4 monitors you should buy instead of the Alienware 34 QD-OLED

Digital Trends The Alienware 34 QD-OLED is one of the best gaming monitors you can buy. There’s no doubt about that. It has exceptional image quality, an attractive price, and a suite of features that are actually useful. Even with such high praise, the Alienware 34 QD-OLED isn’t for everyone, and there are some other … Read more

MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED review: doing the impossible

MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED MSRP $950.00 “MSI’s QD-OLED gaming monitor delivers on impeccable image quality while costing less.” Pros Much cheaper than the competition Some of the best color we’ve seen Extensive list of OLED burn-in prevention features 1,000 nits of brightness 3-year warranty that covers burn-in Cons A rather bland design Limited to USB … Read more

Gigabyte just upped its OLED monitor game

Gigabyte Gigabyte already makes some of the best gaming monitors, but its upcoming lineup of QD-OLED Aorus displays is arguably even more exciting. However, its rivals Asus and MSI have held an edge in terms of warranty — something that’s crucial for a QD-OLED panel that could be prone to burn-in. Gigabyte now addressed the … Read more

I couldn’t live without this underrated monitor feature

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends It’s easy to get fixated on image quality when looking for a new monitor, but one feature has flown under the radar for far too long. Over the past several years, we’ve seen an increasing number of monitors include a KVM switch, and it’s a game changer for using your … Read more

Why OLED beats mini-LED for gaming every time

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The two major innovations in gaming displays over the past few years have been OLED and mini-LED. These two types of displays have transformed the rather dire state of HDR for PC gamers, and now, you can find OLED and mini-LED options across gaming monitors, laptops, and TVs. From my … Read more

Alienware remains the undisputed champ of OLED gaming

Zeke Jones / Digital Trends It’s no secret that Alienware makes some of the best gaming monitors, but it’s not alone. After it shook up the market with the Alienware 34 QD-OLED two years ago, a slew of competing monitors popped up from brands like Asus, LG, MSI, Samsung, and countless others. Two years and … Read more

Glasses-free 3D gaming is amazing but needs to be done right

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Glasses-free 3D is making a comeback. And please — don’t roll your eyes and write this off as a gimmick just yet. I saw two similar 3D gaming monitors at CES last week that used this technology and tracked your eyes to fool you into seeing depth in a 2D … Read more

Anything is possible in this new era of gaming monitors

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Sometimes, you get everything you’ve wanted. We probably won’t see much innovation from gaming monitors over the next couple of years. We’re on the heels of CES 2024, and we saw some exciting gaming monitor announcements — the first 4K QD-OLED displays, a 480Hz OLED monitor, and even some experimentation … Read more

LG’s new OLED monitor does 4K — and so much more

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Gamers — myself included — have been begging for a 4K OLED gaming monitor for the past year and a half. And at CES 2024, we got exactly what we’ve been looking for. LG is pushing the 4K OLED gaming monitor further with its UltraGear 32GS95UE. It’s a 4K OLED … Read more

The best monitors we saw at CES 2024

It was all about monitors at CES 2024, and we had a chance to see a lot of them. Samsung has exciting new gaming displays, Asus is pushing refresh rates to places they’ve never gone, and Acer is experimenting with some exciting glasses-free 3D tech. And that’s just the products I could fit in a … Read more