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

[trsttte]

it's too costly for screen manurefacturers, to produce 16:10, because of that tiny inch or two is too big of challenge and money waste. And then I've got the info, that these manufacturers, actually after cutting the piece from motherglass, intentionally remove the slice of screen, in order to make it 16:9

Depends 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

 

[Random_User]

Depends 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.

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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.

 

[sephiroth117]

Nobody 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.

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

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.

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.

 

[sephiroth117]

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.

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

 

[lolwowmage]

lg just needs to put their coating from their glossy tvs or use samsungs coating from their phones

 

[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

 

[trsttte]

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

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

 

[WLDB404]

Okay, 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.