CES 2024 was an excellent present for screens that strengthened the perfect tendencies of 2023. A brand new technology of OLED panels from Samsung and LG hit the present ground, and with them come greater resolutions, greater refresh charges, and improved peak brightness in HDR. 

But the present wasn’t fully dominated by huge, costly OLED gaming screens. Acer introduced a 57-inch super-ultrawide Mini-LED, MSI had a sensible 24-inch 4K workplace monitor, and Viewsonic introduced a 4K OLED transportable show. 

These are the perfect screens of CES 2024.

Further studying: The best laptops at CES 2024

Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED (G80SD)

Matt Smith / Foundry

The Samsung Odyssey G80SD is definitely a very powerful monitor on the present, although not essentially due to the monitor itself. The highlight as a substitute shines on Samsung’s 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel. It’s a pointy, gorgeous, high-contrast show with lovely shade and wonderful movement readability, and it’ll seem in a number of different screens on this record. 

With that mentioned, there’s loads to love apart from the panel. Samsung’s Odyssey screens have veered in direction of a sensible {and professional} look in recent times, and that’s a plus. The G80SD appears excellent and features a nice ergonomic stand that gives a variety of adjustment however doesn’t take up an excessive amount of house in your desk. The monitor additionally has two HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, and a USB hub (although no USB-C).

Availability and pricing has not been introduced. Given the worth of different screens with this panel, nevertheless, I count on it to fall between $1,000 and $1,300.

Samsung Odyssey G6 OLED (G60SD)

Matt Smith / Foundry

If the Odyssey G8 OLED is all about picture high quality, the Odyssey G6 OLED is all about movement readability. It retains the 27-inch panel measurement and 1440p decision widespread to OLED screens in 2023, however kicks the refresh fee as much as 360Hz. 

And, yea, it appears super-crisp. OLED panels have a baked-in movement readability benefit over different panel sorts because of their low pixel response instances. Put merely, the pixels on an OLED monitor change extra shortly, which in flip reduces movement blur at any given refresh fee. It’s not the perfect accessible from an OLED (that honor goes to a different monitor on this record), but it surely’s wonderful. 

Pricing and availability hasn’t been introduced, however I count on a worth round $1,000 or much less.

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP

Matt Smith / Foundry

The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP is a 27-inch 1440p OLED monitor with a frankly surprising 480Hz refresh fee. It’s not alone on this accomplishment (LG, which makes the OLED panel, additionally has an as-yet-unnamed 480Hz monitor), however the Asus’ variant has a extra alluring design.

A 480Hz refresh fee is double the 240Hz widespread to final 12 months’s OLED screens, and wow, it appears unbelievable. I can’t say with absolute certainty that it defeats 500Hz screens just like the Alienware AW2525HF, since I haven’t seen them side-by-side, however I’m fairly certain it does. Moving objects look almost excellent. Fine textual content stays readable and textures retain even the smallest particulars. 

The show additionally advantages from LG’s Micro Lens Array (MLA) expertise, which boosts the height brightness to 1,300 nits. I’d have to check the monitor first-hand to determine how a lot of an influence it makes, however I count on HDR motion pictures and video games to ship eye-searing brightness extra typically.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to attend awhile for this show. Asus says it received’t ship till the second half of 2024.

MSI Modern MD242UPW

Matt Smith / Foundry

Okay, let’s get sensible. The MSI Modern MD242UPW isn’t a monitor you’ll hear a lot buzz about, however I respect a superb, well-rounded work monitor. The MD242UPW is strictly that.

Resolution is the monitor’s standout specification. 4K is widespread, however 24-inch screens with this decision are few. That’s irritating for individuals who desire a small, but sharp, secondary monitor. The MD242UP fills this hole.

It’s additionally full of helpful options together with a USB-C port that delivers as much as 100 watts of energy supply, a KVM swap, and built-in audio system. These options reinforce the MD242UPW’s place as an awesome selection for productiveness, and it ought to pair particularly effectively with laptops which have USB-C.

Pricing and availability has but to be introduced.

MSI MEG 321URX

Matt Smith / Foundry

Now, for one thing utterly completely different: MSI’s borderline absurd MEG 321URX. This is a 32-inch 4K 240Hz OLED monitor that makes use of Samsung’s QD-OLED panel, so it’s a stunner. The picture is sharp, vivid, and clean.

What units the MEG 321URX aside, although, is its uncommon set of AI options. This features a lighting ingredient on the chin of the monitor that’s designed to detect your well being bar in PC video games and alter the lighting of the bar to match the well being you might have left. It additionally has a characteristic referred to as Skysight, which can be utilized to focus on enemies simply off-screen in video games like League of Legends. The monitor additionally touts an “AI upgrade” characteristic, which avid gamers would possibly put to make use of for AI options of their favourite video games (the small print of how this works have been skinny, nevertheless).

