Samsung outs new ultra-wide curved monitor for gamers

Samsung is hoping to change the curved monitor with its new line of ultra-wide screen displays. The flagship of the three new monitors is a massive 49-inch wide HDR display, which is the company’s largest widescreen monitor. The CHG90 has a 3,840 x 1,080 Ultra HD resolution, which is almost the same as putting together two 1080p HD screens side-by-side. It comes with HDMI and Mini DisplayPort inputs but will need an adapter to work with the new MacBook Pro machines as there is no USB Type-C.

According to the South Korean tech company, the monitors (there a 27- and 32-inch models with Quad HD resolutions) cover 95 percent of the DCI-P3 color space, which could interest photographers and videographers. However, Samsung is targeting gamers with these models. They have 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time as well as four-channel scanning, which Samsung claims reduces motion blur. The company also claims the QLED tech gives these monitors brighter displays than OLED models. The CHG90 is available for pre-order on Amazon already for US$1,499. Shipping is expected to start on June 30^th. If you’re interested in the smaller models, the 27-inch version goes for US$599 and the 32-inch goes for US$699.

Source: 9to5Mac

Acer’s new pro 4K monitor hardly has any bezels

A professional photographer or designer needs a good display that can show color as accurately as possible. And they also need as big a screen real estate as they can have. Enter the Acer BM320. This 32-inch 4K display hardly has any visible bezels on its three sides and it covers a wide range of color gamut. Aside from its 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, the screen covers 100 percent of both the Adobe RGB color gamut and Rec. 709 color gamut. It also covers 90 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut. Now in terms of color depth, the BM320 is at 10-bit, which is said to be 64 times more color depth than the usual 8-bit monitor.

Acer encourages designers to use multiple monitor setups with the lack of bezels. The monitor also comes with an ergonomic stand that you can tilt, swivel, pivot, as well as adjust the height of.

Source: SlashGear + The Verge