The monitor is available for 1799€. If you register as LG member you can get 5% off, and you will also get a -200€ discount + 5 year warranty extension if you pre-order. Final price is 1509€.
Ships on June 15th
Have not seen this here yet. Yesterday 8bitdo announced the pre-order timing for the Ultimate 3E (150$) XBOX Pro Controller (starts 26th May - ships in August).
https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-3e-controller-xbox/
At the same time they also silently revealed a cheaper (99$) version called Ultimate 3 =
https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-3-xbox-lavender-dusk/
Pre-Order page = https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/ultimate-3-controller-for-xbox-lavender-dusk
Have not seen this here yet. Yesterday 8bitdo announced the pre-order timing for the Ultimate 3E (150$) XBOX Pro Controller.
At the same time they also silently revealed a cheaper (99$) version called Ultimate 3 =
This is my text-form review of the Dutzo G40-IP120QL Monitor. >!winterbegins reddit | WB Display Tech YouTube for anyone interested in a visual representation !<
I purchased this a few weeks ago but already returned it due to some issues I will mention later on. So this is not an incentivized post.
Packaging
Despite being a cost-effective monitor the packaging is easily on par with larger brands and to some extent maybe even better. You get a solid (thick) cardboard box and styrofoam in the inside, it even was fixed with additional plastic straps.
Accessoires
You get a manual but no calibration report. You get your usual HDMI / DP / USB-C / USB-B cables with decent lengths. The power supply is external and has a 120W rating. One part of the stand is packaged separately. The base feet is fully metal, but the vertical part is plastic and reinforced.
Adjustment Range
The monitor stand features swivel and tilt with a good range of motion. Pivot is not supported. The height adjustment range is also good, having 18cm of clearance at the highest position and only 5cm at the lowest position which should be adequate for most situations.
Build Quality and Teardown
To get to the price they obviously had to make some shortcuts. The plastic of the back panel feels decent on the outside but is only an extremely basic injection molded part. The VESA mounting + attachment for the stand is a thin metal plate that's only screwed into the back panel which means It's not further reinforced - probably the reason why the monitor wobbles so much if you accidentally touch it. The back panel does have some clips to hold onto the monitor, but they are not really stable, I have already seen some reports where the panel is sticking out of the housing due to this. The only solid connection is on the bottom where they put three screws directly through the plastic into the panel housing itself (which is metal and taped off at the edges).
Due to cost savings they assembled everything on one board (PSU, chip and ports) and also attached it to the back panel. The few cables route to some low quality speakers, an OSD joystick button that's hot-glued in and to the panel itself.
Panel
The best part of the monitor is basically fully assembled by LG already as you can see in the pictures. It's the LG LM400RW2-SSA1 panel model. IPS Black with 2000:1 native contrast and a matte coating. And quite big bezels.
Accuracy, Brightness and Power Draw
The monitor does not come with a factory calibration report (not surprised by that) and looks a bit to warm in SRGB mode. You will need to calibrate it yourself if you want to do serious work with it.
With a 100% APL window (full white screen) I measured 286 nits at 50% brightness setting and a whopping 514 nits at 100% which should be enough for most people. However, the lowest brightness is still at 100 nits with the brightness set to 0%. The power draw is moderate for such a large display.
OSD Menu + IPS Black Smearing
The OSD Menu has scaling issues at native res (too small) but works as intended. The joystick for OSD navigation has an awkward position at the back but luckily it's there. You will find some translation errors and that the menu structure does not make sense in some of the categories. Other than that it's fairly basic.
This monitor is advertised as a gaming monitor. Forget that, the IPS black panel is pretty heavy on smearing which is noticeable even if you drag windows in the desktop around. For productivity tasks it's acceptable though, especially because other monitors with the same panel will behave exactly the same.
Problems and Conclusion
The only bigger problem I've run into had to do with standby / wake-up issues. I've connected the monitor to a GPU and a Mini-PC during my testing and on both sources I lost signal after wake-up. This could only be resolved by turning off the monitor and then turning it back on again. Can be prevented by simply not letting it go into standby, but that's annoying.
Other than that I had no issues. I'm not an ultrawide guy, so ultimately this wasn't for me, but I can see the big appeal for other users especially if you think about the price. Competing monitors from name brands with the same panel will easily cost you double if not more. That said it's important to mention the rather cheap construction to achieve such a price tag, so I can't guarantee a good longevity. Probably best to make sure to buy this off a retailer that has good warranty. You can find this monitor also under different names because it's mainly an OEM product.
