HP OMEN Transcend OLED Monitor Detailed Ahead of CES 2024

[GFreeman]

Hot on the heels of LG's UltraGear 4K OLED monitor with Dual-Hz feature, specifications and pictures of the upcoming HP OMEN Transcend 4K OLED monitor have leaked online. It will come with 32-inch 4K OLED panel with 240 Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of 1000 nits in HDR mode. The monitor will feature HP's Omen Tempest Cooling Tech to mitigate the risk of burn-in problems, as well as support for AMD FreeSync and Dolby Vision.

The rest of the known specifications, reported by Windows Report, include KVM switch, a feature that is quite popular in monitors these days, as well as HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 support. It also includes several other USB Type-C and Type-A ports. The monitor is expected to be the star of HP's OMEN CES 2024 lineup.



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[Panther_Seraphin]

"peak brightness of 100 nits in HDR mode"

I Assume this is a 1000?

 

[wNotyarD]

QD-OLED or WOLED?

 

[mechtech]

"DisplayPort 2.1 support"
or officially and fully supported.

I wish all monitor makers would make an equal size bezel around the whole perimeter so the multi-monitor setups would jive better.

 

[GFreeman]

"peak brightness of 100 nits in HDR mode"

I Assume this is a 1000?

Thanks.. Fixed.

 

[bug]

"peak brightness of 100 nits in HDR mode"

I Assume this is a 1000?

Yeah, the source article says 1,000 nits. Too bright, I prefer LG's 400 nits approach, but I guess you can limit that yourself. Either this or LG's model would be a nice upgrade for my photo editing needs. But it depends on price, since I'm not doing it professionally, these things don't pay for themselves.

 

[sephiroth117]

QD-OLED or WOLED?

The 240Hz 32" flat OLED panel they use is, normally, the Samsung QD-OLED one.

LG is also preparing several W-OLED for CES and already announced ultragear OLED ones if you are more interested in WOLED.

 

[ZoneDymo]

that is pretty sexy

 

[bug]

The 240Hz 32" flat OLED panel they use is, normally, the Samsung QD-OLED one.

LG is also preparing several W-OLED for CES and already announced ultragear OLED ones if you are more interested in WOLED.

I don't think the technology matters that much (from what I've read they're pretty similar, only QD-OLED will probably lose brightness faster). But a RGB subpixel layout would be nice, I don't think Windows' ClearType can handle other arrangements.

 

[Chaitanya]

I don't think the technology matters that much (from what I've read they're pretty similar, only QD-OLED will probably lose brightness faster). But a RGB subpixel layout would be nice, I don't think Windows' ClearType can handle other arrangements.

Both WOLED and QD-OLED arent being handled by windows correctly so far, havent seen anyone using macs with OLEDs so not sure how that OS is handling different pixel arrangement.

 

[wNotyarD]

I don't think the technology matters that much (from what I've read they're pretty similar, only QD-OLED will probably lose brightness faster). But a RGB subpixel layout would be nice, I don't think Windows' ClearType can handle other arrangements.

Most QD-OLED screens get some purpleish blacks depending on ambient lighting. Wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me anyway (I myself am looking at getting an Odyssey G8, if only there's a good sale on it).

 

[bug]

Most QD-OLED screens get some purpleish blacks depending on ambient lighting. Wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me anyway (I myself am looking at getting an Odyssey G8, if only there's a good sale on it).

Not entirely surprising, considering the backlight is blue. I wonder if my not-so-expensive calibrator could deal with that.

 

[Battler624]

Dolby vision???

 

[Chry]

 

[Panther_Seraphin]

Yeah, the source article says 1,000 nits. Too bright, I prefer LG's 400 nits approach, but I guess you can limit that yourself. Either this or LG's model would be a nice upgrade for my photo editing needs. But it depends on price, since I'm not doing it professionally, these things don't pay for themselves.

1000 nits is fine because you have the ability to manage the general brighness level.

Its only in HDR content that you will see the "benefits" of such a high brightness unless your room is floodlight like a football match.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Not curved... ffs great.

 

[trsttte]

I just noticed the hyper-x logo in the bezel corner, was that why HP bought the brand rights? To add a second logo to the Omen products?

It's their money I guess...

