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Last physical game I bought was Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim back in 2011 I stood in the midnight line for the game, opened it up, popped in the DVD disk, and the only file on the DVD was a Steam.exe install file....I kid you not. It still had to download/update Steam itself and the entire game. I...

Here's a quick & dirty of my EVO case w/ optional front mesh/fan accessory: I'm coming from the original PC-O11 AIR. Very similar case, but easier to build in since it is slightly bigger. For example, there's more room for my top (thick) 360mm AIO radiator and my side 360mm AIO GPU radiator...

Yes Baasha this is just a Windows 10/11 issue and not the fault of any monitor. Some games will automatically kick your monitor into HDR once loaded (if turned off), while other games don't. Before, I had to keep an Excel spreadsheet of all the games I played just to know which games I had to...

I’m coming from the original PC-O11 Air which I’ve heard has some pretty restrictive airflow due to the hole & filter design. I pre-ordered on launch day via Newegg and my ETA unfortunately just went from Jan 15th to the 29th. I got the front mesh/fan add-on as well. I also ordered 2 cases, so...

Voted for Glossy: Glossy = Looks best in optimal situations, bad in suboptimal conditions (window behind screen) Matte = Looks bad in all situations (and there's nothing you can do about it)

All - Please note that there's also a new Acer 48" OLED which is probably another clone of the LG/Asus 2022 OLED's, but check out the price & release date.....: The Predator CG48 gaming monitor will be available in North America in Q3 2022 starting at USD 2,499; in EMEA in Q3 2022 starting at...

Asus said it in the product video about a dozen posts up. ~900 nit brightness (@ 3% window). For comparision, the LG C1 48" gets around 790 nits at around 2~10% window. Unlike the Gigabyte model, I actually trust Asus to push these specs since they are not shy from putting beefy heatsinks on...

I think the Asus 42"/48" model may very well out-beat the LG 42"/48" C2 model unlike the trainwreck of the Gigabyte 55" model in 2021: -Additional DisplayPort -Less reflective screen (can be a pro or con - probably a con for me) -Bigger heatsink & cooling which they're advertising 900 nits (3%...

May be like their first 55" OLED panel with the gimped non-existant HDR, but there may be some hope from that article: "DisplayHDR 400 True Black certification, though it can hit 1,000 nits peak brightness, and like most OLED panels" This is similar to even the LG OLED's, where full screen HDR...

The ASUS models have a large heatsink as well and are advertising 900 NITS of HDR (3% window) which may be nice. Time will tell, the Gigabyte OLED promised the moon and was a bust compared to the LG C1 models.

New OLED 34” Alienware ultra wide OLED monitor btw and also Asus ROG 42” & 48” OLED monitors w/ DP in addition to HDMI 2.1, big heatsink for higher HDR, etc.

So I'm taking another attempt at Dolby Atmos PC Gaming since I'm upgrading to a much more expensive audio system (finally got approval from the wifey, lol). While waiting on my new speakers to come in, I seem to have gotten Dolby Atmos to work just using my current speakers (I just plugged my...

I'm a bit pissed because I have a 12900K and a Rog Z690 Apex sitting in a box on my floor right now. I'm seeing $250 DDR5 sets being bid up to like $1000+ on Ebay....I didn't realize getting RAM would be as hard as getting a GPU these days. I refuse to pay scaler prices, but I also need...

I decided to return my 4 Dolby Atmos Speakers + 2 channel external amp + expensive wires before I got to the end of my return period. I use my system 100% for PC gaming only, so Atmos didn't make much sense for me. There's literally only a few dozen games that support it (since its inception...

Ok, going to blast you all with pictures just to confirm I'm not crazy and some odd behavior showing the audio data via OSD: General TV input: Windows 11 normal 7.1 speaker setup: Receiver with PC Gaming WITHOUT Atmos app (normal 7.1 Multi-Channel sound - Notice the DD surround logo...

Thanks bud, that’s what I gathered as well. Everything worked fine on an older driver, then stopped working like 6+ months ago. I bet Dolby just dropped the support on PC, not enough games were onboard with it, and too many never ending combinations of hardware/software unlike systems like Xbox...

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with my 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos PC (physical speaker) setup? When I don't have the Dolby Atmos app installed, in all my games I'm able to select Dolby Digital Surround, DTS, etc. to at least get "fake" simulated surround sound that comes out of all speakers...

Thanks. Pretty much confirmed all the findings/comparisons from Rtings.com as well. The Displayport isn't worth all the downgrades. I bet Gigabyte would have a winner on their hands if they just stuck a big ass heatsink on the back of the display and surpassed the LG in SDR & HDR brightness (not...

I would just return it, I change monitors yearly and I've had about a 75% chance of a screen with dead or stuck pixels. We're talking several dozen screens over the last 20+ years (funny, because usually the more expensive/premium the monitor, the higher the chances). No "fixes" like you...