Thank you for reading through this review.
Source = https://www.ithome.com/0/947/065.htm
Hisense will open the pre-orders for their 27GX Ultra in China tomorrow, this model was shown at CES and should also arrive into western markets
Specs =
LG Display posted this article = https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1t4xuy5/tandem_woled_for_gaming_why_stacking_r_g_and_b/
At the end I noticed a chart of the current lineup that's classified as Tandem WOLED. It's a bit weird that older panels without a Primary RGB Tandem Panel are classified as Tandem WOLED but oh well - marketing do your thing.
Most interesting are panels that are labeled as NEW in this chart=
27 UHD 240hz most likely refers to the 27" RGB Stripe panel shown with the Asus PG27UCWM at CES.
39" Wide UHD 165hz (I love how the panel manufacturer is saying W-UHD here instead of 5K2K lol) is the recently released LG 39GX950B and this panel will also be used in an upcoming Alienware model
31,5" UHD 165hz is the most interesting one here because it was not previously known, I think this is a lower refresh rate version of the recently listed (at LG Japan) LG 32GX870B**,** a previous gen version also exists as 32GX850A so I think this will be called 32GX850B
Other than the ones mentioned we only have Primary RGB Tandem Panels in the 1440p 280hz and 540/720hz Dual Models (Gigabyte MO27Q28G/R ; Asus G27AQWP-W)
>It is also demonstrating a 27-inch OLED panel that achieves 5K resolution at 220 PPI, featuring a newly designed RGB stripe structure that enhances the aperture ratio. This improves color clarity and precision while minimizing distortion such as color bleeding and fringing.
The Asus model shown at CES (PG27UCWM) only featured a 4K (3180x2160) resolution, looks like they were able to increase it to 5K (5120x2880) already.
Edit = according to Vincent the 5K panel has a full screen brightness of 250 nits with the peak and total color gamut not finalized yet
This is my text review of the TCL C7L in 55" (winterbegins - WB Display Tech Youtube)
Transparency = this review is not incentivized. This unit was not sponsored, I bought it with my own funds. Price at the time of writing this review is 899€ (EU - Germany).
Please note that the results you see in this review are only applicable to the 55" unit. Larger LCD / MiniLED models often fair a bit better due to dimming zone count and less pixel density
Packaging
The packaging is very solid like usual with minimalistic printing on the brown box. Due to the smaller size you have to lift the TV out of the box instead of having two separate parts. This is rather common on 55" TVs. Inside, the TV is nearly fully enclosed in styrofoam to protect it during shipping. All of the four TCL TVs I had since last year arrived in pristine condition.
Accessoires
You get your usual paper work (energy label, quick start guide, manual), mounting hardware (screws) for a VESA mount and the stand, a power cable that's unfortunately only 1,5m long, the same remote (RC833A) from last year + batteries and some plastic cable ties.
The stand is also the same as on the 55"C7K measuring 31cm(W)x27cm(D).
Build Quality
The chassis is identical to the C7K from last year. You get a gray aluminium frame with very slim bezels for a mid range TV and a matte plastic back panel with a grid like pattern. Watching from the front the ports are on the right side, power on the left. For the 2.2 sound system configuration you have two woofers protruding out of the upper half of the back panel and two speakers on the bottom.
The stand can be attached in two positions. The higher position is good for soundbars but unfortunately the stand is slightly angled so you can't put a bar directly underneath the TV. It's nearly full plastic and only reinforced with metal at the key areas. I wish we had two separate feet but that's definitely a preference thing.
Teardown, SoC and Ports
Removing the back panel for repairs is very easy, you just have to remove all visible screws. The back panel is held in with clips. After removing the backplate we see that everything is taped down neatly in the same arrangement as last years models. On the right is the internal PSU, bottom and top are the speakers and on the left side is the main and daughterboard with the ports and SoC.
The board is labeled with MT9653 - this refers to the Mediatek Pentonic 700 which only offers 2x HDMI 2.1 (48GBps) and two regular 2.0 ports (18GBps).For the remaining ports you have a optical out, CI, antenna section, LAN and one USB-A port.
