Items tagged with Displays
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jul 19, 2025
We typically focus on dedicated gaming monitors around these parts, mostly because that is there display makers pay the most attention. However, there's also demand from the content creation and professional segments. To those ends, ASUS...
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Bruno Ferreira - Tue, Jul 15, 2025
There's little argument that OLED monitors are well on their way to eventually become "perfect" displays with their true blacks, vivid colors, and effectively zero response times. There's only one major issue left to truly solve, though...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, Jun 27, 2025
LG Display has announced the mass production of its fourth-generation 27-inch OLED panels that are apparently setting new benchmarks in brightness, refresh rate, and response time. These advancements, which the company hails as a "triple...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Mar 24, 2025
Did you read our explainer on display technologies? If so, you'll already be well aware of the concept of PPI, or "pixels per inch," which is a more informative measure of "display resolution" than a static value like 1024×768. Typical PC...
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Zak Killian - Sat, Feb 15, 2025
So the Superbowl is over and Valentine's has passed. Did you watch a movie with your sweetie? How was the watch party for the big game? If either event got you thinking that it's time to upgrade your TV viewing experience, well, you're in...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 02, 2025
Think about how many displays you stare at on any given day. There's your computer or laptop (or both), your tablet, your smartphone, your smartwatch, your gaming handheld (c'mon Nintendo, release the Switch 2 already!), and of course your...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 01, 2025
ASRock is racing into the new year with a couple of high-speed 27-inch flat-screen gaming displays under its Phantom Gaming brand, the PG27FFX1B and PG27FFX2A. In addition to being the same size, both new monitors also sport a...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Dec 30, 2024
We're now just a week away from the next Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, an annual expo for product manufacturers to show off their latest creations and concepts. Not everything shown off at CES will come to fruition, but one...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Amazon has big ambitions for its Echo Show lineup, and by big, we mean it just unveiled its largest smart display to date. As you might have guessed from the model name, Amazon's new Echo Show 21 sports a 21-inch display (Full HD 1080p)...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Nov 18, 2024
LG is leaning heavily into support for the DisplayPort 2.1 specification on its new UltraGear GX7 (model 27GX790A) gaming monitor with an OLED panel, and for good reason. It's a fast 27-inch monitor with a blistering 480Hz refresh rate and...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Nov 12, 2024
Have you ever read a monitor review or looked at monitor specification pages and wondered what all the terms meant? In this article, we're going to go over display basics, explaining the core specifications of monitors and what you should...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Following an initial unveiling at Computex earlier this year, ASUS has released its ZenScreen Smart MS27UC, which if the somewhat clunky name doesn't give away, is the company's first ever Google TV-powered smart monitor. That basically...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Oct 25, 2024
If you're reading this site, there's a solid chance that the term "inkjet printer" sets your teeth on edge. Don't worry, though; today's story isn't about unreliable plastic printers that take overpriced ink, but instead about Chinese...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Aug 29, 2024
If you're reading HotHardware, you probably already know that displays based on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, or "OLEDs", have a lot of advantages over more conventional liquid-crystal displays (LCDs.) They offer essentially-instant...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Aug 21, 2024
Samsung is evidently unbothered by the lack of embrace for 3D display solutions from consumers over the years, as evidenced by a new display announced at Gamescom 2024 in Germany. Called the Odyssey 3D, it's Samsung's first 3D gaming...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 20, 2024
Most people would agree that OLED is the best display technology on the market right now, in terms of overall image quality, though it's biggest weakness is its inherent propensity to permanently burn images into the screen in certain...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 04, 2024
At least two notable hardware companies—ASUS and LG—are planning to release gaming monitors with dual refresh rate options, and in preparation for what will likely be more to come, the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 07, 2023
Porsche Design has again teamed up with AOC (the display maker, not the politician) on a gaming display that's "as large as a windshield" and "where sports car aesthetics meet gaming innovation." The size of the display is only a slight...
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Nathan Ord - Tue, Oct 10, 2023
Amazon Prime deals are out, and the company is bringing the rain across the board, especially in the electronics department. If you need a new TV for a den or living room, right now might be a great time to grab one at any size and price...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 17, 2023
Samsung is getting ready to release its high-end ViewFinity S9 monitor for graphics designers and photography buffs in the US for a price that, on the surface, is virtually identical to Apple's Studio Pro—$1,599.99 MSRP (versus $1,599.00)...
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Mark Tyson - Tue, May 23, 2023
Samsung has been showing off some fascinating new screen technologies at the SID Display Week 2023, which kicked-off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The most interesting new displays on show were probably the Rollable Flex and...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 23, 2023
Valve may not be in a rush to release a second-generation Steam Deck console, but as is the case with many types of PC systems, you can take matters into your own hands and upgrade certain components for added oomph. One of those is the...
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