Introduction

As many of you know, most ultrawide monitors come in 34-inch screen sizes and offer a native resolution of 3440x1440. Their panels are usually slightly curved in an attempt to offer a deeper immersion and more natural overall user experience, while also effectively combating the vignetting which can occur in the corners of the panel due to its sheer width. INNOCN's latest ultrawide offering, the 40C1R, embraces the said 3440x1440 native resolution but breaks the mold in every other way. It comes with a massive 40-inch IPS ADS panel, giving it around 18% more screen real estate than a traditional 34-inch ultrawide. Its panel is, quite surprisingly, completely flat. I'm not going to lie, that detail alone worried me for weeks before the monitor even arrived at my doorstep.



The INNOCN 40C1R has several other interesting entries on its technical specification sheet. It promises 500 cd/m² maximum brightness, 1,200:1 static contrast ratio, 95% of DCI-P3 color space coverage, factory calibration with ΔE<2 color accuracy, Picture-in-Picture and Picture-by-Picture capabilities, as well as a 90 W USB-C PD port. You might be quick to declare it a productivity monitor, but then there's the 144 Hz panel refresh rate and AMD FreeSync Premium certification. With all that in mind, it's no surprise INNOCN sees the 40C1R as a multipurpose monitor that can seamlessly switch from productivity to gaming and back. Last but not least, the 40C1R is priced competitively, coming in at $600 in the United States and €640 in the European market.

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