Thanks I thought it would be in early access for a bit longer: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/aorus-fo48u-oled In summary: "The Gigabyte AORUS FO48U OLED is a 48 inch monitor with an OLED panel. Like all displays with OLED panels, it delivers deep, inky blacks with no...

No it's definitely the new 2021 model. Onkyo had a pre-order on their website but then the button went to "out of stock" within a day. I was just checking the website daily and got lucky I guess. It's pretty popular so not surprised why its still out of stock. Btw, since I owned this for a bit...

My 55" C9 did as well after a few years in. I have dozens of dead pixels but all seem to be along the very left edge/side of the screen only. Really weird since I know for sure they weren't there in the beginning. Honestly I didn't even notice until I was like cleaning the screen. I'm really...

Their CX 48 vs C1 48 "monitor" review does look a bit suspect when looking at the HDR peak brightness section. I was fairly confident the CX48 was ever so slightly brighter than the C1 48 from all the initial reviews. I believe there has been firmware updates & fixes though on the C1 and I...

You're somewhat correct, I didn't realize they split off the LG's into a separate TV/Monitor reviews. The HDR #'s still stand though for the C1 "Monitor" review (fortunately, looks like that was the one I was using in the comparison): https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/48-c1-oled

Looks like the very comparable Gigabyte FO48U is somewhat of a bust compared to the LG C1 (and even CX) if you care at all about HDR brightness and/or BFI (Per the RTings.com Early Access review). I understand that Display Port input can be very important to some people but not worth the...

It looks like the VRR range is low too (which is good), below the "official" 40hz just like the C1:

Not yet, since the review is early access, there's no typed information yet, and only raw #'s, graphs, and charts. I believe this monitor isn't even full 40 gbps HDMI 2.1 either and has to use DSC to get 4K 120hz. Some people don't care, but I do since I feel like it's a bit of a ghetto band-aid...

Probably some BS snake-oil test such as a <0.1% window reading. Kind of like how the 2% window # goes up to 611cd/m2, but is unrealistic for 99% of all use cases.

In the picture a few posts above, only 399cd/m2 vs 714cd/m2 on the C1. Almost half as dim in HDR real scene brightness, don't think that's just "panel variance" either as that's too extreme. Edit: Sorry if you were asking what it is, this is the description per RTings: What it is: The maximum...

They haven't quite typed up the footnotes yet for the FO48U since it's in early access, but here's the BFI comparisons: LG C1: FO48U: Looks like less luminosity, and no 60hz vs the LG C1

As expected, both monitor trades blows since they're probably the same exact panel. LG C1 has better BFI & HDR brightness, while the FO48U has some better SDR color gamut / volume, HDR color volume, and Image retention. My votes goes to the C1. It already lacks HDR brightness, wouldn't want to...

FO48U: LG C1:

Test LG C1 FO48U Diff Build Quality 9.0 9.0 0.0 Contrast 10.0 10.0 0.0 Local Dimming 10.0 10.0 0.0 SDR Peak Brightness 6.2 6.3 0.1 HDR Peak Brightness 7.6 6.4 -1.2 Horizonal Viewing Angle 9.1 9.1 0.0 Vertical Viewing Angle 9.4 9.2 -0.2 Gray Uniformity 9.2 9.0 -0.2 Black...

We should hopefully know for sure in the next few days. The 1st professional review of this monitor is about to be posted from RTings.com (its been in "testing" for 7 days , should be any day now...) I'll post the results as soon as they're available.

Just FYI this monitor is now "Testing Started" at RTINGS.com so we should have some solid results in a day or two. I am also an "early access" subscriber so I'll know all the details about a week before the public. I won't simply copy & paste their early access review since I respect their work...

Very subjective question/subject. But IMO these are the 2 "absolute best" monitors you can possibly buy today in 2021: -LG OLED C1 48" ($1,300) -4K 120hz 10-bit color -G-Sync Compatible VRR -HDMI 2.1 for next-gen consoles -Best blacks in the world due to OLED -Best response times in the world...

Nothing that I’ve heard. Again it takes a few seconds or so when switches sources or when the receiver goes into standby mode for the audio to kick back in but never just stays muted. I could see where maybe you’re doing Windows stuff and there’s no sound for a while then you may not hear little...

Just FYI I've had the HDMI 2.1 Onkyo TX-RZ50 for a few days now. No major complaints (so far): -4K 120hz 4:4:4 10-bit RGB HDR G-Sync ALLM works perfectly fine as expected on my HDMI 2.1 LG OLED and HDMI 2.1 RTX 3090 PC gaming just like in the HDTV test video. -No audio pops, audio dropouts...

You're right. I think we all need to take a vacation to Disneyland and chill out. I heard they updated "It's a Small World" for people like us:

I thought Watch_Dogs2 was pretty woke as well, but it actually made fun of the wokeness in modern society and how ridiculous it is. The game was more of a dystopian nightmare of what our woke society is starting to become so it was actually more interesting to play it than not (even though I...