The profit of TV market is too great to allocate making OLED panels for that small to many manufacturers. Acer is not in that business to alleviate that. That a decision made by LG & Japan Display primarily. LG has a 42" OLED panel starting this year to be mass produced. Look out for perhaps that this CES.
DisplayPort would be pretty important form monitors right now. HDMI 2.0 has barely enough bandwidth for 4K 8 bit at 60 Hz, while DP 1.4 has enough for 4K 8 bit at 120 Hz (although still not enough for 10 bit HDR without compression). Once we get graphics cards with HDMI 2.1 we will have more than enough bandwidth for 4K 10 bit 120 Hz.
I was wondering the other day about premium 'dumb' televisions, where I can bring my own smarts via Roku, HTPC, etc. I think big monitors like this might be the only real options nowadays.
DOA without Dolby Vision HDR & HLG HDR. Especially vs. a LG C9 or C10 OLED HDMI 2.1 TV. WTF is Acer and any PC monitor manufacturer thinking omitting proper HDR formats on gaming monitors?!!!
It's pointless to have speakers on this when it can't even consume premium 4K home content correctly without Dolby Vision HDR, HLG HDR, & HDR10. Hopefully they give an update or their product research team are frankly morons.
No. mobile OLED processes are different than what LG & others do far large OLED panels (necessary as they MUST account for longer longevity w/ large OLED panels vs mobile OLED panels)
2020 and still using HDMI 2.0... When are HDMI 2.1 displays going to be a thing? I am ready to upgrade from my Sony XBR43X800D 43" 4K that I use as my primary monitor to something newer, but I have been waiting for 120hz HDMI 2.1 displays to hit the market. It is shocking to me how long this has taken.
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jseliger2 - Sunday, January 5, 2020 - link
The real question: Where are the 30" models for the rest of us?lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
The profit of TV market is too great to allocate making OLED panels for that small to many manufacturers. Acer is not in that business to alleviate that. That a decision made by LG & Japan Display primarily. LG has a 42" OLED panel starting this year to be mass produced. Look out for perhaps that this CES.nirolf - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
It will be a 48" OLED actually.lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
I stand corrected; thanks for the correction.ShortHanded - Friday, September 4, 2020 - link
LG has a new factory up and kicking. Effectively doubling production. They also have a "MEGA" factory planned for South Korea in the near future.https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=sh...
lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
The 32X is what they announced for that audience and it's more expensive at $3500. It's a HDR1400 monitor running 4K@144hz launching in Q2.It seems awfully similar to the Asus PA32UCG. Hopefully the 32X has Dolby Vision HDR, HLG HDR, & HDR10 like the PA32UCG.
Otherwise it's a hard sell despite having 144hz vs 120hz.
wr3zzz - Sunday, January 5, 2020 - link
How is this a better deal than getting a LG OLED TV?SikSlayer - Sunday, January 5, 2020 - link
Better? Nothing IMO, but it does have DisplayPort, which LG (or any TV for that matter) doesn't have.sircod - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
DisplayPort would be pretty important form monitors right now. HDMI 2.0 has barely enough bandwidth for 4K 8 bit at 60 Hz, while DP 1.4 has enough for 4K 8 bit at 120 Hz (although still not enough for 10 bit HDR without compression). Once we get graphics cards with HDMI 2.1 we will have more than enough bandwidth for 4K 10 bit 120 Hz.anon1234 - Sunday, January 5, 2020 - link
I was wondering the other day about premium 'dumb' televisions, where I can bring my own smarts via Roku, HTPC, etc. I think big monitors like this might be the only real options nowadays.lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
DOA without Dolby Vision HDR & HLG HDR. Especially vs. a LG C9 or C10 OLED HDMI 2.1 TV. WTF is Acer and any PC monitor manufacturer thinking omitting proper HDR formats on gaming monitors?!!!lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
It's pointless to have speakers on this when it can't even consume premium 4K home content correctly without Dolby Vision HDR, HLG HDR, & HDR10. Hopefully they give an update or their product research team are frankly morons.Infy2 - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
Do these kind of OLED displays suffer from the same ghosting issues at low brightness with black content as mobile OLED displays do?lilkwarrior - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
No. mobile OLED processes are different than what LG & others do far large OLED panels (necessary as they MUST account for longer longevity w/ large OLED panels vs mobile OLED panels)oRAirwolf - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
2020 and still using HDMI 2.0... When are HDMI 2.1 displays going to be a thing? I am ready to upgrade from my Sony XBR43X800D 43" 4K that I use as my primary monitor to something newer, but I have been waiting for 120hz HDMI 2.1 displays to hit the market. It is shocking to me how long this has taken.wr3zzz - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
TV makers are probably waiting for PS5 and XboxX so they can promote HDMI 2.1 as a big selling point to get people to upgrade.r3loaded - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
At this price, there is practically no reason not to just buy the equivalent LG OLED TV. The latter gives you HDMI 2.1, and can also be used as a TV.techguymaxc - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
$3000 for a 55" OLED. GTFO, Acer.https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-55-class-oled-b9-s...
$1400 for the same damn thing.