Associate
- Joined
- 21 Feb 2013
- Posts
- 373
I really want this but can't stomach £899 for it, do you reckon it will go down in price or potentially up. It has everything I want.
Is the 3 variant the same thing btw?
32" 4k OLED Recommendation?
- Thread starter PaulW
- Start date
Is the 3 variant the same thing btw?
I bought brand new 42" LG C4 tv - would that be an option?
I paid around £600 with 6 years warranty.
C5 is now for £700, https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled42c54la/
I paid around £600 with 6 years warranty.
C5 is now for £700, https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled42c54la/
Last edited:
I bought the older 32" Gigabyte FO32U2P 240Hz 4K/2160p QD OLED (3rd gen?) in December 2025, at it's near all-time-lowest price. A lower price happens every two months it seems. Proshop store. Ca £ 830 or equivalent incl. 25% VAT in my country.
Pros:
Put this monitor on a monitor arm, and the original monitor legs you can put away somewhere.
Nice, subtle, hard-to-see "Aorus" logo at the front.
No "Gigabyte" logo anywhere to be seen.
There's a firmware update, something about getting 1000nits or something. Firmware update happens in Windows desktop by clicking an exe file from Gigabyte. No other software needed.
Nice size, replacing my old 27" Eizo FS2735 IPS monitor.
Has view mode(s) for SDR and HDR, allowing custom brightness and adjustment of RGB whitepoint (96, 97,100). Custom brightness set to 45% or something like that.
Works nicely with an Rtx 5090.
Overall very happy with the performance. I guess 10 bit HDR is good enough for me.
Lots of anti-burn-in features, I don't worry too much about possible burn ins.
FreeSync Premium Pro
Came with a piece of paper, a hardware calibration report. IIrc Value of Delta-E of 0.44 or something like that. A reviewer had 0.77 or something, so mine was even better I guess.
Cons:
The KVM seem too slow for my liking, takes 3 seconds to switch between anything, incl. turning HDR on off. Tip you can use Gamebar's hotkeys Win + Alt + B keys for this toggle, to avoid having to use the monitor joystick/button.
Looks like, glue residue was left on the shiny surface after removing the protective film. Didn't notice it until today months later. Pretty sure this isn't real filth like grease stains. Has been mostly cleaned up.
There is afaik, NO WAY AT ALL, to get to see which firmware version you already have. Not even with Gigabyte software afaik.
Included DP cable is only 1,5 m or something (like most other brands I guess), I had to buy a new 2m one because I have the gaming computer at the side of the desk.
Same with the USB-B to A cable, also only 1,5m. My desk is nearly 2m wide btw, have to buy a 2m cable for this later.
The monitor arm I already had, the screws were too long, too "deep" for this monitor. Had to add precisely 2 washers on each screw, to avoid screwing the old screws too far in.
Don't disassemble the stand that comes with the monitor, it looks like thin/cheap plastic, and some plastic snapped off as I had a closer look after taking off a few screws, thinking I could re-use some metal part inside, bad idea. It looked like, metal screws screwed right into thin plastic.
Gigabyte support, looks like trash. I mean, as I remember it, they couldn't even answer me about which firmware version I already had.
Neutral:
As with QD OLEDs I guess, with lots of ambient light makes the screen surface brigthen a little. Don't notice any odd coloring, just that the blackness level isn't 100% in daylight.
The joystick/button at the bottom, works ok for turning the monitor on/off, but I would prefer a proper on/off button.
Pixel cleaning only works, after 4 hours. Option is grayed out, until 4 hours passes.
Pixel cleaning afaik requires clicking the joystick in, then left, down, right, and right, to start pixel cleaning. Starting pixel cleaning, makes the screen go black.
Not sure, but if you keep this monitor running for 12 hours straight, no automated pixel cleaning will happen afaik.
Pros:
Put this monitor on a monitor arm, and the original monitor legs you can put away somewhere.
Nice, subtle, hard-to-see "Aorus" logo at the front.
No "Gigabyte" logo anywhere to be seen.
There's a firmware update, something about getting 1000nits or something. Firmware update happens in Windows desktop by clicking an exe file from Gigabyte. No other software needed.
Nice size, replacing my old 27" Eizo FS2735 IPS monitor.
Has view mode(s) for SDR and HDR, allowing custom brightness and adjustment of RGB whitepoint (96, 97,100). Custom brightness set to 45% or something like that.
Works nicely with an Rtx 5090.
Overall very happy with the performance. I guess 10 bit HDR is good enough for me.
Lots of anti-burn-in features, I don't worry too much about possible burn ins.
FreeSync Premium Pro
Came with a piece of paper, a hardware calibration report. IIrc Value of Delta-E of 0.44 or something like that. A reviewer had 0.77 or something, so mine was even better I guess.
Cons:
The KVM seem too slow for my liking, takes 3 seconds to switch between anything, incl. turning HDR on off. Tip you can use Gamebar's hotkeys Win + Alt + B keys for this toggle, to avoid having to use the monitor joystick/button.
Looks like, glue residue was left on the shiny surface after removing the protective film. Didn't notice it until today months later. Pretty sure this isn't real filth like grease stains. Has been mostly cleaned up.
There is afaik, NO WAY AT ALL, to get to see which firmware version you already have. Not even with Gigabyte software afaik.
Included DP cable is only 1,5 m or something (like most other brands I guess), I had to buy a new 2m one because I have the gaming computer at the side of the desk.
Same with the USB-B to A cable, also only 1,5m. My desk is nearly 2m wide btw, have to buy a 2m cable for this later.
The monitor arm I already had, the screws were too long, too "deep" for this monitor. Had to add precisely 2 washers on each screw, to avoid screwing the old screws too far in.
Don't disassemble the stand that comes with the monitor, it looks like thin/cheap plastic, and some plastic snapped off as I had a closer look after taking off a few screws, thinking I could re-use some metal part inside, bad idea. It looked like, metal screws screwed right into thin plastic.
Gigabyte support, looks like trash. I mean, as I remember it, they couldn't even answer me about which firmware version I already had.
Neutral:
As with QD OLEDs I guess, with lots of ambient light makes the screen surface brigthen a little. Don't notice any odd coloring, just that the blackness level isn't 100% in daylight.
The joystick/button at the bottom, works ok for turning the monitor on/off, but I would prefer a proper on/off button.
Pixel cleaning only works, after 4 hours. Option is grayed out, until 4 hours passes.
Pixel cleaning afaik requires clicking the joystick in, then left, down, right, and right, to start pixel cleaning. Starting pixel cleaning, makes the screen go black.
Not sure, but if you keep this monitor running for 12 hours straight, no automated pixel cleaning will happen afaik.
Last edited:
this is a good option if you have the space for it