What’s the Big Deal With OLED Monitors?
To some, it may seem like OLED monitors aren’t particularly big news.
However, PC monitors have a few advantages over both built-in laptop monitors and TVs.
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The first is size.
Unless you’re actually away from your desk, laptop screens are too small for comfortable work.
OLED TVs on the other hand, are almost always too big to use on a desk.
The 42-inch C2 is an affordable OLED at a perfect size for a monitor, supporting the latest variable refresh technologies for gaming, and offering all the benefits of OLED, provided you can put some distance between yourself and the display.
Apart from size, resolution and refresh rate are also much more flexible in the world of PC monitors.
There are no 1440p OLED TVs and even high-end OLED TVs are limited to 120Hz refresh rate.
The aforementioned ASUS screen boasts a 240Hz refresh rate and1440p resolution.
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This is much more immersive than a 42" OLED TV on your desk and more useful for productivity.
What About Image Retention?
However, image retention isn’t the problem it was in the early days of OLEDs anymore.
Whether their confidence is warranted is another question entirely, and only time will tell.
Still, it’s a great excuse to startusing screen saversagain.
However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other technologies that can get close at lower prices.
This is demonstrated to great effect by the monstrousSamsung Odyssey Neo G9.
This 57-inch superultrawideMini LED monitor has a resolution of 7680x2160.
To OLED or Not to OLED?
Assuming that you have the budget to be an early adopter of PC OLED monitors, should you?
With money being no object, it seems like an obvious upgrade.
You’ll still get an immense visual upgrade without downgrading your bank balance quite as much.
