Displays & Projectors News - Page 23

Apple is building a next-gen professional-level display, with the latest reports teasing the company is about to unveil a new 7K resolution panel.

The new Apple Studio Display will reportedly replace the current Pro Display XDR, or be added onto Apple's family of panels, with 9to5Mac reporting that Apple's next-gen display has a 7K resolution. We're being told to expect a larger 36-inch panel with a higher pixel density of 245 PPI -- compared to the 32-inch 6K panel on the current Apple Pro Display XDR -- and its 218 PPI.

Interestingly, inside of the new Apple Studio Display will pack a custom SoC with a codename of "J327" that will be a built-in Apple A13 chip. 9to5Mac says that their sources said that the "Apple Studio Display is the same J327 model - meaning that Apple has still been working on an external display with a dedicated Apple Silicon chip".

ASUS has just unveiled its new ROG Swift PG329Q-W gaming monitor, with a 32-inch IPS panel and native 2560 x 1440 (1440p) resolution -- backed up by a huge 175Hz refresh rate -- and 1ms response time. Not bad, ASUS.

Inside, ASUS deploys its Fast IPS Display technology that allows the "display's liquid crystal elements to change four times faster than established IPS panels for enhanced response". Motion blur and smearing are no issues, with under 1ms gray-to-gray response time, and vivid colors with DCI-P3 98% color gamut and 1000:1 contrast ratio.

It wouldn't be a new ASUS ROG Swift gaming monitor without RGB lighting, with ASUS including its in-house Aura Sync lighting technology. This means if you've got any other Aura Sync-enabled products (motherboard, etc) then you can tweak your RGB lighting in one easy place. There's also DisplayHDR 600 certification, that's not bad -- but it's not an OLED panel -- remember.

DisplayPort 2.0 display connectivity is nearly here so the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has just announced a new certification program... and I don't know if it makes things any easier for consumers, like, at all.

VESA has announced the new DisplayPort UHBR (Ultra-high Bit Rate) data transfer rates that the next-gen DisplayPort 2.0 standard will offer, with the introduction of the new DP40 and DP80 UHBR cables. In the future, you'll see DP40-marked cables that are good to support the UHBR10 standard (up to 10Gbps across four lanes, for up to 40Gbps of bandwidth).

Meanwhile, DP80-marked cables will support the UHBR20 standard (up to 20Gbps across four lanes, for up to 80Gbps of bandwidth). The higher bandwidth unleashes new capabilities: uncompressed 8K 60Hz HDR, 4K at up to an insane 240Hz with HDR, 2 x 4K 120Hz with HDR, or a bonker 4 x 4K 60Hz with HDR -- all over a single cable -- mighty impressive.

Alienware's new AW3423DW gaming monitor is right around the corner, offering a 34-inch QR-OLED (Quantum Dot OLED) panel and native 3440 x 1440 resolution with a huge 175Hz refresh rate.

While it's not a true OLED gaming monitor, the QR-OLED panel will offer a filtering layer that converts blue light emitted by the OLED panel underneath into red, green, or blue subpixels required for an image. This means that the quantum dots let more light pass through than traditional filters, releasing light omnidirectionally... increasing viewing angles.

You will get all of the technological and image quality benefits of an OLED panel, with Alienware's new AW3423DW gaming monitor packing 0.1ms response time and pure blacks -- so we have 3440 x 1440 native res + 175Hz refresh rate + QR-OLED panel + 0.1 response time -- alrighty then.

Lukos has come out of nowhere announcing a very... well, let's just say interesting portable gaming monitor. The new Lukos Ultrawide 4K monitor is a new 14-inch IPS-based monitor with a 32:9 aspect ratio and a very weird 3840 x 1100 resolution display.

The company does claim that the 3840 x 1100 panel has 100% sRGB and a 2ms response time, while gamers won't be too happy with the suck-ass 60Hz refresh rate. Lukos' new Ultrawide 4K monitor can support 2 and 4 multi-view features, where you can plug 4 different inputs into the monitor.

Lukos' new monitor can accept either four different 1920 x 550 streams or dual 1920 x 110 streams at the same time. If you wanted to use it, well then you could use it as a streamer... or as someone who loves to have data in front of them, you could have CPU and GPU temps displayed right in front of you -- so that 60Hz refresh rate doesn't matter too much.

