Philips and AOC announce the ‘world’s first’ 1,000 Hz dual-mode gaming displays

Philips and its sister model AOC are claiming a world’s first in gaming monitor tech. The Philips Evnia 27M2N5500XD and AOC AGON Professional AGP277QK are each 500 Hz 1440p gaming panels with 1,000 Hz various 1080p modes.

Measurement-wise, we’re speaking 27 inches. The precise panel expertise has but to be revealed. Nevertheless, numerous the specs which might be out there (by way of Show Specs) level to a particular subset of IPS tech.

Together with the refresh charge, the response time is quoted at 1ms GtG, which is in step with IPS tech. The static distinction is claimed to be 2,000:1. That may require both VA panel expertise, the very newest IPS Black panel from LG or at the least an analogous IPS-derived tech to LG’s IPS Black. Standard IPS panels high out at 1,300:1 distinction.

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On condition that VA panels are typically slower than IPS and likewise sometimes provide distinction of three,000:1 to 4,000:1, our cash is on IPS for this 1,000 Hz pairing. Likewise, the two,000:1 distinction makes it impossible that these shows use TN panels.

VESA DisplayHDR 400 certification can also be reportedly within the combine. So, when it comes to HDR assist, these are entry-level panels and will not have native dimming.

It is also price noting that the 1080p various mode on a 1440p panel doesn’t enable for integer scaling, which is one of the best ways to run a second decision on an LCD panel with fastened pixels when it comes to picture high quality.

So, that 1,000 Hz mode is perhaps very quick. However the picture high quality will certainly endure. It is also unclear how that 1,000 Hz refresh maps to the 1 ms response. Even when the 1 ms response is true (and in actuality, 1 ms IPS panels are by no means really 1 ms succesful), that may imply that as every new body is distributed to the monitor, the panel has solely simply accomplished the color transition to the earlier panel, on condition that 1 ms primarily equates to 1,000 Hz.

Anywho, let’s simply say will probably be fascinating to see what these displays truly appear like operating at 1,000 Hz. As to that world’s first declare, nicely, it is going to in all probability all come all the way down to when these panels truly go on sale. This isn’t the primary time a monitor producer has introduced a 1,000 Hz mannequin.

Again in September, AntGamer debuted its personal 1,000 Hz monitor. That could be a somewhat completely different proposition, coming in at 25 inches, being primarily based on TN panel tech and operating a 1080p native decision.

Whereas we wait and see who truly affords a 1,000 Hz monitor you should purchase, the query what precise profit a refresh charge that prime affords stays. For many avid gamers, arguably nothing when it comes to latency. For esports execs? Perhaps there is a aggressive edge available.

1,000 Hz additionally guarantees unimaginable movement readability. At the very least it will in a panel with instantenous response. However given the aforementioned limitations of LCD panels versus OLED panels, and regardless of the panel kind utilized by Philips and AOC for these displays, they very a lot seem like LCD and never OLED, you are merely not going to get the complete advantage of 1,000 Hz when it comes to readability.

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