It's hard to believe but 22% of PC gaming monitors are now OLED panels
Can you believe that over one fifth of PC gaming monitors sold today are OLED panels? So, says no less an authority on the subject than LG.
To be more precise, LG told YouTube channel HDTVTest that OLED now has 22% of the PC gaming monitor market. LG notes that market share has been achieved within just two years of the launch of its first OLED-based PC gaming monitor.
Meanwhile, it might surprise you to learn that OLED only currently represents 18% of the TV market, and that despite the fact that LG released its first OLED TV way back in 2013.
Of course, the very first OLED gaming monitor was actually the Alienware 34 AW3423DW, which was launched nearly three years ago and was based on Samsung QD-OLED technology. LG's first OLED monitor came a little later. But the overall gist here is clear enough. OLED adoption rate on the PC is much, much faster than with TVs.
As much as I'm a card-carrying fan of OLED technology and despite the fact that there is now a wide array of OLED gaming monitors to choose from in all kinds of shapes, sizes and resolutions, I find that surprising.
Mainly, that's because OLED monitors remain very expensive. You're looking at MSRPs of at least $600 for an entry-level 27-inch 1440p model from a recognisable brand, while most models are $800 and upwards. Indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if the average price of an OLED gaming monitor from the bigger brands right now is in the region of $1,000.
To my mind, that ought to make them pretty niche. And, OK, LCD still makes up the hefty majority of the market. But over one in five gaming monitors being bought right now is OLED and presumably that market share is still increasing. It'll probably be at least a third in a couple of years.
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Hopefully that continued increase in market share will reflect lower prices. It's always been slightly baffling how expensive OLED monitors have been compared to TVs.
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