gaming monitor, the newest addition to GIGABYTE'S 4K monitor family. The S55U opens up a new segment of gaming monitors with its massive 54.6-inch UHD quantum dot display. Besides delivering incredible picture sharpness and clarity, the S55U steps up the game with the esports-grade 120 Hz refresh rate, 2 ms GTG response time, and HDMI 2.1 connectivity that promises an immersive, silky-smooth gaming 4K experience on a big screen. The S55U is also android-powered with built-in apps such as YouTube, Netflix, and Chromecast for streaming, making it ideal for home entertainment as well.

GIGABYTE has been at the forefront of delivering best-in-class 4K gaming monitors since it introduced its first-ever 4K display last year. The entire family boast the industry-leading HDMI 2.1 support and exclusive tactical gaming features, which set a new standard for 4K gaming displays. GIGABYTE 4K gaming monitors have also been well received by media and communities worldwide. The FV43U was named the king of 43-inch gaming monitors by the world-renowned media Tom's Hardware for its class-leading color and contrast. The 47.53-inch FO48U featuring an OLED panel won the iF Design Award honor in 2022 for its unmatched aesthetics and display performance. Last but not least, the GIGABYTE M series was highly praised by the monitor-focused tech media Rtings as the best 4K gaming monitors they have reviewed. GIGABYTE now delivers a wide variety of 4K gaming monitors ranging from 28 to 54.6 inches for gamers to choose from. The newest S55U offers a brand new dimension for those looking for a completely immersive viewing experience on a large gaming monitor for both gaming and home entertainment.



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[MachineLearning]

So it's 55", for "gaming and home entertainment," and has Android TV.

Gigabyte: "sounds like a monitor to me!"

Just call it a TV. Wait, GB has no mindshare in that market. So it must be called a monitor to sell.

Corporate thinking. The last question that will ever be asked is, "but why are we trying to do this in the first place?" What does this do that no other TV / "monitor" can?

 

[Valantar]

So another "monitor" that's just a TV with slightly different features/inputs. Yay. I wonder when monitor brands will start to realize that when people are asking for monitors that match current TVs, we're not talking about size but image quality, HDR, color, and performance? Sure, DP in your living room can be nice, and a TV connected to a PC is rather annoying with the lack of proper sleep states etc. But this ... doesn't solve much. There are much, much bigger openings in the monitor market than this.

 

[TheDeeGee]

Does Ikea sell 5 meter deep desks?, otherwise i don't see how this works as a desk monitor.

 

[TheLostSwede]

So another "monitor" that's just a TV with slightly different features/inputs. Yay. I wonder when monitor brands will start to realize that when people are asking for monitors that match current TVs, we're not talking about size but image quality, HDR, color, and performance? Sure, DP in your living room can be nice, and a TV connected to a PC is rather annoying with the lack of proper sleep states etc. But this ... doesn't solve much. There are much, much bigger openings in the monitor market than this.

No DP on this one, only HDMI.

 

[Valantar]

Does Ikea sell 5 meter deep desks?, otherwise i don't see how this works as a desk monitor.

No no no, you use a regular sized desk, and place it against a wall like normal. Then you move it out from the wall a bit so your chair fits in between the desk and the wall, and hang the "monitor" on the opposite wall. Simple!

No DP on this one, only HDMI.

Wow, that's even worse. So it's just a TV with worse software than most TVs (as it's not supported by an actual experienced TV maker, at least not directly), but that might support proper PC monitor sleep commands? ... yay!

 

[PerfectWave]

Thats a tv not a monitor LOL

 

[thesmokingman]

No DP on this one, only HDMI.

GIgaFail?

 

[Waldorf]

lol on some comments here.
it makes sense, as not having all the "processing" that tvs normally have, reduces input lag as well as load on its hw (cpu/ram).

most big screen gamers arent using DP (xbox and ps), so why waste money on it, not like hdmi 2.1 is bad.
in 5y of using dp i had to replace 2 cables (name brands), yet in 20y of using hdmi on virtually everything, only 3 for those..

desk size has nothing to do with screen size, nor do i need to sit far away.
im running a 50in on a 30in deep desk, sitting 20-30in away and have zero problems.

and for sleep mode: if pressing a single button to power down a screen is too much, the problem is NOT with the screen.
completely ignoring that tvs have features like turning on/off and/or switch inputs with attached hdmi devices, or stuff like no-signal auto off.



just because "you" dont like it, doesn't mean no one else will, nor that its useless.
how many here are driving a pink car or have a neon pink phone case?
should they stop making them,
you know, cause "you" don't want one? right.

