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The Problems with OLED, New 2026 Monitors, and Does 5K Gaming Make Sense? (feat. TFTCentral)

February 13, 2026 · 1 h 31 min

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Episode 97: Simon from TFTCentral joins us after the wave of announcements at CES 2026 to chat about upcoming monitor technology, the current flaws with WOLED and QD-OLED panels, the types of screens we'd love to see, burn in, G-Sync Pulsar and more


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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:43 - New Ultrawides for 2026

11:19 - New RGB Stripe WOLED

20:36 - Does 5K Gaming Make Sense?

30:16 - 500Hz 1440p LCDs

36:38 - The OLED Formats We'd Like to See & Future of OLED

55:50 - Status of OLED Burn In and Other Flaws

1:14:41 - G-Sync Pulsar


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