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
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33 Comments on The LG UltraGear 27GS95QE OLED Gaming Monitor Now Available for C$1200

#26
Random_User
trsttteDepends on where the math ends up at after cutting the big mother glass sheets, the problem is and always will be market perceived demand and bean counters wanting to min max profits. 16:9 became standard because of TVs and it's the aspect ratio most content used to be, and for the most part still is, produced at. Just like matte screens, office spaces will always preferr them (there might even be rules/guidelines specifying that) and they're a majority of monitor buyers. If they can meet demand with one product, why produce 2 where 1 of them will sell a lot less? Sucks but it is what it is
I agree. But it's still sad, that the screen height is already there, and they cut it, in order to meet "demand" they themselves have created. They didn't even try to "palpate" the market, if there's any market for such screens. But alas.
This is also dumb, because in such "wealthy" markets as US and EU, consumers can afford both, good monitor (or several) for work and gaming, and TV for movies.
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#27
sephiroth117
Beginner Micro DeviceNobody makes glossy displays nowadays. Those who don't have eye damage are screwed big time.
Not really the QD OLED 32" 4K panel coming soon everywhere is glossy, exception given to the samsung monitors, the Asus, Alienware, MSI, HP, Gigabyte variants are all glossy !

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.
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#28
Beginner Macro Device
sephiroth117Not really the QD OLED 32" 4K panel coming soon everywhere is glossy, exception given to the samsung monitors, the Asus, Alienware, MSI, HP, Gigabyte variants are all glossy !

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.
OLED has one huge disadvantage: it's not affordable for an average Joe. Not everyone is ready to spend $1000 on a display. I'm also broke af, can only dream of OLEDs.

I'm talking sub 500 USD monitors, they're unfortunately doomed to be matte in 99% cases.
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#29
sephiroth117
Beginner Micro DeviceOLED has one huge disadvantage: it's not affordable for an average Joe. Not everyone is ready to spend $1000 on a display. I'm also broke af, can only dream of OLEDs.

I'm talking sub 500 USD monitors, they're unfortunately doomed to be matte in 99% cases.
I think with time it will get more affordable, we are just beginning to see OLED on gaming monitors, WOLED or QD-OLED. Also 1440p OLED are starting to show up !

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
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#30
lolwowmage
lg just needs to put their coating from their glossy tvs or use samsungs coating from their phones
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#31
SAINT ENZO
Can someone explain to me why this monitor is worth $1,200 when the new alienware 32" 4K 240HZ with dolby vision, VESA true black 400 is also $1,200.
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
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#32
trsttte
SAINT ENZOCan someone explain to me why this monitor is worth $1,200 when the new alienware 32" 4K 240HZ with dolby vision, VESA true black 400 is also $1,200.
The alienware better monitor with less color fringing costs the same! seems like LG is just trynna make the monitor worth buying when they discount it in the future
The 1200 for the LG is Canadian$, estimated to ammount to 900$ US. It's still a price with discounts in mind but much more reasonable
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#33
WLDB404
OnasiOkay, I’ll ask the obvious - why would a 26.5 inch monitor come with a remote? Did they decide to completely remove on-chassis OSD controls? Because that would be awful.
I have the 27GR95QE and the remote is actually much nicer for adjusting brightness quickly & general navigation. The monitor still has physical controls but I never use them, and the remote is pretty small so I just tuck it away next to my lightbar controller.
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