Acer kicks of its CES 2020 reveals with a 55-inch 0.5ms 120Hz OLED Gaming Monitor

[WYP]

The Predator CG552K seeks to offer everything a large screen gamer could want.



Read more about Acer's monstrous Predator CG552K 120Hz OLED VRR gaming monitor.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Useless monitor.

For anyone who doesn't know, LG's OLED C9 panel is being used in this. However, they cut brightness down in half(little more than half), nearly doubled the price, and supposedly using DP 1.4 with no mention of HDMI 2.1 or not(like the TV).

Major pass on this.

 

[boria0]

Dumbest release of the year?

Lg c9 for double the price. They must be very proud. Well done!!!

 

[WYP]

Useless monitor.

For anyone who doesn't know, LG's OLED C9 panel is being used in this. However, they cut brightness down in half(little more than half), nearly doubled the price, and supposedly using DP 1.4 with no mention of HDMI 2.1 or not(like the TV).

Major pass on this.

It's worth noting that DP 1.4 can actually do 4K at 120Hz, whereas no consumer graphics card currently supports HDMI 2.1 output for 4K 60+Hz. HDMI 2.1 is pointless for a PC monitor ATM, and it is likely that no display controller currently supports both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 concurrently.

This is a monitor for the PC market, and its value comes from 4K 120Hz support that's usable today, its low colour deviation value, and its high DCI-P3 coverage.

As cool as full HDMI 2.1 is, we need GPUs that support it. They will likely come later this year, but they are not gonna be ready until ??? (my guess is July/August) for next-gen Nvidia.

This is not to say that I think the price is worth it, I'm just saying that you are expecting a lot if you want DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1.

 

[boria0]

Nevermind hdmi 2.1 Problem is that we are all waiting for an oled monitor that you can actually put on your desk 32-40 inch. And if someone has the space for 55inch then paying 3000 when you can buy lg c9 for 1500 is ridiculous. If this article is correct it might be the dumbest release of the decade and it only just started.

 

[NeverBackDown]

It's worth noting that DP 1.4 can actually do 4K at 120Hz, whereas no consumer graphics card currently supports HDMI 2.1 output for 4K 60+Hz. HDMI 2.1 is pointless for a PC monitor ATM, and it is likely that no display controller currently supports both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 concurrently.

This is a monitor for the PC market, and its value comes from 4K 120Hz support that's usable today, its low colour deviation value, and its high DCI-P3 coverage.

As cool as full HDMI 2.1 is, we need GPUs that support it. They will likely come later this year, but they are not gonna be ready until ??? (my guess is July/August) for next-gen Nvidia.

This is not to say that I think the price is worth it, I'm just saying that you are expecting a lot if you want DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1.

I'm not expecting a lot. The Panels already support and ship with HDMI 2.1 on the TVs. All they did was add a DP option. Literally 0 effort.

I know DP1.4 supports 4k/120. Point is they are charging an absurd amount of money, reducing the features of the panel, and still not giving them the latest display standards.

You're better off buying the TV and getting a next gen Card with HDMI 2.1. it would STILL be cheaper.

 

[WYP]

I'm not expecting a lot. The Panels already support and ship with HDMI 2.1 on the TVs. All they did was add a DP option. Literally 0 effort.

I know DP1.4 supports 4k/120. Point is they are charging an absurd amount of money, reducing the features of the panel, and still not giving them the latest display standards.

You're better off buying the TV and getting a next gen Card with HDMI 2.1. it would STILL be cheaper.

The panel is a panel, the display controller is a display controller. They are not the same thing. The panel does not support HDMI 2.1... There is a reason why Nvidia needed to create its G-Sync module to start the whole push for VRR.

I'm not going to justify the price here because I think it is crazy too, just remember that Monitors are more niche products and that LG has a lot more mass production factors in its favour. TVs also don't tend to ship with great colour dE values. I think rtings rated the C9 with a value of delta 2, not 1?

It's a premium panel with niche controller and a monitor which features better dE values than most tellys (even £1000+ ones). There are so few customers for this that those that buy it will have to pay a premium. I agree that PC gamers could just wait for HDMI 2.1, as we need better GPUs for 4K 120Hz anyway.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I misused the term panel, sorry. I know the difference on mobile and out and about so I wasn't thinking. Fact remains the controller was hardly changed and if anything downgraded. On top of the fact the panel itself is downgraded. The C9 series ships with pretty good out of the box color for most people. I don't think it's an argument to say Acer improved the colors reproduction. Anybody can do that for not much money. Heck just doing it for free and adjusting the values manually can improve it. Now to guarantee it? That's better... But still not enough.

If this was as expensive as the TVs I wouldn't have a problem at all. However the price is ridiculous and thats where all my issues come up.