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  • Captain Praggot - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    Sir, here is a check with my name on it. Write down any number on this piece of paper and I will pay it.
  • r3loaded - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    Why wouldn't I just get a 2019 LG OLED TV? Same specs, but more adult friendly styling.
  • DanNeely - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    120hz input and variable refresh rate would be the biggest reasons. HDMI 2.0 is limited to 4k 60hz at 4:4:4 color (needed for legible text in computer applications). Until HDMI 2.1 is out, no TV can do that.

    Not having to hunt for the buried setting in the menu that turns of 50-150ms of preprocessing input lag would be a secondary gain.
  • Inteli - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    LG's 2019 OLEDs have HDMI 2.1. The current panels are already capable of 120Hz so they just need the input to do so.
  • DigitalFreak - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    True, but there are no video cards with HDMI 2.1 so you're back to square one. :-)
  • darkswordsman17 - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    By the time this is out, there almost certainly will be HDMI 2.1 video cards out.

    I have a hunch that this is supporting a fairly agnostic VRR adaptive sync setup, where AMD and Nvidia (and probably Intel and even others) will be able to offer some support (even if its fairly simplistic and just managing things based on fixed framerate of content 24/30/60). Plus, since Nvidia is expanding their support of adaptive sync, I could see them supporting both Freesync and GSync.
  • r3loaded - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    The 2019 models will support HDMI 2.1, Adaptive Sync, 120Hz and have incredibly low input lag (especially for a TV) somewhere in the teens though, so they're gonna be fantastic for gamers. Come to think of it, chances are that LG are supplying the panel for Dell here.
  • DigitalFreak - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    I'd be surprised if this actually goes on sale in 2019. OLED still has burn-in issues. It may not be a big deal when watching television, but static desktops and game HUDs will burn in real quick.
  • Applejackson - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    I don't know how much of an issue that really is. LG TVs have a pixel shift feature to help prevent this as well. I played RDR2 for very long sessions for over a month with that little map in the bottom left corner and it never even retained the image, let alone true burn in.
  • Blacksunn - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    I was at CES and spoke to the Dell monitor PM about retention on this monitor and he said they are still trying to work though those issues with the panels but at this point this monitor will still be prone to it.
  • Gunbuster - Monday, January 14, 2019 - link

    Pixel shift: The taskbar, youtube and CNN logos still burned in but now they burned in a few extra pixels wider...
  • XelaChang - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    Nice, who needs a VESA mount when you have programmable RGB lighting on the back?
  • poohbear - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link

    No plans to make a 34"? I swear if i see one more 27" monitor....
  • colonelclaw - Monday, January 14, 2019 - link

    Say you own a 2080/2080Ti, which can actually hit 4k 120fps in certain games (id Tech stuff for example), would there be a way of flashing the HDMI port from 2.0 to 2.1, or is it fundamentally different hardware? Failing that, would it be possible to use the DisplayPort ports in conjuction with a DisplayPort to HDMI cable to output 4k120 (assuming such a cable will exist at a future date)?
  • Gunbuster - Monday, January 14, 2019 - link

    Burn in makes it a big nope. Don't want a $1500+ TV looking like my Galaxy phone that has the youtube UI screen bars (portrait) permanently visible
  • ashlol - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link

    I own a LG TV for 2 years now and it is connected to my computer with UI always displayed with lots of fixed stuff everywhere and I have no burn in or retention anywhere on the screen, so I can definitly say that they may be susceptible to this but in real life it will never show.
  • FXi - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    While I'd happily put a 65" model on the wall because with streaming boxes who needs a TV, the cat's meow would be a 40-45" model for those without the space in their gaming room for something this size. Still, it's a gigantic step forward which is extremely nice to see. Bigger and I'd use it instead of a TV and smaller and it's gaming room material.

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