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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 14, 2022
As we wrote about earlier today, there's is reason to be optimistic that the GPU shortage will ease up a bit in the second half of this year. We'll believe it when we see it. For now, however, you can at least get your hands on other...
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Jeff Butts - Sun, Jan 09, 2022
CES 2022 might have had an extremely limited amount of in-person attendance, but there was still a lot of action in the gaming monitor space. In fact, displays geared for gamers probably generated the most buzz at the show, at least among...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 07, 2022
Your monitor might be bright, but if it's not utilizing mini LED technology, it probably doesn't hit the same eye-searing level as ViewSonic's new Elite XG321UG. It's one of a deluge of mini LED displays announced during CES week, and...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 06, 2022
Mini LED lighting is beginning to expand its presence in both monitors and televisions, and not a moment too soon—it offers numerous benefits over traditional LED backlighting, and while still not on par with the image quality that OLED...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Do you like the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 curved gaming monitor that we reported on Sunday? Well, would you like it more if it were gigantic, like, say, 55"? If that works for you, then check out the Samsung Odyssey Ark 55, a positively...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Monitor manufacturers have taken their sweet time adopting OLED, but that is beginning to change. And as it does, Dell is laying claim to the world's first quantum dot OLED monitor through its Alienware division, with the just announced...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jan 02, 2022
Samsung continues to expand its lineup of mini LED displays, which now includes the new Odyssey Neo G8, a 32-inch gaming monitor announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). That alone makes this a noteworthy product. However, the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 21, 2021
Kids these days have no idea of the struggle of trying to lug a large, unwieldy, and heavy CRT monitor up a flight of steps, or choosing from an extremely limited range of options. And that's how it should be. These days, selecting a...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 07, 2021
Have you outgrown your 23-inch gaming monitor and are ready for something substantially bigger? You have options, and they continue to grow. The newest big screen monitor on the block comes from AOC, which unveiled its 43-inch G4309VX/D...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 25, 2021
There are ultra-wide monitors, and then there's the class of super-wide 49-inch displays that take expansive screen real estate to a whole new level. Samsung has been the primary driver of 49-inch monitors, though ASUS and others have...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Nov 24, 2021
Buying a graphics card at a fair price might have to wait until next year, but that's not the case for other gaming gear. Black Friday and Cyber Monday typically bring a whole bunch of discounts on PC gaming items, and this year is no...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Dell is currently offering a dynamite deal on its Alienware 25 gaming monitor (AW2521H). It's a 24.5-inch display that is built for speed and supports NVIDIA's Reflex Latency Analyzer technology, and is on sale for $449.99. That's not...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Corsair is officially in the monitor game, with its first-ever gaming monitor release. Technically you could say the company entered the fray a couple weeks ago when it announced its Xeneon 32QHD165, but that was merely an introduction—the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 27, 2021
Acer has quietly rolled out what appears to be the world's fastest gaming monitor, the Nitro XV252QF with a whiplash-inducing 390Hz refresh rate. While for whatever reason Acer is not shouting about this from a mountaintop, these things...
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Nathan Ord - Thu, Jan 14, 2021
At CES 2021, LG has been teasing products like a rollable display. While that technology is incredible, regular people still need monitors to work, game, and create on a day-to-day basis. This year, LG is updating its Ultra series monitors...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 11, 2021
LG is a major force in the OLED TV market, and if you are a gamer who has researched your options, you undoubtedly have come across the company's offerings, the latest being its CX series. Believe it or not, however, LG has yet to release...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 21, 2020
It has been a long time since the monitor market was a stale one. These days, it is one of the most frequently updated categories, with new models arriving all the time sporting faster speeds and a barrage of fancy features. So it is not...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Aug 26, 2020
Your monitor might be fast, but it's not 360Hz fast. There is only one monitor on the planet that is capable of hitting such an insanely high refresh rate, and that is the ASUS ROG Swift PG259QN, which is slated to arrive next month. For...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jul 21, 2020
LG on Tuesday laid claim to offering the world's first IPS monitor to combine a 4K resolution with a 1-millesecond (ms) gray-to-gray (GtG) response time, to keep the action fast and smooth for gamers. The implication here is that you can...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 15, 2020
Tired of staring at your puny 34-inch gaming display? That's right, I said PUNY! I kid, of course—34 inches is not mall by any stretch of the imagination, but next to Samsung's new Odyssey G9, which sports a screen the size of a football...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 05, 2020
If you're looking for a monitor that will make your 20-something-inch display look puny by comparison, stop searching, we found one. LG's new 38WN95C-W is a sprawling 38-inch ultrawide monitor with copious bells and whistles. It is...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 09, 2020
I remember a time not all that long ago when the PC monitor market had grown rather stagnant. In more recent years, monitor makers have hit their stride by focusing on gaming features, like G-Sync and FreeSync, high refresh rates, and...
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