It was back in January 2018 that we brought you news of several very large “Big Format Gaming Displays” (BFGD) being showcased at the CES event. Models from Acer, Asus and HP were shown off with a massive 65″ screen size, Ultra HD resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Not much has been heard of seen of them since this original concept / demo.
AUO now have the 65″ BDFG panel in their roadmap with a scheduled production of Q4 2018. This will be a VA technology panel and will now feature a 144Hz refresh rate instead of the 120Hz talked about earlier in the year. It has an Ultra HD resolution and support for HDR 1000. There is also talk of a 43″ sized panel of the same kind of spec, again scheduled for Q4 2018 production. There looks to be an HDR 1000 version and an HDR 600 version of the 43″ panel planned.
I'm currently using the Philips BDM4350 & BDM4065 and I could never go back to a smaller panel size, but 60Hz and lots of tearing offends my eyes so these new AUO panels sound like the dream come true. A 43" UHD 144Hz GSync VA monitor is my perfect monitor, if there's a way to pre-order the first one to arrive and OCUK then I would!