CES 2024 was a wonderful present for screens that bolstered the perfect developments of 2023. A brand new era of OLED panels from Samsung and LG hit the present flooring, and with them come increased resolutions, increased refresh charges, and improved peak brightness in HDR.
However the present wasn’t totally dominated by large, costly OLED gaming screens. Acer introduced a 57-inch super-ultrawide Mini-LED, MSI had a sensible 24-inch 4K workplace monitor, and Viewsonic introduced a 4K OLED moveable show.
These are the perfect screens of CES 2024.
Additional studying: One of the best laptops at CES 2024
Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED (G80SD)
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The Samsung Odyssey G80SD is well crucial monitor on the present, although not essentially due to the monitor itself. The highlight as an alternative shines on Samsung’s 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel. It’s a pointy, gorgeous, high-contrast show with stunning coloration and glorious movement readability, and it’ll seem in a number of different screens on this checklist.
With that stated, there’s a lot to love apart from the panel. Samsung’s Odyssey screens have veered in the direction of a sensible {and professional} look lately, and that’s a plus. The G80SD appears excellent and features a nice ergonomic stand that gives a variety of adjustment however doesn’t take up an excessive amount of house in your desk. The monitor additionally has two HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, and a USB hub (although no USB-C).
Availability and pricing has not been introduced. Given the value of different screens with this panel, nonetheless, I anticipate it to fall between $1,000 and $1,300.
Samsung Odyssey G6 OLED (G60SD)
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If the Odyssey G8 OLED is all about picture high quality, the Odyssey G6 OLED is all about movement readability. It retains the 27-inch panel measurement and 1440p decision frequent to OLED screens in 2023, however kicks the refresh charge as much as 360Hz.
And, yea, it appears super-crisp. OLED panels have a baked-in movement readability benefit over different panel sorts because of their low pixel response occasions. Put merely, the pixels on an OLED monitor change extra shortly, which in flip reduces movement blur at any given refresh charge. It’s not the perfect out there from an OLED (that honor goes to a different monitor on this checklist), but it surely’s glorious.
Pricing and availability hasn’t been introduced, however I anticipate a value round $1,000 or much less.
Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP
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The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP is a 27-inch 1440p OLED monitor with a frankly surprising 480Hz refresh charge. It’s not alone on this accomplishment (LG, which makes the OLED panel, additionally has an as-yet-unnamed 480Hz monitor), however the Asus’ variant has a extra alluring design.
A 480Hz refresh charge is double the 240Hz frequent to final 12 months’s OLED screens, and wow, it appears unbelievable. I can’t say with absolute certainty that it defeats 500Hz screens just like the Alienware AW2525HF, since I haven’t considered them side-by-side, however I’m fairly certain it does. Shifting objects look practically good. Fantastic textual content stays readable and textures retain even the smallest particulars.
The show additionally advantages from LG’s Micro Lens Array (MLA) know-how, which boosts the height brightness to 1,300 nits. I’d have to check the monitor first-hand to determine how a lot of an affect it makes, however I anticipate HDR motion pictures and video games to ship eye-searing brightness extra typically.
Sadly, you’ll have to attend awhile for this show. Asus says it received’t ship till the second half of 2024.
MSI Trendy MD242UPW
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Okay, let’s get sensible. The MSI Trendy MD242UPW isn’t a monitor you’ll hear a lot buzz about, however I respect a very good, well-rounded work monitor. The MD242UPW is precisely that.
Decision is the monitor’s standout specification. 4K is frequent, however 24-inch screens with this decision are few. That’s irritating for individuals who desire a small, but sharp, secondary monitor. The MD242UP fills this hole.
It’s additionally full of helpful options together with a USB-C port that delivers as much as 100 watts of energy supply, a KVM change, and built-in audio system. These options reinforce the MD242UPW’s place as an amazing alternative for productiveness, and it ought to pair particularly nicely with laptops which have USB-C.
Pricing and availability has but to be introduced.
MSI MEG 321URX
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Now, for one thing utterly totally different: MSI’s borderline absurd MEG 321URX. It is a 32-inch 4K 240Hz OLED monitor that makes use of Samsung’s QD-OLED panel, so it’s a stunner. The picture is sharp, vivid, and easy.
What units the MEG 321URX aside, although, is its uncommon set of AI options. This features a lighting factor on the chin of the monitor that’s designed to detect your well being bar in PC video games and alter the lighting of the bar to match the well being you may have left. It additionally has a function known as Skysight, which can be utilized to focus on enemies simply off-screen in video games like League of Legends. The monitor additionally touts an “AI improve” function, which players would possibly put to make use of for AI options of their favourite video games (the small print of how this works have been skinny, nonetheless).
