As the home gaming trend flourishes in a less face-to-face society, the desire among gamers to get their hands on the most high-end gaming devices is growing. With the graphics of today’s games making us question what’s real and what’s fantasy, a display that brings these graphics to life is essential to attain the realistic images befitting next-gen video games.
Most of today’s gaming monitors can be put into two categories: ‘curved’ and ‘flat.’ While curved screens maximize immersion through their curvature on both sides, flat screens are better used as a regular TV for watching movies and dramas as they come with wider viewing angles. With that in mind, LG Display recently unveiled an innovative concept display for gamers struggling to choose between a curved or flat monitor, called ‘Bendable OLED Gaming Display,’ which goes from curved to straight which has the ability to ‘transform’ its form from curved to straight. Let’s dig into how this amazing technology came to be!
Rocketing Global Gaming Market, Soaring Gaming OLED Demand
With the global gaming population steadily expanding and entering its heyday, global gaming market research company, Newzoo, predicts the number of worldwide gamers to surpass 3.5 billion in 2025, which would represent a 20.7% increase since 2020. As many people get hooked into gaming, sales of game-enhancing equipment such as TVs and monitors continue to rise, and show no signs of slowing down.
A standout in the TVs for gaming market is, of course, OLED. According to Korean media, OLED panel shipments for laptops and monitors are predicted to grow thrice as much – from this year’s unit count of 13 million to over 40 million by 2025.
Bendable OLED: A New Form Factor Engineered for Gamers
OLED is already captivating gamers as a next-generation gaming display with its perfect colors and infinite contrast ratio. Based on its distinctive self-lit characteristics that permit it to form various form factors, LG Display has realized a seemingly logic-defying Bendable OLED Gaming Display that bends from 800R to 1,000R from a flat screen to create the optimal curve for every genre of content.
With the Bendable OLED technology, gamers can benefit from the advantages of owning a curved and flat monitor with this all-in-one display. Curved displays minimize image distortion by providing a consistent viewing distance from the center to the edge of the screen, which takes the immersive experience to a whole other level. But curved screens are more for one-person viewing, which is when having a flat display comes in real handy as it delivers the wide viewing angles that let several people watch shows, movies or other content together.
But what is the optimal curvature for gaming? To find the answer, LG Display’s researchers were tasked with playing games across several genres on both flat and curved displays. And after countless hours of play, the team discovered that most games require a curvature of 800R to provide a highly immersive gameplay – but that didn’t mean all games are better with a curved screen, as some sports games are actually better experienced on a flat display. In conclusion, the Bendable OLED Gaming Display brings gamers the complete gaming environment for every game in their collection.
Enjoy the Prime Gaming Environment with Bendable OLED
The display’s curved nature not only boosts your game score, it also contributes to the gaming performance. LG Display’s Bendable OLED boasts a 240Hz refresh rate and rapid 0.1ms response time. The superiority of LG Display’s OLED has been officially recognized by leading display authorities, with every OLED model earning gaming performance certification from British testing company, Intertek, and German inspection agency, TÜV Rheinland, last year. To add to this, Bendable OLED is also easy on the eyes – according to its portfolio of certifications and verifications that declare that it’s a low blue light, flicker-free and glare-free display.
Meeting the different needs of all gamers isn’t easy, with each player having their own unique preferences, but LG Display has gone closer to doing so than anyone ever has with its mind-blowing Bendable OLED technology. Keeping pace with sky-rocketing global gaming market, LG Display will continue to evolve and provide innovative display technologies that revolutionize the standard gameplay experience.