LG's 45-inch UltraGear OLED curved gaming monitor drops by $700

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One of the most important parts of any gaming setup is your choice of screen or screens. There is so much variety available for personalizing a setup, whether you prefer a separate screen for each app, or maybe just one display that makes use of a split-screen layout. If it's the later, then a larger monitor certainly makes it easier to host multiple applications on the one screen. Today's deal is on an LG screen with a large luscious OLED panel, that is also curved so that is wraps around the peripheral vision to provide more immersion in gaming especially.

If you take a trip to Best Buy's website, you can find today's deal on the 45-inch LG UltraGear OLED curved gaming monitor for $ 999, a saving of $700 from the original $1,699 MSRP. This is still a fair amount of cash for a monitor, and you can certainly pick up larger OLED televisions for less, but you won't find the same refresh rates, or connectivity for connecting to a PC.

The LG UltraGear 45-inch OLED monitor (model: 45GS96QB-B.AUS) is a curved gaming monitor with a WQHD (3440 x 1440) resolution and rapid 240Hz refresh rate. The response times for this OLED panel is a mere 0.03ms, with very high contrast ratios of 1,500,000:1 and a screen ratio size of 21:9. This monitor is compatible with both AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync and is also HDR400 certified.


LG UltraGear OLED 45-inch curved gaming monitor: now $999 at Best Buy

LG UltraGear OLED 45-inch curved gaming monitor: now $999 at Best Buy (was $1,699)
Featuring a large 800R curved 45-inch OLED panel, the LG UltraGear monitor is a rather large gaming screen with a WQHD (3440 x 1440) resolution and superfast 240Hz refrest rate. Being an OLED display the response times are very low with a 0.03ms response time. This monitor is certified HDR 400 and compatible with both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync.


Housed in a black chassis the LG UltraGear is of a modern design, has thin bezels and a sturdy stand. The monitor includes speakers and has connectivity for both PC and games consoles with the inclusion of 1x DisplayPort and 2x HDMI ports and 1x USB-C.

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  • Geef
    I use a huge 43 inch monitor (Samsung Neo G7 4k) and if I set it to 1440p resolution while gaming I can see the blockyness of lines. It only goes away totally at 4k.
    I think a 45 inch LG might do the same. Size matters unless the fact it is OLED changes something you might be buying a guaranteed jagged edge pic. Its not horrific but it is noticeable.
    You might not care if the monitor is only for FPS gaming though.
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  • Giroro
    I was looking at getting one of these used for Uber $800, but these panels are just way, way too curved.
    I was struggling to just read a web page on the demo unit.
    You can't properly look at photos on them, so forget about editing video.
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  • UnforcedERROR
    Geef said:
    I use a huge 43 inch monitor (Samsung Neo G7 4k) and if I set it to 1440p resolution while gaming I can see the blockyness of lines. It only goes away totally at 4k.
    I think a 45 inch LG might do the same. Size matters unless the fact it is OLED changes something you might be buying a guaranteed jagged edge pic. Its not horrific but it is noticeable.
    You might not care if the monitor is only for FPS gaming though.
    The G7 you have isn't an ultra wide, so it's a larger screen (it's 3 inches taller vertically). At that size 4K is preferable due to PPI. But, also, it's a 4K native screen. 1440 looks strange on 4K screens because it's not a 1:1 change in size (unlike 1080 which is exactly half of 4K).

    I suspect the LG looks fine at 1440, since that's its native resolution. It's a little low in PPI (84 vs 104 for yours), but that's really not bad enough to be an issue.
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  • nabiljem
    I do not like titles like this specially in a reputable technical review and news site. This feels like a cheap click bait you see on less reputable spam sites: It does not matter how much a product is discounted for what matters is the final price and if it is still of good value or not. I prefer if the title was :
    LG's 45-inch UltraGear OLED curved gaming monitor drops by $700 to $999 MSRP.Now you have my respect and attention.
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  • greywulfe
    The deal isn't showing up.
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  • UnforcedERROR
    greywulfe said:
    The deal isn't showing up.
    It was posted nearly two weeks ago...
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