LG has lastly revealed the value for its LG UltraGear 48GQ900 OLED gaming monitor and made it accessible for pre-order, three months after its preliminary March announcement.
The monitor seems to be accessible solely within the U.Ok. in the meanwhile, the place it is going to promote solely at Overclockers UK for 1,400 kilos ($1,724). The peripheral stands as LG’s first OLED gaming monitor, and is priced comparably to the LG C2 Good OLED TV within the U.Ok. NotebookCheck identified.
The supply of the gaming monitor exterior of the U.Ok. stays unknown.
As compared, the LG C2 Good OLED TV sells for $1,400 in its 42-inch choice within the U.S., nonetheless, it additionally is available in 48-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch choices, which shortly exceed that value. OLED panels are rather more widespread within the TV market, and the LG C2 sequence makes use of superior OLED evo panels, the publication added.
The LG UltraGear 48GQ900 includes a 47.5-inch panel with a 4K 3,840 x 2,160 decision and a 120Hz minimal refresh charge, which might be overclocked to 138Hz. There’s nonetheless no phrase on what sort of OLED expertise is getting used on the monitor, which continues to be not overly costly given its measurement.
Conventional OLED is called an costly expertise, which is probably going why its rollout to displays has been so gradual and plenty of manufacturers have opted for cheaper options. The favored Alienware 34 monitor sells for simply $1,300 and includes a Samsung QD-OLED panel, for instance.
Different specs for the monitor embrace a 10-bit panel, HDR assist, an antiglare coating, 1-millisecond gray-to-gray response time, a DCI-P3 coloration gamut with 98.5% protection, built-in audio system, and a purple design within the rear. It additionally options two further HDMI ports, a DisplayPort, and a headphone jack, in addition to AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility.
There isn’t any phrase on an actual launch date for the LG UltraGear 48GQ900, nonetheless, Overclockers U.Ok. stated it expects to obtain inventory within the August timeframe.
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