Curved gaming screens are nothing new, however out of no the place, Corsair has revealed a brand new curved gaming ultrawide with a singular quirk. Referred to as the Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 OLED, (opens in new tab) this new monitor is a forty five inch 3440 x 1440 240Hz ultrawide that includes an OLED panel from LG. However the quirk is its capability to bend right into a curved state.
For the uninitiated, OLED is the primary and solely present panel know-how that permits for display screen bending. We have already seen this with Samsung’s Z flip collection of units, that includes OLED panels with foldable shows. Now with Corsair and its partnership with LG Shows, we’re beginning to see this capability make its means into ultrawide gaming screens as properly.
The curve on the Xeneon Flex is person adjustable to a most curvature of 800R. Alternatively you may as well preserve the monitor completely flat, for productiveness duties equivalent to photograph or video modifying. Changes work with handles on all sides of the monitor.
The OLED within the Xeneon is a LG W-OLED panel, that includes some tremendous spectacular specs. Gray to Gray response instances might be measured within the microsecond vary with a 0.03 milliseconds response time, and a 0.01millisecond pixel on and off time at a 240Hz refresh price. The panel additionally comes with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium compatibility.
The panel incorporates a 1000 nit peak brightness, and is perfect for viewing HDR content material in video games or movies/films. Mix this with the inky blacks from the OLED’s self lit pixels, and you must have probably the most vibrant wanting gaming panels available on the market.
Because of the curve, all rear I/O has been moved to the bottom, and options DisplayPort and HDMI outputs. There’s additionally a entrance I/O that includes USB 3 ports and a audio jack.
It will likely be very attention-grabbing to see how the gaming market reacts to Corsair’s Xeneon Flex monitor. Its one thing players have not actually requested for, but it surely might be a really helpful characteristic down the highway as OLED turns into extra mainstream. For extra particulars, try YouTuber’s Paul’s {Hardware} and Bitwit’s protection on the brand new show.
We do not know full particulars on the monitor, aside from a doable early 2023 launch date (through Paul’s {Hardware}), however Corsair has introduced it will likely be sharing remaining particulars together with, extra detailed launch dates, availability and remaining specs later this 12 months.
