Sunday, January 28th 2024
The LG UltraGear 27GS95QE OLED Gaming Monitor Now Available for C$1200
Announced just before the Christmas holiday, LG's UltraGear 27GS95QE is now starting to become available for purchase. The differences between it and its predecessor, the 27GR95QE are very minor and the only obvious specification change is a bump in SDR brightness from 200 nits to 275 nits typical brightness. That said, the older 27GR95QE didn't quite manage to meet the 200 nits figure in reviews. Likewise the claimed 1000 nits HDR brightness wasn't achieved by the older model either and although LG is sticking to the same peak HDR brightness, it's possible that this has been improved as well, as the older model didn't go much beyond 600 nits in reviews.
The UltraGear 27GS95QE retains the matte AG coating, so those hoping for a glossy display are out of luck as well. TFT Central believes that the 27GS95QE is using a new WOLED panel from LG Display that is technically capable of reaching 1300 nits, but this is currently just speculation. Converting C$1200 to US$, suggests that the MSRP is likely to be US$899 plus taxes, which means the new models will be around U$100 cheaper than the old model in terms of MSRP. For anyone that isn't overly concerned about the brightness, the older 27GR95QE has been discounted by LG in the US and is now going for US$750, which is a US$250 discount on the US$999 MSRP. The lower MSRP of the new models appears to suggest that OLED pricing are slowly coming down in price, but it appears we're going to have to wait another couple of years before they reach more mainstream pricing.
Sources:
LG Canada, via TFT Central
The UltraGear 27GS95QE retains the matte AG coating, so those hoping for a glossy display are out of luck as well. TFT Central believes that the 27GS95QE is using a new WOLED panel from LG Display that is technically capable of reaching 1300 nits, but this is currently just speculation. Converting C$1200 to US$, suggests that the MSRP is likely to be US$899 plus taxes, which means the new models will be around U$100 cheaper than the old model in terms of MSRP. For anyone that isn't overly concerned about the brightness, the older 27GR95QE has been discounted by LG in the US and is now going for US$750, which is a US$250 discount on the US$999 MSRP. The lower MSRP of the new models appears to suggest that OLED pricing are slowly coming down in price, but it appears we're going to have to wait another couple of years before they reach more mainstream pricing.
33 Comments on The LG UltraGear 27GS95QE OLED Gaming Monitor Now Available for C$1200
That's why I won't touch the LG lineup, I don't want a hazy, grainy matte layer, I'm done with it, we have anti-reflective coatings now that allow the usage of glossy panels in most situations and if you use your PC with a sunlight directly shining on the screen, it's more your desk placement the problem.
If people want matte, they have the choice to get a matte display but if I want glossy, until 2023/2024 I had 0 choice ! Finally those oled panels have many glossy variants.
I'm talking sub 500 USD monitors, they're unfortunately doomed to be matte in 99% cases.
Just like TV were 2K-3K+ easily few years ago, now 1-1.5K you can get a 2024 LG oled tv
Give it time, mini-led, OLED will become mainstream and more affordable, the tragedy is that we are only starting to see them in 2024, nearly 10 years after it went mainstream on TV..
Never understood the lack of glossy IPS options anyways, never, especially since they can reach a much higher SDR brightness than current OLED (and thus less reflection-related issues)
It's like everyone loved the macbook/mac displays which were glossy for more than a decade and no one decided that it may be a good idea to offer some glossy options in the PC monitors world
The alienware better monitor with less color fringing costs the same! seems like LG is just trynna make the monitor worth buying when they discount it in the future