Operating System and Setup
Google OS needs no introduction. It's the most versatile and customizable OS you can have on a TV. External launchers can even get rid of the advertisements on the Home Screen. TCL TVs also allow for seamless upgrades and even downgrades of firmware. There are entire community groups that formed around this.
The OS also allows a very basic minimal user data setup. You can start important apps like Youtube without logging into an account which is not possible on Samsung Tizen or Fire TV OS for example.
Panel, Viewing Angles and Subpixel Layout
TCL uses their own CSOT HVA 2.0 Pro panel with very high native contrast >7000:1 on the C7L. It uses the reversed BGR subpixel layout as usual.
The viewing angles are much better compared to regular VA panels from a few years ago but they still wash out / darken at extreme angles. WHVA panels and OLED are a clear step up. However if you pick the correct size for your space you won't have issues with them.
The screen coating is glossy and reacts to reflections with a rainbow effect. With content I haven't found this an issue but this will differ from room to room. The C7K from last year was also available as "Q7C" from Amazon and this model had a semi-gloss finish. I don't know if this will be offered again in 2026.
Uniformity
Uniformity looks pretty good on my unit here even with the modernwize DSE and some greyscale tests. I also found that the corners and edges of my unit were less dark compared to previous TCL models. That said, I found three darker dots / spots on the bottom right of the panel which I marked with a red circle.
Brightness
I tested the HDR brightness of the TV in the most accurate mode ootb (Filmmaker). LD high, Peak Brightness "high". "Boost" is only a bit higher for a few seconds so this is a more fair representation
Here we can see a peak brightness of 2050 nits in a 10% window. For smaller highlights (2%) we are still well above 1000nits which is respectable. I also tested if there is a brightness limiter and after 5 minutes of a static 10% window the TV decreased the brightness to 1250 nits. Interesting behavior / protection which won't happen with regular usage.
Dimming Zone and Performance
I counted the Dimming Zones to be 40 horizontal and 20 vertical rows for a total of 800 zones. Viewing the panel straight on and in dark HDR demos we can observe great results with bright highlights against dark backgrounds which is impressive on a 55" LCD. The extremely high native contrast helps the dimming behavior.
However in really demanding scenes like the Sony fireworks demo you can definitely get some blooming out of the TV.
Game Mode
The TV supports the same game bar as last year. After you select High Refresh Rate in the Game Bar setting menu you can select 4K 144hz and even 1080p 288hz with your PC. Similar to last year it also shows a 1440p signal with 288hz but I assume this is just some sort of compatibility mode because these Dual Modes usually have to at least half the vertical resolution.
I have also attached some UFO shots I took with my full frame camera. Unfortunately my 28mm lens is not ideal for this task but I think you are able to see the behavior on the shots. We are still dealing with an VA panel on an TV.
Motion
I tried some motion settings but they seem very similar to the C7K/Q7C from last year. The TV also has the same processor so I don't expect huge jumps in this regard. Motion also depends on the person, I usually turn off all motion enhancements on TVs because im not bothered by stutter - only soap opera effect is annoying to me.
SQD-MiniLED
The main reason you want to go with this TV is the new SQD-MiniLED technology. SQD means Super Quantum Dots which are enhanced quantum dot particles that convert the pure blue light of the backlight LEDs to white via an enhancement film that sits between the backlight and LCD layer. TCL also developed new color filters that further improve the color reproduction. This change was immediately noticeable after turning on the TV and in Demos. Colors leap off the screen like on a real RGB layout display. Unfortunately im not able to measure color gamut, but other reviews have measured it at >88% REC 2020 which is definitely QD-OLED and RGB-MiniLED territory.
RGB MiniLED has the achilles heel of processing latency and color crosstalk. I have seen multiple RGB MiniLEDs by now and while primary colors look monumental it was recently discovered that difficult scenes often require the backlight to use a so called white mode where it simply mixes all the colors to produce white light. This obviously ruins the benefits of the individual colored LEDs. SQD does not have this problem and works passively without affecting the processing of the TV.
Conclusion
While playing it safe in overall appearance, the C7L is a good improvement in most areas over last year's C7K. The star of the show are the SQDs which offer visible benefits even for regular users. The biggest downside to me is the Pentonic 700 SoC - not because of performance but future proofing. The market clearly moves away from AVRs and more towards connected setups that require the eARC port solely for sound systems. 4xHDMI 2.1 would give more flexibility.
Thank you for reading through this long review.