LG has unveiled what it said was the world’s first 45-inch curved OLED screen clocked at 240Hz in a bid to appeal to gaming enthusiasts.
The South Korean company said it will open the door to initial request for the screen on Dec. 12 and start selling and shipping it to customers starting Dec. 28.
The new 45-inch UltraGear screen comes from LG, measuring 44.75 inches, with a curvature of 800R and a viewing angle of 178 degrees from right to left and 178 degrees from top to bottom.
As far as color and accuracy are concerned, the screen has the advantage of covering 98.5 percent of the DCI-P3 color spectrum, which means it supports 1.07 billion colors and comes with a resolution of 3440 x 1440 pixels with a length to -width ratio of 21:9. The response time does not exceed 0.3 milliseconds. It comes with a contrast ratio of 1,500,000:1.
The screen features two HDMI ports, a headphone port, two USB 3.0 ports, and a DisplayPort port.
The new LG monitor supports many image technologies, such as: NVIDIA G-Sync, AMD FreeSync Premium, Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync, Crosshair and Smart Energy Saving.
The screen also supports Reader mode, PIP picture-in-picture technology, and the screen also supports HDR10 technology, among other technologies.
That, and LG intends to launch its first 45-inch 240Hz curved OLED screen in the world priced at $1699.99 USD.
As for MSI, yes revealed What it said is that it is the world’s first ultra-wide curved gaming screen with the same frequency: 240Hz, and it comes from QD-OLED, which means Quantum Dot, which provides higher levels of color and brightness.
The world’s FIRST super ultra-wide curved gaming monitor, with a 240Hz QD-OLED panel, is available to ensure you have a viewing experience far better than anything you’ve ever had before. Get ready for CES2023 for the debut of our Project 491C. #MSIxCES2023 #Innovation Award pic.twitter.com/tbTC8ognaD
— MSI Gaming (@msigaming) November 24, 2022
The company said it intends to announce more specifications of its new screen, Project 491C, during the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2023, which will be held in early January in the United States of America.
As companies race to attract gamers, AMD revealed at its RDNA3 GPU event in early November that Samsung plans to bring ultra-high 8K resolution to its ultra-wide curved screens.
AMD said the South Korean tech giant will launch 8K curved screens with DisplayPort 2.1 and did not reveal any other details related to the screens, but only said that more details will be announced during the Consumer Electronics Show CED 2023.
