Tomasz Wadowski
Until recently, the Primary RGB Tandem OLED panels from LG Display were mainly talked about in the context of televisions – such as the LG G5 from 2024. Now this same technology is making its way into monitors, only in a much smaller format. And that is the greatest art: to miniaturise this screen without losing the brightness, colours, and durability that previously delighted in the living room.
OLED from LG G5 hits gamers' desks. The real game begins now!
The first to want to utilise this new technology in a monitor is Gigabyte. The company announced at the Computex fair that their model MO27Q28G will hit the market as early as July or August, and with a strong impact – for the first customers, the price will be just 500 dollars. The monitor is expected to be 27 inches, which is exactly what LG Display currently offers to manufacturers.
But that's not all. Gigabyte claims that they have successfully overclocked the panel from 240 Hz to an impressive 280 Hz, which is quite an achievement for an OLED of this class. Additionally, there is a peak brightness of 1500 nits, support for FreeSync and G-Sync, as well as a DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification. In other words, it's practically everything gamers could wish for – and a bit more.
Asus is preparing its own monster – is 540 Hz the new standard?
Asus is not idle either. Although it hasn’t yet shown a specific model at Computex, it has confirmed that it will release its own monitor with the same panel from LG later this year. Interestingly, Asus has also announced an OLED screen with a frequency of as much as 540 Hz. It hasn’t specified if this refers to that panel, but considering LG claims 240 Hz at 4K and 480 Hz at 1080p, who knows? Perhaps they have managed to overclock it as well.
For now, LG Display is producing only one size of the Primary RGB Tandem OLED – specifically, 27 inches – but the company has announced that more variants will appear in the future. So if you're looking for something larger, it may be worth waiting – perhaps the beginning of next year will bring larger formats.
One thing is for certain: the OLED monitor market is finally picking up speed. Alongside new solutions from LG, we also have fresh ideas from Samsung and experiments by TCL with printed OLEDs. And that only means one thing – the coming months will be truly interesting for anyone considering a monitor upgrade.