If you have been waiting to buy now of Samsung's monster 8K TVs and missed out on that sweet $3500 discount late last year, your time has come again... the company is offering its 2021 Samsung Neo 85-inch Class QN900A 8K TV is $3500 discount right now.

Samsung's huge Super Sunday Sales Event is now live and you can get a huge $3500 discount on the equally huge 2021 Samsung Neo 85-inch Class QN900A 8K TV. The regular MSRP on the 2021 Samsung Neo 85-inch Class QN900A 8K TV is $8999 but with $3500 discount you're bringing that down to $5499.

As for the TV, here's what Samsung has to say about the glorious 8K resolution: "Feel the power of every frame with 33 million pixels that provide an incredible sense depth and clarity, all with four times the resolution of 4K".

BOE unveiled a rather insane gaming panel, with a new 27-inch 1080p 500Hz gaming monitor -- a world-first -- and then we have the mere tease of a huge 110-inch 8K 120Hz TV.

Yeah, 8K 120Hz... so we're looking at 7680 x 4320 @ 120FPS for games which is 4x the resolution of 4K and pumping it away at 120FPS. Wowzers. BOE isn't talking about the details too much, but they are calling the panel their "8K Super IPS-ADS panel technology".

BOE explains: "BOE television displays cover 23.6-inch to 110-inch products, with maximum resolutions of 8K and 10K. They feature ultra HD, super narrow border, and high image quality. Products are extensively used in smart home appliance, entertainment, business, education, finance, and other fields".

BOE is a company you probably haven't heard of, but Beijing Oriental Electronics Group Co., Ltd (BOE) have just announced that it is developing the world's fastest gaming panel... at 500Hz.

As for BOE, the company is one of the largest manufacturers of LCD, LED, and OLED panels and have been opening up manufacturing facilities across China like 7/11 opens up stores at every corner. The company has as many as 19 research and development (R&D) labs in 19 different countries, impressive.

The company is now coming out loud and proud about their latest breakthrough, with a new 27-inch 1080p monitor with an 8-lane eDP connection, 1ms response time, and true 8-bit color gamut support. Oh, and we can't forget to mention the 500Hz refresh rate meaning that yes... you can drive up to a retina-busting 500FPS.

AOC unveiled its new AGON PRO AG274QGM gaming monitor last week, with it rolling out with a 27-inch 1440p 300Hz Mini-LED display as well as NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE and NVIDIA Reflex technology support.

The new AOC AGON PRO AG274QGM gaming monitor rolls out for high-end enthusiasts, gamers, and esports gamers with a beautiful native 2560x1440 resolution, and super-smooth 300Hz refresh rate. You'll get a gorgeous image thanks to the Mini-LED panel that AOC is using, with 576 dimming zones and VESA DisplayHDR 1000 support -- expect gorgeous colors, inky blacks, and more.

This means that AOC now has one of the very best-specced gaming monitors on the planet, with a native 1440p resolution and 300Hz refresh rate dipped in that awesome new Mini-LED display technology. AOC includes NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE and NVIDIA Reflex support, meaning you've got some great tech specs from AOC as well as the G-SYNC module taking care of the rest.

Acer revealed a slew of new products at CES 2022 this week, with multiple gaming monitors -- a new 43-inch 4K 138Hz OLED gaming monitor -- and the new Predator X32 FP and X32 gaming monitors.

The new Acer Predator X32 FP gaming monitor rocks a 32-inch Mini-LED display with a native 4K resolution and up to 165Hz refresh rate over DisplayPort 1.4 in OC mode, while in stock mode the Predator X32 FP runs at 4K 160Hz. We have VESA DisplayHDR 1000 support, 1ms response time (G-t-G), 4 x HDMI 2.1 ports, 1 x DP 1.4, a USB 3.0 hub (4 ports), and 3.5mm audio jacks.

There's VESA wall mounting on the Acer Predator X32 FP gaming monitor, as well as dual 7W speakers. There's also the non-FP model, with the Acer Predator X32 being absolutely identical -- sans the HDMI 2.1 connector -- I don't know why there are two separate monitors... but whatevs.