LG OLED C9 as a PC monitor - Yes, I'm crazy, Yes time to get some burn in.

aoaaron · 7 Jan 2020 at 22:49

Minato said:
What makes the pics OLED friendly?

These are my current wallpapers on rotation that take my breath away every time on the AW3420DW, would this be OK on an OLED?

https://imgur.com/a/dHoMjSA

I mean probably not. A wallpaper is static content and I'd advise anyone with an OLED to just use a black wallpaper.
Use at your own risk/discretion otherwise.

Minato · 8 Jan 2020 at 08:52

aoaaron said:
I mean probably not. A wallpaper is static content and I'd advise anyone with an OLED to just use a black wallpaper.
Use at your own risk/discretion otherwise.

So realistically we're talking £1.5k after sales/discounts for the 48CX, another £1k minimum for the HDMI 2.1 RTX 3080TI.

vs let's say £1.2k after the LG 38GL950G falls in price. I was leaning toward OLED but now I think i'm leaning back, imagine not being able to use a desktop wallpaper lmao. I'm sure it's gorgeous but it's just not practical for a day to day PC monitor i'm sorry.

Robert896r1 · 8 Jan 2020 at 09:11

LG has improved panel resiliency each year. Let’s wait a bit and see what they’ve done this year to improve burn in resistance.

Juicy Jama · 8 Jan 2020 at 09:32

aoaaron said:
C9 vs B8?
Yeah for gsync.

Mistype. B9.

But got it thanks mate.

apostolis_kt · 8 Jan 2020 at 09:35

Minato said:
So realistically we're talking £1.5k after sales/discounts for the 48CX, another £1k minimum for the HDMI 2.1 RTX 3080TI.

vs let's say £1.2k after the LG 38GL950G falls in price. I was leaning toward OLED but now I think i'm leaning back, imagine not being able to use a desktop wallpaper lmao. I'm sure it's gorgeous but it's just not practical for a day to day PC monitor i'm sorry.

Similarly though by black friday 2020 or December the OLED potentially will drop further as happens every year with TVs.

On the other hand i was looking into 2017 38" ultrawides and concidering how old they are they haven't dropped much in price if at all. For example Acer's xr382cqk from back then is usually hovering around £1200 which was the RRP. Only in xmas I saw it around £899 and now its back up at £1050 in one shop while most I have seen are £1200. I think its too much money for that tech from 2017.

Greebo · 8 Jan 2020 at 09:44

Minato said:
So realistically we're talking £1.5k after sales/discounts for the 48CX, another £1k minimum for the HDMI 2.1 RTX 3080TI.

vs let's say £1.2k after the LG 38GL950G falls in price. I was leaning toward OLED but now I think i'm leaning back, imagine not being able to use a desktop wallpaper lmao. I'm sure it's gorgeous but it's just not practical for a day to day PC monitor i'm sorry.

Plus monitors appear to be heading worse not better. Both new 144Hz 4k HDR gaming screens from Asus and Acer are both £3500+ and not even out until the second half of this year.

I would much rather drop a grand or £1500 on an OLED and you can almost buy three OLEDs for the cost of the coming generation of PC monitors. Stupid.

And why are you only including the price of a 3080ti with the TV? You will be able to run at the same resolution on the TV as the LG 38GL950G so if you dont need a new gfx card for that then you dont need one for the TV.

Minato · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:08

Greebo said:
Plus monitors appear to be heading worse not better. Both new 144Hz 4k HDR gaming screens from Asus and Acer are both £3500+ and not even out until the second half of this year.

I would much rather drop a grand or £1500 on an OLED and you can almost buy three OLEDs for the cost of the coming generation of PC monitors. Stupid.

And why are you only including the price of a 3080ti with the TV? You will be able to run at the same resolution on the TV as the LG 38GL950G so if you dont need a new gfx card for that then you dont need one for the TV.

I've got an RTX 2080 atm which doesn't have HDMI 2.1. so to run 4K 120Hz I'll need a new graphics card. Whereas my current card can run 3840x1600 @160Hz on the 38GL950G via DP1.4.

I agree about the price of the new CES monitors being completely stupid at >3k. But the 38GL certainly won't stay at 1.7k forever. So when it's equal cost to the OLED then hard to decide either way

Minato · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:09

apostolis_kt said:
Similarly though by black friday 2020 or December the OLED potentially will drop further as happens every year with TVs.