The MEG 321URX will retail for $1,799 when it arrives in June or July of 2024.
Asus ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM
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Do you suppose a 34-inch ultrawide is simply too small, however a 45-inch or 49-inch ultrawide is simply too giant? Asus has you coated with the ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM. It’s a 39-inch curved OLED monitor with a decision of 3440×1440 and a 240Hz refresh charge. That is one other new panel from LG and, consequently, it makes use of Micro Lens Array (MLA) know-how to attain a peak brightness of as much as 1,300 nits in HDR.
Though clearly nice for gaming, Asus contains quite a lot of sensible options. It has a USB-C port with DisplayPort Alternate Mode and as much as 90 watts of USB Energy Supply, a KVM change, and picture-in-picture/picture-by-picture modes. Asus additionally demonstrated the monitor with a ROG monitor arm, although I’m advised it’s bought individually.
The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM is predicted to ship within the first quarter of 2024, however the value just isn’t but introduced.
Acer Predator Z57
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Acer’s Predator Z57 was among the many few new Mini-LED screens at CES 2024, but it surely’s giant sufficient to rely for 2 (or three). It has a huge 57-inch panel with a decision of 7680×2160 and a 120Hz refresh charge. It’s principally two 4K screens caught side-by-side. Personally, I’d love to make use of it to observe my piloting expertise in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The Mini-LED backlight features a complete of two,304 dimming zones. That’s a lot increased than most Mini-LED screens out there (512 or 1,024 zones is extra frequent), although they admittedly have extra actual property to cowl. Nonetheless, the backlight ought to present glorious brightness in HDR video games, and the monitor is VESA DisplayHDR 1000 licensed.
Count on to pay $2,499.99 for the Predator Z57 when it arrives within the second quarter of 2024.
Gigabyte Aorus FO32U2P
The Gigabyte Aorus FO32U2P is one other beautiful new 32-inch 4K 240Hz monitor with a Samsung QD-OLED panel. It supplies all the same old advantages together with good black ranges, vivid coloration, and a pointy picture that retains its readability at excessive refresh charges.
Gigabyte’s declare to fame, nonetheless, is bandwidth. It’s the world’s first DisplayPort 2.1 monitor and may obtain as much as 80Gbps of bandwidth with out using Show Stream Compression (DSC). The monitor additionally helps daisy-chain connections, which implies it’s potential to attach extra DisplayPort screens to the Aorus FO32U2P. That makes the added bandwidth extra related.
Pricing and availability hasn’t been introduced.
Viewsonic XG272-2K-OLED
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The XGX272-2K-OLED is Viewsonic’s tackle the 27-inch, 1440p, 360Hz QD-OLED panel additionally discovered within the Samsung Odyssey G6 OLED. It performs simply as nicely right here. Count on to see near-perfect black ranges, vivid coloration, and glorious movement readability.
Viewsonic units itself aside with just a few additional options. It formally helps each AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync (Samsung solely lists FreeSync, although I anticipate it ought to work with each). The monitor is “Blur Busters Verified” and helps Black Body Insertion, a way that may additional cut back movement blur.
It’s additionally a debut monitor for a brand new design language that emulates the trendy, white-on-black aesthetic of latest Alienware screens. Is it spinoff? Maybe a bit, but it surely additionally appears nice. And, as a last bonus, it comes bundled with a distant that controls the monitor’s on-screen menu choices.
The XG272-2K-OLED will ship within the first quarter of 2024 for $899.99.
HP Omen Transcend 32
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The Omen Transcend 32 is yet one more monitor utilizing Samsung’s spectacular 32-inch, 4K, 240Hz QD-OLED panel. And, sure, it appears completely gorgeous, as is true of all of the screens I noticed with this panel.
HP separates this monitor from the pack with just a few helpful options that target content material creation and productiveness. It’s the world’s first OLED gaming monitor that may ship 140 watts of energy over USB-C. It additionally has a “sensible KVM change” that may detect which system you’re utilizing and swap on the fly. The monitor is actively cooled, as nicely, a function HP says ought to cut back the chance of OLED burn-in.
Options apart, I additionally suppose the Omen Transcend is probably the most engaging of all of the 32-inch 4K OLED screens proven at CES 2024. It pairs a contemporary white-on-black look with a vibrant RGB-LED accent gentle on the rear.
Pricing and availability has not been introduced.
