LG Display announced that it has developed world's first OLED gaming monitor panel with a switchable refresh rate and resolution. The company already mass producing this panel and will now aim to accelerate its market adoption and expects the first product to use this panel to arrive soon from LG Electronics, and other global gaming brands.
The new panel is 31.5" in size, and allows users to choose between two modes - high refresh rate more (480Hz and FHD) and high resolution mode (4K, 240Hz). The high refresh mode is aimed towards games in which speed is particularly important, such as first-person shooter (FPS) or racing games. The higher-resolution mode is more suitable for watching movies or 4K content.
LG developed its own technology to enable refresh rate switching, called Dynamic Frequency & Resolution (DFR), which gives users the option of controlling the image processor and thus prioritizing either resolution or speed. The new gaming monitor panel also includes LGD's 2nd-gen micro-lens (META 2.0) to increase brightness and LG's Thin Actuator Sound technology, which directly generates sound from the screen without a separate speaker.
Would the finish be glossy?
This is really cool, but it seems like LG are dancing around something that folks are hugely asking for, i.e. a glossy display like their TVs.