The MEG 321URX will retail for $1,799 when it arrives in June or July of 2024.

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM 

Matt Smith / Foundry

Do you suppose a 34-inch ultrawide is just too small, however a 45-inch or 49-inch ultrawide is just too giant? Asus has you coated with the ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM. It’s a 39-inch curved OLED monitor with a decision of 3440×1440 and a 240Hz refresh fee. This is one other new panel from LG and, because of this, it makes use of Micro Lens Array (MLA) expertise to attain a peak brightness of as much as 1,300 nits in HDR. 

Although clearly nice for gaming, Asus consists of numerous sensible options. It has a USB-C port with DisplayPort Alternate Mode and as much as 90 watts of USB Power Delivery, a KVM swap, and picture-in-picture/picture-by-picture modes. Asus additionally demonstrated the monitor with a ROG monitor arm, although I’m informed it’s offered individually.

The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM is anticipated to ship within the first quarter of 2024, however the worth just isn’t but introduced. 

Acer Predator Z57

Matt Smith / Foundry

Acer’s Predator Z57 was among the many few new Mini-LED screens at CES 2024, but it surely’s giant sufficient to depend for 2 (or three). It has a huge 57-inch panel with a decision of 7680×2160 and a 120Hz refresh fee. It’s mainly two 4K screens caught side-by-side. Personally, I’d love to make use of it to apply my piloting abilities in Microsoft Flight Simulator. 

The Mini-LED backlight features a complete of two,304 dimming zones. That’s a lot greater than most Mini-LED screens accessible (512 or 1,024 zones is extra widespread), although they admittedly have extra actual property to cowl. Still, the backlight ought to present wonderful brightness in HDR video games, and the monitor is VESA DisplayHDR 1000 licensed. 

Expect to pay $2,499.99 for the Predator Z57 when it arrives within the second quarter of 2024.

Gigabyte Aorus FO32U2P

The Gigabyte Aorus FO32U2P is one other attractive new 32-inch 4K 240Hz monitor with a Samsung QD-OLED panel. It supplies all the same old advantages together with excellent black ranges, vivid shade, and a pointy picture that retains its readability at excessive refresh charges.

Gigabyte’s declare to fame, nevertheless, is bandwidth. It’s the world’s first DisplayPort 2.1 monitor and might obtain as much as 80Gbps of bandwidth with out using Display Stream Compression (DSC). The monitor additionally helps daisy-chain connections, which implies it’s doable to attach further DisplayPort screens to the Aorus FO32U2P. That makes the added bandwidth extra related. 

Pricing and availability hasn’t been introduced.

Viewsonic XG272-2K-OLED

Matt Smith / Foundry

The XGX272-2K-OLED is Viewsonic’s tackle the 27-inch, 1440p, 360Hz QD-OLED panel additionally discovered within the Samsung Odyssey G6 OLED. It performs simply as effectively right here. Expect to see near-perfect black ranges, vivid shade, and wonderful movement readability. 

Viewsonic units itself aside with just a few further options. It formally helps each AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync (Samsung solely lists FreeSync, although I count on it ought to work with each). The monitor is “Blur Busters Verified” and helps Black Frame Insertion, a method that may additional scale back movement blur. 

It’s additionally a debut monitor for a brand new design language that emulates the fashionable, white-on-black aesthetic of current Alienware screens. Is it by-product? Perhaps a bit, but it surely additionally appears nice. And, as a last bonus, it comes bundled with a distant that controls the monitor’s on-screen menu choices. 

The XG272-2K-OLED will ship within the first quarter of 2024 for $899.99.

HP Omen Transcend 32

Matt Smith / Foundry

The Omen Transcend 32 is yet one more monitor utilizing Samsung’s spectacular 32-inch, 4K, 240Hz QD-OLED panel. And, sure, it appears completely gorgeous, as is true of all of the screens I noticed with this panel.

HP separates this monitor from the pack with just a few helpful options that concentrate on content material creation and productiveness. It’s the world’s first OLED gaming monitor that may ship 140 watts of energy over USB-C. It additionally has a “smart KVM switch” that may detect which machine you’re utilizing and swap on the fly. The monitor is actively cooled, as effectively, a characteristic HP says ought to scale back the danger of OLED burn-in. 

Features apart, I additionally suppose the Omen Transcend is essentially the most enticing of all of the 32-inch 4K OLED screens proven at CES 2024. It pairs a contemporary white-on-black look with a brilliant RGB-LED accent mild on the rear. 

Pricing and availability has not been introduced.