On the other hand i was looking into 2017 38" ultrawides and concidering how old they are they haven't dropped much in price if at all. For example Acer's xr382cqk from back then is usually hovering around £1200 which was the RRP. Only in xmas I saw it around £899 and now its back up at £1050 in one shop while most I have seen are £1200. I think its too much money for that tech from 2017.

Agreed although in fairness it does vary by manufacturer. The Dell Alienware monitors are fairly commonly purchased with decent sale price plus extended warranty. The AW3420DW I bought was £300 off plus extra 2 years warranty within a month of release in the UK for example.

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:09

Minato said:
So realistically we're talking £1.5k after sales/discounts for the 48CX, another £1k minimum for the HDMI 2.1 RTX 3080TI.

vs let's say £1.2k after the LG 38GL950G falls in price. I was leaning toward OLED but now I think i'm leaning back, imagine not being able to use a desktop wallpaper lmao. I'm sure it's gorgeous but it's just not practical for a day to day PC monitor i'm sorry.

I think these prices are possible in time for Black Friday, time to start saving folks it'll be upgrade time!!!

apostolis_kt · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:12

/monitor boner said:
I think these prices are possible in time for Black Friday, time to start saving folks it'll be upgrade time!!!

Funnily enough this year and last year from my bargain hunting, I saw the best prices after black friday, it was mid december closer to xmas for the best deals or certain tech.

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:14

Also I never had a problem using desktop wallpaper, I just had it rotate every hour and had the 'ribbons' screensaver kick in after a minute of inactivity

(also hid the taskbar from view)

apostolis_kt · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:15

Minato said:
Agreed although in fairness it does vary by manufacturer. The Dell Alienware monitors are fairly commonly purchased with decent sale price plus extended warranty. The AW3420DW I bought was £300 off plus extra 2 years warranty within a month of release in the UK for example.

I think i dismissed the Dell 38" because it was 60 hz and more expensive at the time I was looking than the Acer. In the end I didn't get any as I was worried i wouldn't like UW and so got me a cheap 34inch sammy ultrawide non curved to delve into UW space.

Minato · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:20

/monitor boner said:
Also I never had a problem using desktop wallpaper, I just had it rotate every hour and had the 'ribbons' screensaver kick in after a minute of inactivity

(also hid the taskbar from view)

Hello mate was this with brightly coloured wallpapers as I linked earlier, or with darker/black wallpapers like hyperseven posted above? Cheers

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:26

Minato said:
Hello mate was this with brightly coloured wallpapers as I linked earlier, or with darker/black wallpapers like hyperseven posted above? Cheers

A mix tbh but dark wallpapers look so so good due to the black levels :cool:

Just don't go crazy with the OLED light and think you'll be fine, think I set mine to 60

peahead · 8 Jan 2020 at 11:00

LG has some pretty sweet displays coming out this year including CX48 which is also featured in this video.

https://youtu.be/0_NQ_6xEIhI

Sgt_Major · 8 Jan 2020 at 12:14

Robert896r1 said:
LG has improved panel resiliency each year. Let’s wait a bit and see what they’ve done this year to improve burn in resistance.

And round and round we go, year on year, more waiting...

YOLO, stop wasting time and enjoy your life, it’s just money, who wants to be the richest person in the graveyard?!

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 14:20

@aoaaron Can you do me a favour and check that the C9 does 3840x1440p (UW resolution) at 120hz? Thanks

I'm trying 3840x1440p on my B7 and I absolutely love the UW res for gaming, the only issue is that I'm getting a slight judder with it (that I don't get at full 4k) even though I'm locked at 60fps (2080Ti). Anyone know of anything I can try? Cable? If I can solve the judder I think I'd even be happy with a locked 60fps tbh, may even last me til Black Friday and the 48s come down

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 14:34

Tried 3840x1600 and it's def less pronounced, will need more testing.

JediFragger · 8 Jan 2020 at 16:59

Ok ignore me, 120hz ain't possible after 2560x1440 til we get 2.1 cards.

Greebo · 8 Jan 2020 at 17:04

/monitor boner said:
Ok ignore me, 120hz ain't possible after 2560x1440 til we get 2.1 cards.

Really? I thought 3840 x 2160 was possible at 98hz so hence 3840 x 1600 would be doable at 133hz if my maths is correct on 2.0? (of course the screen can only do 120hz so in reality it will be 120Hz.

And there are loads of screen running on 3840 x 1440p at 144hz on 2.0 out there already.