A It’s been an awfully long time coming. But rejoice, for the OLED revolution has finally made the leap from smartphones and TVs to the PC. You can now choose from a critical mass of gaming-optimised monitors all powered by the latest OLED tech.
From full 4K resolution and ultrawide aspect ratios to 240Hz refresh and sub-1m response times, OLED panels certainly tick a lot of boxes. You can even get an OLED monitor with a flexible screen. But is the technology truly ready for the demands of the PC?
Should you be worried about burn-in and image retention on an OLED PC monitor, for instance? What about peak brightness? Does OLED tech still have a problem lighting up the whole panel?
And if OLED is indeed up to proper PC duty, which of the brave new generation of purpose-built gaming panels should you pick? Time to find out.
1 Mobiuz EX480UZ
BENQ £1,600
Bigger isn’t always a whole lot better
For now, all OLED gaming monitors are derived from HDTV tech. That’s why you can only get the full 4K resolution from really large panels like the 48-inch BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ.
Honestly, it’s too big for a multipurpose desktop monitor. The ergonomics don’t work and the pixels are fat and ugly. As something that doubles as a PC gaming monitor and maybe also a console screen, this BenQ only begins to make sense thanks to its combination of both DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 connectivity.
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