LG's new 39-inch 5K2K OLED is definitely my favorite new PC monitor at CES 2026 and it would simply be the gaming panel I've been ready for
CES 2026 has been a little bit of a blowout for the PC. Nvidia and AMD had principally squat to indicate off, leaving Intel’s Panther Lake as the one main tech launch. Besides, that’s, for screens and what seems to be to me like probably the most thrilling gaming show of 2026.
I provide the LG UltraGear Evo 39GX950B, all 39 inches of it. This new gaming monitor has a lot going for it. It will get LG’s newest OLED panel tech (albeit minus the RGB-stripe subpixel format) and a 5K2K native decision.
Personally, I additionally simply love ultrawide kind components and far choose them to, say, a dual-monitor setup. A single ultrawide is simply, properly, a lot extra seamless.
Likewise, 39-inch ultrawide strikes me as a comparatively ergonomic panel dimension. As a lot as I like 49-inch and 57-inch panels, they’re fairly unwieldy.
LG has even discovered classes from its 45-inch 5K2K OLED, the LG Ultragear 45GX950A, and diminished the panel curvature from a foolish 800R to a extra wise and mild 1500R. So, 39 inches, 4K pixel density, ultrawide immersion, what’s to not like?
Effectively, the value, little doubt. That mentioned, the LG Ultragear 45GX950A has already dropped from $1,999 at launch to $1,499 now. And also you’d must assume this new, smaller 39-inch mannequin will probably be cheaper. So, I think about it will likely be accessible for about $1,000, if not at launch then just a few months later.
OK, that is nonetheless removed from low cost. However once you assume that it’s best to get 5 years of fabulous gaming and computing out of it, $200 a yr for that privilege would not appear so dangerous.
All of which suggests I am left with two remaining reservations. First, I do want the UltraGear Evo 39GX950B had LG’s new RGB-strip subpixel format talked about above. Not due to the higher font rendering, however as a result of pure RGB offers zingier, punchier colors than the RGWB format with the added white subpixel.
In the end, I would in all probability quite have this panel format with Samsung’s attractive QD-OLED tech, which has by no means relied on a white subpixel to spice up brightness.
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The opposite apparent situation is ye olde OLED burn-in. That is an costly show which makes most sense as a long-term funding. To this point, OLED burn-in in PC screens has not proved to be the issue that many feared.
However five-years-plus stays a fairly large ask. I would nonetheless in all probability be prepared to take the danger. It is only a pity the burn-in worry would linger at the back of my thoughts.
That apart, this factor seems to be very, very candy. If there’s any monitor introduced at CES this yr that may simply persuade me to fork out myself, it is this new LG. It is principally the show I have been ready for over the previous few years. I actually hope it would not disappoint.
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