News LG's 240 Hz UltraGear OLED Gaming Monitors Arrive Next Month, Starting at $999

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The UltraGear 27GR95QE and 45GR95QE boast fast 240 Hz OLED panels, supporting AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync.

LG's 240 Hz UltraGear OLED Gaming Monitors Arrive Next Month, Starting at $999 : Read more

 

[Makaveli]

The 27 inch model looks good.

however 45 inch 3440x1440 is like 88ppi so no thanks.

hopefully they will release a 34 inch model in the near future.

 

[cknobman]

Price for the 45 with that low of a resolution is WAAAAAAY to high.
Hard pass.

 

[tennis2]

$1000 for a 27" monitor. Is this a joke? (compared to the 34" 21:9 OLEDs already available)

200cm/m3....guess we need QD-OLED.

 

[Makaveli]

$1000 for a 27" monitor. Is this a joke? (compared to the 34" 21:9 OLEDs already available)

200cm/m3....guess we need QD-OLED.

to be fair that alienware model is not 240hz but I do agree its still overpriced.

 

[JTWrenn]

I feel like reporting and reviews on these things should start also talking about profit margins. This all just feels rigged at this point to be ridiculous.

 

[thestryker]

The prices on the LG OLED based monitors would be funny if they weren't so bad. I get that they're 240hz, but the 27" is carrying around a 30% price premium over the same thing in IPS.

I really like the idea of an ultrawide with more height to it since 21:9 34" are the same height as 16:9 27". Previously the only choice was the 38" 24:10 panel from LG, but it's very expensive and I believe only two monitors used it (Alienware and LG, the latter having a poor warranty for the monitor market). Going all of the way to 45" is just way too much with 1440p resolution 40" would have been a much better size to shoot for (this would be roughly equivalent to 16:9 32"). I don't think boosting resolution is viable as it would end up being around 25% more pixels than 4k.

 

[blacknemesist]

$1000 for a 27" monitor. Is this a joke? (compared to the 34" 21:9 OLEDs already available)

200cm/m3....guess we need QD-OLED.

No joke, anything for a PC that is "PC specific" carries a premium as if it is a breakthrough in technology while TVs have been using that for years.
One can argue the the response time is good and refresh rate is high but $1k almost gets you a G8 on black friday.
The 200 cd is just dumb for a monitor that has also HDR as a selling feature.
So glad I moved away from the QHD segment, nothing there is actually truely good except for the good old PG279Q, Rest in burn-in and scanlines my friend

 

[anonymousdude]

I'm not sure why they think a 45 in UW is a good idea. That's basically the same width as a 48 in tv. So I don't see why you wouldn't just get an LG C2 48in and be done with it, especially given the price difference. Yes it's 240 hz, but who's gaming competitively on a monitor this size?

The $1000 for the 27 in is also ridiculous. For $100-300 more you get one of the QD-OLED UWs. You lose 240hz, but ho many of us can actually tell the difference between 165/175 hz vs 240 hz? Then there's the matter of brightness, which from the 200cd/m2 rating they gave it and the lack of mention of peak brightness I think it's fairly safe to assume that the HDR performance is not going to be great.