Asus is the biggest proponent of OLED technology on desktops and laptops. This week he lived up to that reputation again when he introduced three new monitors built on organic diode panels.
The most interesting of them is called ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM. It should be the first model with a resolution of 3840 × 2160 px at 32 inches, if we do not count the promised Dough, which only exists on paper. Asus will use a QD-OLED screen made by Samsung, squeeze out of it a refresh rate of 240 Hz, a response time of 0.03 ms and a brightness that will reach 1000 nits in HDR peaks.
For now, Asus is keeping more information secret. However, it talks about robust cooling (a heat sink in combination with graphene, because glowing OLEDs heat up and are more likely to burn out. It will also offer a KVM function for connecting to two computers at the same time, so that the mouse and keyboard will also switch with the video input. There is also a USB -C with Power Delivery to power the laptop and PIP to display two inputs at once.
Now the bad news. Asus expects the monitor to start selling in the first quarter of 2024. We could learn more about availability and price at CES in January. The price can easily exceed 40 or 50 thousand, when we consider that the current 27″ OLED with a resolution of 1440p Asus sells from 30 thousand.
And then there’s the matter of video inputs. Asus talks about DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1. But none of them will be able to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the monitor. With such a resolution, 240 Hz and 10-bit colors, a data flow of 59.7 Gb/s is needed, with 8-bit, then 47.8 Gb/s. A maximum of 42.6 Gb/s flows through HDMI 2.1 and 32.4 Gb/s through HDMI 1.4, and this still has to have a reserve for sound transmission and some overhead.
So if Asus doesn’t eventually deploy DisplayPort 2.0 with a throughput of 80 Gb/s, it will have to use compression to transmit the image. It won’t hurt so much in games or movies, but it will in desktop applications.
Ultra-wide-angle OLEDs
In addition to the 32″ flat monitor, Asus is also preparing a 34″ ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDM. It will be curved (800R) with a resolution of 3440 × 1440 px, a frequency of 240Hz and a peak brightness of up to 1300 nits. LG has already supplied a WOLED screen here. It will offer identical inputs, a KVM switch and will also not arrive until the first quarter of 2024.
The last to join the party will be the 49″ model ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD. It is also curved (1800R) and its QD-OLED panel will offer a resolution of 5120 × 1440 px, a frequency of 144 Hz and up to 100 nits of brightness in HDR. The equipment is the same as in the aforementioned siblings. But we already know the price and availability of this one. It will arrive this October for $1,499 (converted to CZK 40,200 with VAT).
2023-08-24 15:45:09
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