 

[Valantar]

lol on some comments here.
it makes sense, as not having all the "processing" that tvs normally have, reduces input lag as well as load on its hw (cpu/ram).

most big screen gamers arent using DP (xbox and ps), so why waste money on it, not like hdmi 2.1 is bad.
in 5y of using dp i had to replace 2 cables (name brands), yet in 20y of using hdmi on virtually everything, only 3 for those..

desk size has nothing to do with screen size, nor do i need to sit far away.
im running a 50in on a 30in deep desk, sitting 20-30in away and have zero problems.

and for sleep mode: if pressing a single button to power down a screen is too much, the problem is NOT with the screen.
completely ignoring that tvs have features like turning on/off and/or switch inputs with attached hdmi devices, or stuff like no-signal auto off.



just because "you" dont like it, doesn't mean no one else will, nor that its useless.
how many here are driving a pink car or have a neon pink phone case?
should they stop making them,
you know, cause "you" don't want one? right.

TVs these days have game modes with often excellent response times and near-zero processing lag though. If yours lacks that then that's definitely a big minus, but it's not the problem it was a decade ago.

 

[kapone32]

It is obvious that this is a rebranded TV as a monitor. All modern GPUs come with 3 DP ports and 1 HDMI port because "Monitors" all come with DP.

 

[R0H1T]

So another "monitor" that's just a TV with slightly different features/inputs. Yay. I wonder when monitor brands will start to realize that when people are asking for monitors that match current TVs, we're not talking about size but image quality, HDR, color, and performance? Sure, DP in your living room can be nice, and a TV connected to a PC is rather annoying with the lack of proper sleep states etc. But this ... doesn't solve much. There are much, much bigger openings in the monitor market than this.

You obviously have this backwards, it is a gigabyte TV just that gaming is the new "buzzword" these days & gaming monitor generally sells better than "gaming TV"

 

[Valantar]

You obviously have this backwards, it is a gigabyte TV just that gaming is the new "buzzword" these days & gaming monitor generally sells better than "gaming TV"

... I wasn't comparing TVs to gaming monitors, I was talking about the common desire for sensibly priced monitors to adopt common and widely available TV features such as FALD backlighting, good HDR support, wide color gamut support and similar features that are essentially absent from the monitor market (outside of a few grossly overpriced options). That's the strength of a "monitor" like this: it's a TV, with all the strengths of a modern TV: likely good HDR, fast response times (unless they really screwed it up), wide color gamut, etc. You'll find monitors with fast response times aplenty, but most have crap colors and are incapable of displaying anything resembling HDR (despite marketing often claiming so). You'll find monitors with wide color gamuts, but most are 60Hz (or very expensive). Etc.

Also, if you believe any segment of the monitor market outsells any segment of the TV market, you've really, really got to readjust your view of the world. Monitors are, globally, a niche thing. Everyone has a TV - many have multiple. TVs outsell monitors by several orders of magnitude. Now, gaming monitors are common; there are essentially no "gaming TVs", but essentially any moderately premium TV these days has auto low latency mode, a "game mode" with good response times and minimal signal processing, etc. And tons of them support 120Hz. TVs that are good for gaming likely vastly outsell monitors that are good for gaming. And an increasing amount of PC users buy TVs for use with their PCs for various reasons.

 

[R0H1T]

I said gaming monitor sells better than a gaming TV, more specifically at a premium. The only premium TV segment which continues to enjoy fat margins is OLED, everywhere else it's a race to the bottom & the major reason Samsung completely abandoning that ship!

Samsung stops making LCD screens, which is good news for cheaper QD-OLED TVs

But don't worry, Samsung's QLED TVs won't change

www.techradar.com

 

[Valantar]

I said gaming monitor sells better than a gaming TV, more specifically at a premium. The only premium TV segment which continues to enjoy fat margins is OLED, everywhere else it's a race to the bottom & the major reason Samsung completely abandoning that ship!