 

[Baba]

Both WOLED and QD-OLED arent being handled by windows correctly so far, havent seen anyone using macs with OLEDs so not sure how that OS is handling different pixel arrangement.

With all these OLED monitors coming out from Dell, Asus, HP, and LG, will MS finally add native support for RWBG and Triangular RGB subpixel layouts? Prior to this, only niche of people used LG OLEDs for monitors. Now, this will become more common.

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Samsung's QD-OLED get's brigher than LG's WOLED, has a better Color Gamut, and better HDR Native Gradient. I almost pulled the trigger on LG C3 42" but will definitely be getting one of the Samsung QD-OLED panel based monitors.

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[bubbleawsome]

Not entirely surprising, considering the backlight is blue. I wonder if my not-so-expensive calibrator could deal with that.

From what I’ve seen it’s actually inherent to how they build the panels. They don’t include a polarizer so ambient light that hits the panel diffuses as purple. Since they’re self-lit OLED the ‘backlight’ should still be pixel perfect and doesn’t contribute. That also means that in low light or perfectly dark rooms it’ll appear perfectly black, and you really have to shine sunlight on it to make it appear very purple.

 

[bug]

From what I’ve seen it’s actually inherent to how they build the panels. They don’t include a polarizer so ambient light that hits the panel diffuses as purple. Since they’re self-lit OLED the ‘backlight’ should still be pixel perfect and doesn’t contribute. That also means that in low light or perfectly dark rooms it’ll appear perfectly black, and you really have to shine sunlight on it to make it appear very purple.

But that's the thing, QD-OLED is a peculiar type of OLED: it's all blue OLED backlight that goes through filters akin to TFT and the filters turn blue light into green and red as needed. I'm sure it's that bad irl, but all things being equal, I'd still go for LG's OLED.

 

[wNotyarD]

But that's the thing, QD-OLED is a peculiar type of OLED: it's all blue OLED backlight that goes through filters akin to TFT and the filters turn blue light into green and red as needed. I'm sure it's that bad irl, but all things being equal, I'd still go for LG's OLED.

There are still G and R pixels on Samsung Displays' triangular QD-OLED alongside the B ones. Alas, G's are the largest among them.

 

[trsttte]

There are still G and R pixels on Samsung Displays' triangular QD-OLED alongside the B ones. Alas, G's are the largest among them.

It's a different technology, Samsung's QD-OLED uses a blue emitter and quantum dots to convert that into the red and green, LG WOLED and classic LCD's have a backlight and filtering layers which are a lot less efficient (filtering wastes energy where quantum dots output most of what they receive).

 

[illli]

Samsung's QD-OLED get's brigher than LG's WOLED, has a better Color Gamut, and better HDR Native Gradient. I almost pulled the trigger on LG C3 42" but will definitely be getting one of the Samsung QD-OLED panel based monitors.

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QD-OLED panels seem to do worse when it comes to burn-in

 

[bubbleawsome]

But that's the thing, QD-OLED is a peculiar type of OLED: it's all blue OLED backlight that goes through filters akin to TFT and the filters turn blue light into green and red as needed. I'm sure it's that bad irl, but all things being equal, I'd still go for LG's OLED.

Yes, but kinda so are LG’s OLED. There is no ‘white’ OLED phosphor, they all go through a color transition first. The purple you’re seeing isn’t from the pixels being lit up or a backlight leak, but from light outside the screen.

 

[Baba]

QD-OLED panels seem to do worse when it comes to burn-in

I'm seeing "integrated heatsink for better burn-in resistance" in the description of all the OLED monitors slated to come out in 2024.

These marketing news stories on TPU miss the most important feature of these panels.

"new W-OLED panel with an RGWB subpixel layout instead of the old RWBG layout, which should noticeably reduce fringing on small text and fine details."

"Samsung’s second-gen QD-OLED panel with an improved subpixel layout. It still uses the triangular layout, but text fringing is a lot less noticeable and won’t be an issue for most users."

Good read on the two technologies.

Second Generation QD-OLED Panels from Samsung, Improvements and Changes for 2023 - TFTCentral

An article looking in to Samsung's QD-OLED panel tech along with the improvements being promoted for their 2023 second-generation

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