UltraGear OLED, LG’s brand of OLED monitors for gamers that currently comprises nine models, including the 45GR95QE (45″ UltraGear OLED Curved Gaming Monitor WQHD with 240Hz Refresh Rate 0.03ms Response Time) and 32GS95UE (32″ UltraGear OLED Dual Mode 4K UHD 240Hz or FHD 480Hz 0.03ms G-Sync Compatible Gaming Monitor with Pixel Sound), will introduce new models in the future that feature glossy rather than matte panels for what many critics of the latter say are richer colors and deeper-looking blacks. Park Shin-Gyun, a team leader at LG Display, shared the news in a recent interview about the company’s proprietary DFR (dual mode) technology, pointing out that “the number of users who prefer clear and vivid expressions is increasing.”
Park said (machine translation):
- “As video technology improves, the quality of content such as games and movies continues to improve.”
- “In line with this change, we are working to further improve the brightness, color reproducibility, and refresh rate of OLED panels for monitors, and are developing technologies across hardware and software to maximize immersion by applying AI algorithms to allow users to select settings according to content genre.”
- “Also, gaming monitors are generally non-glossy types that minimize external light reflection and provide consistent screens, but recently, the number of users who prefer clear and vivid expressions is increasing.”
- “In order to meet such demands, we are promoting development in the direction of expanding the range of choices by releasing glossy types.”
Some promos for LG’s dual-mode OLED monitor:
Park on the purpose behind LG DIsplay’s DFR technology:
For those who enjoy shooting games or racing games where fast response speed is important, a high refresh rate is important, and for those who enjoy games such as RPGs where beautiful graphics are important, a high resolution is important. In theory, gaming monitors can implement high refresh rates and resolutions at the same time, but most games are divided into genres that require high refresh rates and genres that require high resolutions, so we decided that applying DFR technology would be efficient. In addition, there are many consumer needs who want to use one monitor for various purposes such as watching movies and office work in addition to gaming, so we introduced a gaming OLED with DFR technology applied.
The gaming OLED with DFR can use the high refresh rate mode that combines FHD picture quality and 480Hz refresh rate when playing FPS and racing games that require fast and concise movements, and the high resolution mode of UHD, 240Hz for content where visual beauty is important such as RPGs, open world games, movies, and dramas, boasting excellent usability.