Samsung stops making LCD screens, which is good news for cheaper QD-OLED TVs

But don't worry, Samsung's QLED TVs won't change

www.techradar.com

And I said TVs that are great for gaming outsell gaming monitors by several orders of magnitude. Seems like we're going in circles here, no?

Also, how are margins relevant? That doesn't make fast, premium LCD TVs any less good for gaming. Plenty of fast response time 120Hz LCD TVs on the market.

 

[eidairaman1]

So it's 55", for "gaming and home entertainment," and has Android TV.

Gigabyte: "sounds like a monitor to me!"

Just call it a TV. Wait, GB has no mindshare in that market. So it must be called a monitor to sell.

Corporate thinking. The last question that will ever be asked is, "but why are we trying to do this in the first place?" What does this do that no other TV / "monitor" can?

Its a TV with no tuner

Or speakers

I will get a NEC please

 

[AsRock]

Its a TV with no tuner

Or speakers

I will get a NEC please

My monitor has speakers but it's not a TV haha.

Anyways would not buy it anyways due to having bloat ware BS.

No DP is a fail too, i wounder if some one will find out who made it really. Kinda looks like a Vizio to me but cannot say i been looking all that much.

 

[Waldorf]

@Valantar
never said mine doesn't, but its still a profile that has to be switched,
something a moni doesnt need, except to apply different brightness/color stuff.

and a game mode does not equal to zero processing, nor does it mean you're getting the lowest input/response times (enough sites testing those things on tvs).

e.g. brands like Samsung you can turn off motion processing in settings, yet they still apply certain processing to the signal,
nor does it mean all other stuff gets turned on as well (vrr etc).

besides that, if GB new how to make a proper big screen moni, their 48 oled would not have all those "issues" (just google automatic brightness limiter).

 

[eidairaman1]

My monitor has speakers but it's not a TV haha.

Anyways would not buy it anyways due to having bloat ware BS.

No DP is a fail too, i wounder if some one will find out who made it really. Kinda looks like a Vizio to me but cannot say i been looking all that much.

And what size is your monitor?

 

[AsRock]

And what size is your monitor?

43" ( 42.5 really haha )

 

[MentalAcetylide]

lol on some comments here.
it makes sense, as not having all the "processing" that tvs normally have, reduces input lag as well as load on its hw (cpu/ram).

most big screen gamers arent using DP (xbox and ps), so why waste money on it, not like hdmi 2.1 is bad.
in 5y of using dp i had to replace 2 cables (name brands), yet in 20y of using hdmi on virtually everything, only 3 for those..

desk size has nothing to do with screen size, nor do i need to sit far away.
im running a 50in on a 30in deep desk, sitting 20-30in away and have zero problems.

and for sleep mode: if pressing a single button to power down a screen is too much, the problem is NOT with the screen.
completely ignoring that tvs have features like turning on/off and/or switch inputs with attached hdmi devices, or stuff like no-signal auto off.



just because "you" dont like it, doesn't mean no one else will, nor that its useless.
how many here are driving a pink car or have a neon pink phone case?
should they stop making them,
you know, cause "you" don't want one? right.

To each their own, but I think sitting back only 20-30" from a freakin huge 50" view screen is eventually going to cause neck & eye muscle strain.

 

[AsRock]

To each their own, but I think sitting back only 20-30" from a freakin huge 50" view screen is eventually going to cause neck & eye muscle strain.

don't know about that, maybe for some. My monitor or the TV before it never did in fact i get a whole lot less.

How ever it can make you a little slower on reactions in game's but that's about it.

 

[MarsM4N]

Ohh, good lord. Android on a monitor.

You know why they are pushing this nonsense? So you have to watch commercials on their apps & even on the OSD.
Like on TV's where you can't install AddBlocker. Bet they even get a share from Google.

 

[R-T-B]

Wow, that's even worse. So it's just a TV with worse software than most TVs (as it's not supported by an actual experienced TV maker, at least not directly), but that might support proper PC monitor sleep commands? ... yay!

It also probably supports 444 chroma, which is hardly a promise with all 4k tv sets.

 

[Prima.Vera]

A monitor without DP ports... riiight! Wtf is this pos!??
Ok, make this an ultrawide 21:9 ratio , and at least is more appealing for gamers and multimedia users for it's perfect gaming FOV and no black bars for any movies.
But this junk??