2024 OLED bonanza take your pick from dozens of new monitors

[Nitefly]

It’s pretty cheap for what is rated, by most reviewers, as the best 32” 4k OLED monitor on the market. Hard to consider anything else if you’re after a 32” 4k display and are comfortable with the price tag IMO .

Personally I’m holding out to see how the 27” version due in January fares as I think 32” is slightly too large for a monitor.

Ditto… my current thoughts are between the 27” for a desk… or plonking the PC behind one of the new LG G5 TVs:

LG 2025 OLED TVs just leaked ahead of CES — meet the LG C5 and G5

LG’s next G and C-series OLED TVs have leaked ahead of schedule

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Keen to many gamers, especially to those running some of the best gaming PCs, will be the higher refresh rate of 165Hz on the G5 OLED. It’s also set to be next year’s only LG OLED TV bearing the MLA OLED panel, gifting it far higher brightness potentials than most others in the market.

It’s interesting because some of the best LG TVs tend to be some of the best gaming TVs, and there’s a high potential for the upcoming LG G5 OLED to fit in both categories. For starters, it will leverage a 165Hz refresh rate, bumped up from the 144Hz on the G4. Plus, it’s also certified with VESA’s ClearMR, a motion clarity metric that lists the G5 at 10,000, up from the G4’s 9,000 score.
Not only that but just like last year, it’s set to be the only next-gen LG OLED TV with an MLA OLED panel, which allows it to have much higher brightness numbers than the competition. For comparison’s sake, in our LG G4 OLED review, we noted its staggering brightness, which sits at 1,487 nits in standard content and 1,617 in HDR. You don’t often see those numbers on even some of the best OLED TVs, highlighting the brilliance in LG’s MLA design and the potential brightness numbers on the G5.

Sounds mega

 

[JediFragger]

Hopefully the C5 will get the same 165Hz bump

 

[Nitefly]

Hopefully the C5 will get the same 165Hz bump

IMO if the C5 doesn’t have the anti-reflective coating or increased brightness, the G5 will be worth opting for over the C5 even if both have the higher refresh rates.

OLED is great but my old Samsung TV which was much, much brighter than my current LG CX OLED TV was definitely better at HDR. Those bright highlights really popped. Fire looked like fire! I remember being absolutely wowed at the contrast in some games.

So if the G5 is the only one with mega brightness… that’s the one

 

[EsaT]

Fairly decent deal on the 32” ASUS 4k 240hz QD-OLED, £1000 on OcUK, haven’t seen it that cheap.

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It’s on the eve of new monitors being announced at CES in Jan, but those might not be out for another 6 months.

New announcements are likely going to be new size like 27" 4K, or DisplayPort 2.1 updated models of current ones.
Panel roadmaps haven't shown new 32" 4K panels.

 

[chaparral]

It’s pretty cheap for what is rated, by most reviewers, as the best 32” 4k OLED monitor on the market. Hard to consider anything else if you’re after a 32” 4k display and are comfortable with the price tag IMO .

Personally I’m holding out to see how the 27” version due in January fares as I think 32” is slightly too large for a monitor.

What makes it the best vs the other 32” 4k OLEDs ?

 

[DragonQ]

Is OLED or HDR any good for PC monitors these days? Last time I bought a 27" 1440p165 LED it cost as much as my previous one did many years prior with basically no improvement. It technically has HDR but all the reviews say not to bother using it cos it's crap. I haven't even looked at monitors since due to the disappointment.

 

[Personality+]

What makes it the best vs the other 32” 4k OLEDs ?

Best picture quality and colour accuracy from most of the reviews I've seen.

Is OLED or HDR any good for PC monitors these days? Last time I bought a 27" 1440p165 LED it cost as much as my previous one did many years prior with basically no improvement. It technically has HDR but all the reviews say not to bother using it cos it's crap. I haven't even looked at monitors since due to the disappointment.

HDR can be good - but very game specific for me - often disappointed with it's implementation in most games (rely on HDR fixes by modders half the time to get the good stuff)

I think the 2025 monitors may be a good jump and perhaps closer to matching OLED TV's for overall HDR Peak brightness

 

[chaparral]

Do all the 4K 32" OLED monitors have 2.1 HDMI 48Gbps inputs ?

Plus what about the new DP 2.1 does any of them have this or is it not even out yet ?

 

[Personality+]

Do all the 4K 32" OLED monitors have 2.1 48Gbps HDMI inputs ?

If it does 240hz that's a yes across the board.

 

[chaparral]

Thanks

Do you know the answer for the DP part i edited into my post afterwards ?

 

[Personality+]

Thanks

Do you know the answer for the DP part i edited into my post afterwards ?

Only the FO32U2P and a monitor from China

 

[chaparral]

Only the FO32U2P and a monitor from China

Thanks again

That no good as i was looking at the Asus PG32UCDM one

 

[Personality+]

Thanks again

That no good as i was looking at the Asus PG32UCDM one

PG32UCDM is the overall best one available at the moment, guess it depends how important the future proofing is for you, as HDMI 2.2 is getting announced at CES (but probably won't be on any GPU's) so think you're good for a few years with the current tech. And if that does matter then FO32U2P with DP 2.1 will be the best choice to avoid DSC for now (if you plan on upgrading gpu as well)

 

[chaparral]

PG32UCDM is the overall best one available at the moment, guess it depends how important the future proofing is for you, as HDMI 2.2 is getting announced at CES (but probably won't be on any GPU's) so think you're good for a few years with the current tech. And if that does matter then FO32U2P with DP 2.1 will be the best choice to avoid DSC for now (if you plan on upgrading gpu as well)

Feel i really need to stop being so impatient and should wait for this new G-Sync chippy scaler thingy to be in monitors before spending around 1k on one

 

[Personality+]

Feel i really need to stop being so impatient and should wait for this new G-Sync chippy scaler thingy to be in monitors before spending around 1k on one

Gsync pulsar? or the partnership with MediaTek although both would be nice

 

[chaparral]

Gsync pulsar? or the partnership with MediaTek although both would be nice

Ain't it the same thing ?

I.E G-Sync Pulsar running on MediaTek chips

 

[Personality+]

Ain't it the same thing ?

I.E G-Sync Pulsar running on MediaTek chips

Ah yes so it is, I didn't bother reading beyond the headlines when I saw it - very good news - every monitor will have insane motion clarity in the future.

 

[Grim5]

It's highly likely there will be monitors announced at ces2025 that use the new Mediatek chip. It's also possible that monitors use hdmi2.2 because many monitors are announced at ces but don't release for a few months and that's enough time to implement hdmi 2.2 into them

 

[Personality+]

It's highly likely there will be monitors announced at ces2025 that use the new Mediatek chip. It's also possible that monitors use hdmi2.2 because many monitors are announced at ces but don't release for a few months and that's enough time to implement hdmi 2.2 into them

Yeah but the 3 Pulsar monitors I've heard about are all ips displays as far as I know anyway, if OLED ones are announced that'll be huge news.

 

[t2na]

Ain't it the same thing ?

I.E G-Sync Pulsar running on MediaTek chips

One of things genuinely tempting me back to an Nvidia card is this, all sounds really positive so far.