HDR is all the hype in current generation of displays. I am genuinely looking forward to see more manufacturers and operating systems take advantage of it. It’s quite the standard on the entertainment side of the business. Smart TVs, streaming apps, and consoles are already equipped to handle HDR. I don’t see why it’s not more prevalent on PCs — not everyone works in professional capacity, let alone creative environment.
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Monitors, OLED, and Future of LCD
Have you checked the price on the computer monitors recently? Mine is slowly burning away from each corner, so I decided good $300 budget would do – how naive summer child I was. The OLED monitors for 27-32 inches are roughly $1k, I get half (technically a quarter) of screen real estate. And while there are competing technologies, namely IPS Black or mini-LED, both of which are still variants of LCDs.
HDMI Nightmares, Switches, and Dongles
Few years ago, when I was looking for a replacement USB hub in South Korea, I quickly realized I was in the world of trouble. The listings for a powered USB hub with at least USB 3 rating were swarmed with Chinese knock-offs, and a lot of them didn’t ship with the power adapter when it clearly needed one to be “powered”. USB-C hub didn’t help either; majority of the hubs were meant to be a dock, not a hub for laptops with USB-C.
PS5 Pro, 4K TV, and HDR
The new PS5 Pro is released at $699.99, and I’m here to ask a question: Is a gamer not entitled to sweat of —I meant— pixels of his consoles? Enough Andrew Ryan quotes, but it is a serious question nonetheless. At $700, PS5 Pro has a tough battle ahead of it to win the spotlight in the entertainment room. And that rivaling champion is no other than the TV itself.